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BELT OF LONICERAS IN THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM. BOSTON. 



replaced by another man; his whole 

 thought should be given to the park, and, 

 moreover, since he is responsible in a 

 large measure for the manner in which 

 the park is conducted, he should have 

 absolute control of all the employes of 

 the park — the laborers, gardeners, police- 

 men etc. He is called upon to make esti- 

 mates of what certain work will cost and 

 then is required to execute the work. It 

 is unfair to him to require him to use men 

 hired and controlled by some one else. 



"In the selection of employes he will 

 satisfy himself in regard to an applicant's 

 ability to do a needed work, but will not 

 inquire as to his nationality, his religion, 

 or his politics. The fact that a man is a 

 Buddhist, Presbyterian, or agnostic 

 would probably not interfere with his do- 

 ing a good day's work at mowing grass. 



ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF EMPLOYES. 



"The superint' ndent should have 

 authority to discharge at once any man 

 who showed no interest in his work; who 

 worked rapidly when someone was look- 

 ing at him, but rested most of the time 

 when he thought himself alone; who 

 talked too much with his fellow-employes, 

 or attempted in any way to make them 

 discontented. 



"The ideal superintendent would in 

 time become acquainted with all the 

 workers in the park, and take some 

 interest in them aside from securing the 

 greatest amount of work for money 

 expended. A word of explanation now 

 and then, calling the attention of a mere 

 laborer to the beauty of a tree or shrub; 

 the statement of an interesting fact in 

 natural history; or possibly a bit of 

 political economy, would give the work- 

 man food for thought, and helpto deprive 

 his labor of a little of its drudgery. 



"On the other hand, the superintendent 

 can often help to educate the Park Com- 

 missioners, or, if fortunately one of the 

 commissioners should be a man of good 

 taste the superintendent should show a 

 readintss to learn and profit by any 

 advice that may be given. 



"But, although the ideal park superin- 

 tendent will have an intimate knowledge 

 of the design of the park and be brought 



in close relations with the Park Commis- 

 sioners and with his fellow-workers, his 

 greatest influence will come from his rela- 

 tion to the public. The park exists for 

 the residents of a city and those who 

 come to visit them. It is a place where 

 people go to get fresh air, to see an ex- 

 panse of sky and clouds, and lawn and 

 meadow, to see foliage and flowers, to 

 get sweet perfumes, and to hear the music 

 of birds. 



"It may be conducted in such a manner 

 as to exert an elevating influence on all 

 who go to see it, to teach them to respect 

 others' rights, to show them what is in 

 good taste, and to give them the purest 

 kind of enjoyment. In the domain of 

 landscape art it should take a leading 

 position, keeping up with the best 

 thought of the times. Its treatment 

 should be simple and natural, and not 

 accompanied with grotesque features 

 which deprave people's taste. 



"The man in charge of a public park 

 has an opportunity to exert an influence 

 which should place him on a level with 

 the leading ministers, doctors, and other 

 professional men of thepresent time." 



Roses. 



NOTES ON ROSES. 



At this writing, July 1, the roses are 

 still making a good display, although 

 they are not nearly so good as they were 

 two weeks ago. This has been a splen- 

 did season for them and they never did 

 better or looked so well. All the different 

 classes have flowered well. In the H. P. 

 class we had a fine show and in great 

 variety. 



Among the best of them were Madame 

 Victor Verdier, crimson; Pride of Wal- 

 tham, flesh color; M. P. Wilder, carmine; 

 Baroness Rothschild, light pink; Fisher 

 Holmes, deep glowing scarlet; Madame 

 Gabriel Luizet, pink, like Baroness Roths- 

 child; Earl of Dufferin, rich crimson; 

 Ulrich Brunner, red; John Hopper, bright 

 rose; Prince Camille de Rohan, deep vel- 

 vety crimson; Mrs. John Laing, pink; 



Paul Neyron, deep rose color; Alfred 

 Colomb, crimson; Francois Levet, cherry 

 red; General Jacqueminot, crimson; Lady 

 Arthur Hill, lilac rose; Charles Margot- 

 tin, red; Anne de Diesbach, carmine, and 

 Magna Charta, pink. 



Among whites the Marchioness of Lon- 

 donderry was the finest. This new rose is 

 all that could be desired. The flower is 

 very large, pure white, and lasts well. 

 The plant is a vigorous grower, although 

 with us the budded plants were cut to 

 the mulch line the past winter while the 

 plants on their own roots came through 

 all right, and both are growing side by 

 side. Another promising new white rose 

 is Margaret Dickson. The flowers are 

 not so large as the last named, but it is 

 in every way a grand rose and a vigor- 

 ous grower. The color is white with a 

 pale flesh center; it is also very fragrant. 

 These are only a few; the list could be 

 greatly enlarged, but all the roses men- 

 tioned are fine and good vigorous grow- 

 ers. 



The moss roses are mostly all vigorous 

 and free flowering. Among the best ones 

 with us are Henry Martin, pink; Princess 

 Adelaide, bright rosy pink; Luxembourg, 

 crimson scarlet; and Countess de Murin- 

 ais, white. 



Among miscellaneous roses none has 

 been more showy than Climbing Jules 

 Margottin. This we train to grow in 

 bush form and the wealth of bloom it 

 gives is wonderful. The color is red. 



The hedge of Madame Plantier roses 

 that encloses the cottage garden was a 

 beautiful sight. This is the freest flower- 

 ing white rose anyone can grow, but it 

 does not last long in perfection. The 

 rugosa roses have also flowered well. 

 Madame G. Bruant is a beautiful white 

 lately introduced. It flowers in clusters 

 but only one flower opening at a time. 

 The bud is long and pointed and the 

 flower semi-double. The foliage is clean 

 and handsome and it is a vigorous grower. 

 The polyantha roses are a fine flowering 

 class, the flowers small, but as they come 

 in clusters this makes up for it. One of 

 the best is Clothilde Soupert, white. This 

 flowers so freely that the little bush is 

 almost hidden. 



