RAILROAD GARDENING 



1489 



Malagasy name of a palm which fur- 



rti.lf of commerce called raffia fiber. 



-MHihigascar, where it grows without 



hi inn of any kind. One palra leaf, or 



i-lini long green divisioii.s 2-5 ft. in 



ives of the sug.n- .aiir. l,ut ,.f a dark 



green cnln,- ^ni.l iliicker and 



stiffer. The mi<l<r |.art ..i ihis green 



leaf is of a pale KifiniNl] mIIow color, 



m.r skin is 



luuur as the 



lieu pod. ex- 



rht to the tip 



•11 (■[ the pal- 



M:..':. _:i--ai-, the 



• iiiIn 1i\ ihi- scar- 

 ciiy of lal..ir. I'"!' r\|,M,i. il,.. tiber is 

 cnll.-,-t.'.l ill laii.'.' -kiiiiv. iwivted or 



bales of'aixmt 100 kilograms (220 lbs.) 

 each. About 20,000 bales are exported 

 annually. 



Chas. W, J.ii-OB & Allison. 



RAGGED LADY. .Y/./rlhi Dnmnx- 



RAGGED ROBIN. Li/rln, 



RAILROAD GARDENING. Plate 

 XXXII. This ex|.ivssi,,ii usually refers 

 to the formal use .li' ll.iwi r I..-. Is about 



tal gardening, not lamK, a|H. gardening, 

 the latter being tlir ail ->! arranging 

 plants so as to make- nai in.- like |.ii-tures\ 

 Most nf the so-call.M laii.l^ra|M. garden- 



■nani.-iit.il -,u ilnnii-. (_'arpet 

 iaiaii\-.-lv .■.isilv as .-onipared 

 I'hry k,st but a 

 <ave bareness, 

 • s and shrubs 

 '■resting all the 

 iiii; of nature- 



tha 



' 1 d irmg tl e M 



m th s CO lutrj f t( 



in mless it 1 e the q lest 

 ent Its being grown 



1 : The 



1 1 t being 



t I I d sh seed 



of cheap labor to 

 advantage here. 



W. W. Tracy. 



tired traveler ia cheered by the In i 

 kept railroad station. Such displa 

 stations if anywhere along the lii 

 preferable to dirt, ugliness and 

 difference. 



, are suitable at 

 !, They are ah 

 general air ol 



