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Vol. VI. 



82.00 a Year. 

 24 Numbers. 



CHICAGO, FEBUARY i, 1898. 



Single Copt 

 10 Cents. 



No. 130. 



AN ORNAMENTAL WELL-HOUSE, GARFIELD PARK. CHICAGO. 



Trees and Shrubs. 



TflE BUR OAK. 



One of the most attractive trees at this 

 season is the bur oak, Quercus macro- 

 carpa. It possess all the gnarled and 

 crooked weirdness of the oak family and 

 at the same time has that hurly-burly 

 roughness from the broken and corky 

 character of its bark that indicates its 

 rigorous nature. This latter sh..v 5 

 itself early in the corky wings of its 

 younger branches. As commonly seen, 

 its trunk stands erect, while its branches 

 assume a general horizontal position, 

 although they often take other directions. 

 In summer its large, irregular and deepiy 



lobed green leaves are rendered more 

 attractive by the light color of their under 

 surfaces. Its peculiar form and rapid 

 growth in good soil make it a great fav- 

 orite for an oak. It is not easily trans- 

 planted because of its large roots, but 

 once established is easily taken care of, 

 showing unusual ability to adapt itself 

 to the various climatic conditions of our 

 country. A. P. Wyman. 



AN ORNAMENTAL WELL-HOUSE. 

 Many parks otherwise as near perfec- 

 tion as the hand of man can make them, 

 appear a trifle monotonous in the appar- 

 ently endless array of trees, shrubs and 

 flowers. In the escape from a crowded 

 thoroughfare, the quiet shades of the foli- 

 age are at first very pleasing to the 



senses, but in wandering around large 

 places for any great length of time, the 

 scene loses a portion of its attractiveness. 

 Some of the best landscape gardeners 

 have tried to remedy this by the intro- 

 duction of such ornaments as that shown 

 in the illustration on this page, and the 

 idea has proven to be a good one. This, 

 of course, applies to extensive private 

 grounds as well as public parks[and gar- 

 dens. The buildings may be used for 

 various purposes. Among such struct- 

 ures we find aviaries, observation towers, 

 summer-houses, etc., and in this instance 

 we have the building turned to practical 

 account in the form of a well-house. 

 These buildings may be clothed with 

 vines in small city or suburban places; 

 but where there is plenty of surrounding 

 greenery extending over a large area, it is 



