Hardy Ornamental Plants for Unfavorable City 



Conditions 



By L. P. Jensen, Missouri. 



Among 



the various ornamental properties in my 

 charge, the Busch Place of St. Louis, Mo., is the smallest 

 and the most difficult for the growing of hardy plants 

 for naturalistic effect. 



The Busch Place contains about five acres of land, all 

 of which is utilized for ornamental purposes. It is lo- 

 cated in a thickly-populated district, surrounded by 

 buililings and factories, where the air is filled with smoke 

 and soot. 



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 MRS. ADOLPIIUS BUSCH. 



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On account of this smoky atmosphere only the most 

 hardy and vigorous plants can be grown successfully. 

 Conifers are entirely out of the question, and have been 

 discarded years ago. During more than twenty years 

 almost all plants sold by nurserymen have been tried, 

 and only those retained which have proven to be of a 

 comparatively healthy growth and hardy. 



The present list is small, but should prove of value to 

 persons who have to do ornamental planting in similar 

 trying situations. 



The pictures show the heavy mass plantations along 

 the boundaries, which effectively shut out surrounding 

 buildings, and the massed plantation throughout the 

 grounds, which create a number of interesting vistas and 

 give spaciousness to the place, without destroying the 

 principal open lawn spaces. 



Following is a list of the principal plants grown : 



TREES. 

 *Ac'er (lasycai'pum. White or Silver JIaple. 

 *Acer ilacycarpuin var. Wierii. W'iers Cut-leaf Maple. 

 *Acer Negundo, Box Elder, Asli-leaved Maple. 



Aesculus hippocastamim, Horse-oliestniit. 

 *Ailanthus glaudulosa, Tree of Heaven. 



Aralia spiuosa, Hercules Club. 

 *L!roussonetia paiiyrifera. Paper Mulberry. 



Catalpa speciosa. Wi'stern Catalpa. 



THE DRIVEWAY 



SHOWING AN EFFECTIVE GROUPING AT THE 

 ROAD'S BEND. 



♦Cereis Canadensis, Red-bud. 



Crataegus occycantlia. English Hawthorn. 

 *Fraxinus. varieties. Asli. 



*r;ymnocladus Canadensis, Kentuckj' Coffee-tree. 

 *Halesia tetraptera. Silver-liell. 

 *Koelreuteria paniculata. Varnish-tree. 

 *Liquidambar styraeiflua. Sweet-gum. 



Liriodendrou tulipifera. Tulip-tree. 

 ''Magnolia's all species hardy in this vicinit.v, 

 * Morns, Tea's Weeping, 



Persiea, varieties of. 

 *Platanus occidentalis, American Sycamore. 

 *P]atanus orientalis. European Sycamore. 

 *ropuliis, varieties of, Poplar. 

 *Robinia pseiid-acacia. Black Locust, 



Taxodium distichum. Deciduous Cypress. 

 *Tilia ulmifolia. Small-leaved Linden, 



Ulmus .\mericana. American Elm. 



SHRUBS. 

 Berberis vtdgaris. Common Barberry. 

 *Berheris Thunbergii, Thunbergs Barherr.v. 

 Cornus alba. Red-branched Dogwood. 

 Cornus stoliuifera. Native Red-branched Dogwood, 

 Cornus stolinifera, var, flamiramia. Yellow-branched Do.gwood. 



