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or paths, and other spots not quite adapted to burial lots which 

 are prepared as flower borders, or are planted with various flower- 

 ing shrubs." By this it will be seen that flowers were to form a 

 very prominent feature in the attractions at Forest Hills, and to 

 this time it is the same and will continue so notwithstanding the 

 fact that some think they are a thing of past generations, and 

 should have but a small place, if any, in the modern cemetery. In 

 the triangles no tender plants are used, and evergreens now form a 

 very attractive and pleasing feature at these places. Shrubs, both 

 evergreen and deciduous have been introduced wherever they could 

 be judiciously used ; hardy plants form no small part of the ornamen- 

 tation of the grounds. Tender plants are used but little beyond the 

 private lots ; there are so large a proportion of the proprietors who 

 require them, that we can well afford to substitute other styles of 

 planting in the ornamental beds. Sub-tropical beds when prop- 

 erly arranged are very attractive, and have been used to good 

 advantage. The new flowering Cannas are freely used, and since 

 we have found that Crotons will do well as bedding plants, they 

 have been substituted for Coleuses. As handsome foliage plants 

 the Acalyphas have no equal, and are certainly, like the Crotons, 

 far superior to half-faded and sickly looking Coleuses. Half- 

 hardy plants are found of much value, as they can be taken out at 

 least a month earlier than the bedding plants, and remain out a month 

 later. For the accommodation of these plants, a pit has been built 

 the past season 80X25 feet, and is already filled with a good 

 collection of plants, among which are fine specimens of Hollies, 

 Myrtles, Yews, Aucubas, Laurels, Laurustinuses and the tender 

 Retinosporas, etc. 



The first Greenhouse was built in 1860; in 1868 it was removed 

 and enlarged ; in 1873 a large conservatory was built, with ranges 

 of smaller houses. These were all heavy wooden structures, which 

 after twenty years of use were much decayed and not worth the 

 large cost of repairing, so that in 1893 the entire range was re- 

 built in the most approved style of construction by the Lord & 

 Burnham Co., and has proved entirely satisfactory. The total 

 number of houses is seven, with 4,480 feet of cold frames. Plants 

 used for spring flowering are Pansies, Myosotis, Daisies, Silenes, 

 etc., 15,000 in all; Geraniums, 40,000; French Cannas, 8,000; 

 Begonias, 6,000; Salvias, 3,000; Echeverias, 2,000; Coleuses, 

 5,000; Achyranthes, 6,000; Golden Pilea, 2,000; Abutilons, 



