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*0ieiviiIa in variety, Weigelia. 

 *Eleagniis longipes, Oleaster. 



♦Forsytliiiis in variety. (Joklen Bell. Often fails to liloiini, but 

 retained on account of their line bealtliy foliage. 

 ♦Hibiscus Syriacus, Altliaea. 



Hydrangea, hardy varieties. 



Kerria .Japouica, Globe Flower. 

 ♦Ligustruin all varieties, Privet, Tbe privets are especially good 

 as they retain their healthy green foliage till late in fall. 



Ligustrnin Kegelianum is of particular graceful growth. 



Philadelphus in variety. Mock Orange. 

 * Kibes aureuin, Missouri t'urraut. 



Ulius glabra, typbina and aromatica. Suniacbs. 

 ♦Kobinia hispida. Moss Locust. 

 *Rosa rugosa, .Japan IJose. 



Spiraea van Houltei, Bridal Wreath. Blooms very seldom here, 

 but retained on acdiiint of gnu eful growth and good foliage. 

 *Syringa iu variety, Lilac. 

 *Tamarix in variety. 



*Viburnum opulus slerilis. Snowball. By far the most reliable 

 flowering shrub for smoky situations. Hdiage good, always healthy. 

 *Viburnniu opulus. High-bush Cranberry. 

 *\iburnum lantana, Wayfarers Tree. 

 *Viburnum plicatum. Japan Snowball. 



Viburnum lentago, Sheep-berry. 



Yucca filamentosa and angustifolia do well. 



( )f liardy lierbaceous pereiiiiials the following are best: 



A r,.\WN VTST.>\ FROM THE WEST BOUND.^iRY. 

 TS r.t'T FIVE .ACRES. 



EXTIRE ESTATE 



Hardy C'hrysauthcinunis. Lily of the Valley. Dictaiiinus 

 fraxinela. 



Picentra spectabilis. Geriunn Iris in variety, lierbaceous paeonies 

 and hardy lilies. 



Named varieties of all classes of tulips and narcissus 

 are used by the thousand in the borders, all flowering 

 annuals and perennials being planted in masses against 

 a background of foliage. 



VINES .AND CLIMBERS. 

 Ampelopsis. species of. Aristolochia sipho. Clematis paniculata. 

 Rambler Roses, Wistaria and Lycium Chinense. Chinese 

 Matrimony vine. 



*These plants haic dour nmarhithJij vrll mi the Biisdi I'Inre. 



PRAIRIE PLANTS. 



\\'hen. as frequently happens, no rain falls for from 

 thirty to sixty days or more in the growing sea- 

 son the elifect on vegetation can be imagined. Cul- 

 tivated crops often prove entire or partial failures un- 

 less the farmer anticipates the lack of moisture at the 

 beginning of the season and holds the moisture in the soil 

 by proper cultivation. Even in seasons of drouth, how- 

 ever, the wild plants seldom fail to make a crop. The 

 compass plants, the sunflowers, the wild vervains and 



many others retn;iin fresh and green long after the grasses 

 have become dry enough for prairie tires, but there is 

 a noticeable lack of plants that flower and fruit at the 

 height of the dry season. In these frequent drouths, we 

 see one cause of prairies. Plants that require a fairly 

 constant supply of moisture can not endure the condi- 

 tions here and give up the struggle. Seedling trees, 

 though doubtless often started, sooner or later find a 

 season too dry for them. Thus the prairies are treeless 

 except along the watercourses. The fires that still oc- 



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 TREES. 



THE CHILDREN'S PL.X^'GROtTND. NOTE PL.ANTIXC, .\T B.ASE 

 .AND B.ACKGROUNI). 



casionally sweep across such areas are extremely harmful 

 to all .species that do not have some sort of a perennial 

 stem undergroutid. Prairies arc like deserts in that the 

 rainfall is iiiievciil\ distributed. There are no deserts in 

 which some rain does not fall annually, while some 

 deserts, at certain seasons are as flowery as any meadow. 

 It is the long intervals between rainy seasons that cause 

 the death of all but the most resistant plants. In the 

 prairie region the drouths are of shorter duration but 

 they are still long enough to eliminate many moisture- 

 loving plants and to prevent the growth of trees. — Amer- 

 ican nntanist. 



