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uniformity of trees planted along the streets ; but 

 willow, locust, eucalyptus, cypress, live oak, and 

 various semi-tropical trees and shrubs, which have 

 been chiefly brought from Australia, are planted, and 

 the effect is very rich and luxuriant. Heliotrope 

 grows as rankly as wild roses, but loses its fragrance 

 after having been exposed to the hot sun. It is often 

 trained into tree form, as are roses and fuchsias. 

 From what I have seen, roses do not bloom perfectly, 

 at least in the summer months, the dry weather 

 causing the blossoms to blast. Dahlias bloom mag- 

 nificently, and a plantation I saw of them in the 

 Golden Gate Park was a splendid sight. This park 

 has been reclaimed from "sand lots," over 1000 

 acres of sand being planted with trees, and made 

 into lawns and flower-gardens, that are dazzling be- 

 yond description. The part that has been put in 

 order is of exquisite beauty, the trees and shrubbery 

 in particular being charming. The gardener told me 

 that 200,000 had been planted this last year. The 

 park grounds extend to the ocean ; and it is curious 

 to see acres of sand-hills planted with small pine and 

 other trees that will grow in sand. Some of the hills 

 are planted with a kind of sea-grass to prevent the 

 sand from blowing, for it drifts and blows about in 

 the wind like snow. The city of San Francisco is 

 built on such sand-hills, and all excavations for foun- 

 dations that I have seen have disclosed vast beds of 

 sand, and nothing more stable, which reminds one of 

 the parable of the two house-builders ; but the houses 

 here seem to stand as well as if built on a rock.' " 



Tree-planting in Manchester (from the ' Journal of 

 Forestry/ August 1879) : 



