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VIEWS IN LINCOLN PARK. CHICAGO. 



expedition, under his arm being a book 

 of specimens and in his hand a few flow- 

 ers gathered by the way. At the left of 

 the base of the statue is seen the entrance 

 to the park greenhouses, with a group of 

 decorative plants on either side, and at 

 the right a handsome bed of Caladium 

 esculentum bordered with coleus. In the 

 lower left hand corner is a view of a rus- 

 tic stone bridge crossing the narrow part 

 of one of the ponds of aquatics, and to 

 the right is seen a corner in the herbace- 

 ceo'js garden. 



VIT1S GOIGNBTIflE. 



This vine came to us a very few years 

 ago as one that in Great Britain presented 

 a magnificent sight in the vivid coloring 

 of its leaves in autumn. After a trial of 

 three seasons I am discarding it as an 

 ornamental plant. With me it fails to 

 color at all, but takes on a dingy, rusty 

 look that condemns it. It would be 

 interesting and instructive if those who 

 have tried it would give their experience 

 in Gardening. Climatic influences must 

 play their part in the coloring of the 



leaves of this grape vine as there is no 

 question about its great beautv in Eng- 

 land. W. C. Egan. 



Those who are growing tender climb- 

 ing roses, the wood of which they are 

 anxious to carry over winter, may learn 

 something from the following quotation 

 from "Physiology of Plants:" "By pinch- 

 ing off the apex of the shoot and remov- 

 ing some of the leaves, the ripening of the 

 wood is considerably accelerated. The 



