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GARDENING. 



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PLAN FOR GLIN COVE R. K. STATION, 



should not grudge, you will l)e rewarded 

 with the possession and enjoyment of the 

 handsomest of all American plants. 

 Sewickly, Pa. John M.vrro.n. 



SMALL TREES FOR SMALL GARDENS. 



We need big trees for shade and land- 

 scape effect, but for floral beauty we must 

 appeal to the smaller trees, besides many 

 gardens are so small that the only room 

 in or near them for big trees is on the 

 street, between the curbing and the side- 

 walk. Among these trees that I like best 

 arc the following: 



Magnolia Soulangeana, the best of 

 the early flowering hybrid magnolias; its 

 blooms are purple and white, appearing 

 from the end of April well into May, be- 

 fore the leaves. 



Magnolia conspicua, the white Yulan 

 magnolia, earlier and more beautiful than 

 the last named but a little more difficult 

 to establish. 



The Red Bud (Cercis Cnnadensis), a 

 ■very striking native small tree with many 

 reddish purple pea flowers along the 

 branches before the leaves appear. The 

 pretty heart-shaped leaves are also at- 

 tractive. 



The S.nowdrop Tree (Halesia tetrap- 

 tera) is a gem among small trees, its pro- 

 fusion of snowdrop-like blossoms all over 

 the tree are very pretty. 



The Yellow Wood (CJadrastis tine- 

 toria) is a handsome round headed tree 

 with pinnate leaves, and drooping pan- 

 icles of white pea flowers in June. A most 

 deserving tree that is much overlooked. 



Pail's Doible-flowering Scarlet 

 Thorn has bright carmine red flowers 



about the end of May, and is the most 

 esteemed of all the thorns. 



Flowering Dogwood (Conius fforida). 

 — Don't despise it because it abounds in 

 our woods, no garden tree is more de- 

 serving of c Itivation and it thrives well 

 in the garden. Its ripe fruit in summer, 

 and its deeply and brilliantly tinted foli- 

 age early in fall also add greatly to its 

 garden value. 



Shad Tree (Atnelanchier Canadensis 

 var. Botryapium) is one of the most 

 beautiful sights in our woods in early 

 May when it is covered with fleecy white 

 flowers. It thrives just as well, if not 

 better, in the garden. 



KoiLKElITERIA PANICILATA is a little 



Chinese tree of the easiest cultivation, 

 covered in July with large panicles of 

 small yellow flowers, and these are soon 

 succeeded by inflated seed pods almost as 

 striking in appearance as are the blos- 



The White Fri.nge (Chionanthus Vir- 

 ginica'' has clouds of fleecy white blos- 

 soms in June, and surely must find a place 

 in our gardens. 



The Manschlrian aralia, not unlike 

 our southern Hercules' club, has immense 

 CO tipoundly pinnate leaves and heads of 

 large compound panicles of white flowers 

 in bloom in August, and before the fall is 

 over the flowers are succeeded by small 

 black fruit which add to the decorative 

 features of the plants, but the birds soon 

 eat them up. This is far from a detrac- 

 tion, for anything of the sort that will in- 

 vite the buds into our gardens has a 

 value. John Dunhar. 



Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y. 



"We have a pair of laburnum trees which 

 don't bloom, though one of them had a 

 very few flowers a year or two ago. Can 

 you suggest what may be the difiiculty, 

 or any remedy?" Ans. Without know- 

 ing something definite about the condi- 

 tion ot the trees, their cultural care, and 

 environment, we cannot give you any 

 positive advice. The trees are perfectlV 

 hardy at Philadelphia; we had several of 

 them at Dosoris that bloomed full every 

 year, and they thrive fine at Boston If 

 yours are in vigorous condition try cut- 

 tmg m around the roots, say describe a 4- 

 to 6 feet wide circle around the tree, then 

 dig deep on this line so as to sever the 

 roots that reach out beyond it without 

 impairing the vitality of the trees, and 

 hll m the trench again at once. This root 

 pruning checks luxuriant growth and in- 

 duces trees to form flower buds. 



Landscape Gardening. 



PLAN FOR OLEN COVE STATION, LONG 

 ISLAND RAILROAD, 



Some ot the railroads, notably the 

 Pennsylvania and one or two of the New 

 England companies have been devoting 

 considerable attention to gardening along 

 their lines of late years. Station grounds 

 have been beautified and the steep banks 

 made by grading cuts have been planted 

 with vines and shrubs. This work is not 

 costly and is a distinct gain to the com- 

 panies by making their roads more 

 attractive to travelers and the seekers of 

 of suburban homes, and in the ca.se of 

 steep banks saves them from loss and 

 trouble by preventing the slipping of 

 loose surface soil, which is verj- apt to 

 happen after heavy rains or when the 

 frost comes out of the ground in the 

 spring on uuplanted banks. 



The present plan was made for the sta- 

 tion grounds at Glen Cove, Long Island, 

 near which station arethecountrv homes 

 of many wealthy New York people. These 

 grounds are much larger than those 

 usually surrounding suburban stations, 

 but I believe the residents joined the rail- 

 road company in buying and improving 

 the gronnds, and the result will be a verv 

 attractive little park that will be a pleas- 

 ure and credit to all concerned. 



The grounds have been laid out and 

 planted as attractively as possib'e, but 

 the practical purposes of the station have 

 not been overlooked and ample space has 

 been left for standing room lor carriages 

 at the platforms. 



The planting list includes manv beauti- 

 ful trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, 

 but all of easy culture, things requiring 

 care of course, but not the care of an ex- 

 pert. It may beinteresting to know that 

 the famous "Dosoris" is near this station 

 and to this Glen Cove owes much of its 

 progressive spirit. 



explanation of plan. 



1. Magnolia macropbylla. 



2. Scarlet oak. 



.S. Magnolia conspicua. 



4. Nordmann's fir. 



5. Sugar maple. 

 0. Abies concolor. 



7. Wier's maple. 



8. Silver maple. 



9. Picea polita. 



10. White-leaved wteping linden. 



1 1 . Colorado blue spruce. 



12. Groups of white birch. 



13. Cut-leaved birch. 

 1+. Magnolia conspicua. 

 1 5. M. parviffora. 



1(5. M. Soulangeana. 



