A /RELIABLE NOSE. 



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Fig. 2637. MiLLis. Mass., Railway Station 

 Grounds. 



fested in railway stations and the grounds 

 about them. The more cultivated tastes of 

 the traveling public demand beauty of sur- 

 roundings. Whether that beauty be simple 

 or ornate depends upon the situation. The 

 public at large does not care to enter a train 

 from a marble palace in the city and be 

 dumped on a dark, ill-smelling platform at 



its home station, the station itself looking 

 like an immigrant depot. Railway compa- 

 nies are awakening to a sense of their re- 

 sponsibilities in this regard ,and a few well 

 planned stations and grounds may be found 

 in the United States. The Millis, Mass., 

 railway station and the grounds about it 

 were designed by Mr. Edward P. Adams, 

 landscape architect, of Boston, Mass. The 

 drives are graceful, and so arranged that a 

 blockade of vehicles cannot occur. Per- 

 sons in carriages alight under cover. Shel- 

 ter is provided for horses. A novel but ex- 

 cellent feature is the library and reading 

 room on the second floor, for passengers 

 and employes. This, and the pretty little 

 parks about the station proper and about the 

 freight house across the tracks, makes wait- 

 ing for a tram a thing to be born with 

 equanimity. Instead of an eyesore to this 

 village of less than a thousand inhabitants, 

 the station is its pride. 



A RELIABLE ROSE. 



ONE of the most beautiful and reliable 

 roses in cultivation is the Mrs. John 

 Laing. My experience with this meritori- 

 ous variety in the nursery has been very 

 pleasant and satisfactory in every way. I 

 had it planted in nursery rows with other 

 valuable sorts and was surprised and de- 

 lighted to see it bloom so strong and con- 

 tinuously. The roses are large and very 

 full, of a grand, clear bright pink color. The 

 fragrance is delightful, and this, with other 

 attractive features, makes it a general favor- 

 ite with those who see it. The plants are 



strong, vigorous, and begin to bloom early 

 and continue to bloom until very cool 

 weather. Last year my bushes were full of 

 buds and others just opening, October 16. 

 During several very cold nights, frosting 

 and freezing water slightly, the roses were 

 not affected. To keep for very late flowers 

 I place a few paper bags over the buds at 

 night and tie them on to prevent being blown 

 off. The Mrs. Laing has great beauty and 

 exquisite fragrance, combined with hardi- 

 hood and a propensity to continuous bloom- 

 ing.— ^-Farw and Home. 



