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again their welcome songs ; wliere blossoming shrubs 

 delight the eve, perfume the air, and make attractive 

 resting place's. Such places may seem to exist more 

 for the living than for the dead, but the living are the 

 ones that need thera. If it seems natural to select a 

 most beautiful park, a real picture, we might say, for a 

 sleeping place, it seems strange to put into this picture 

 obelisk after obelisk stone posts and slabs of all shapes 



and sizes and stone tombs within whose walls their 

 owners hope to have their dead bodies preserved for 

 ever. Ihe history of sepulture shows the futility of 

 trying to preserve one's body or one's name with the help 

 of stone. A man can only hand his name down to pos- 

 terity by his own work, and even if his body should be 

 preserved as long as were those of the ancient Egyp- 

 tians, it might finally be used only to propel a locomo- 

 tive or a steamboat. These facts should be recognized 

 in till- modern cemetery. The ground should assist in 

 changing the body back into organic forms or to receive 

 the ashes, if the quicker process of cremation is adopted. 

 The scenery should solace those that are bereft. 



It is repugnant to our best feelings to use the same 

 land over and over again, as is done in many cities in 

 Euiope and to some extent in the United States. A 

 cemetery is frequenth spoken of as the last resting place, 

 and It serves mankind best when it is so in fact, since in 

 that case ntter it has served its purpose of purification, 

 it 1 Hc nu I 1 irk a breathing place for the people of 

 th it\ vl ,ijwth IS likely to ciowd the Mcinity with 

 h 1 I hf in niory of past generations will certainly 



I sweetei it it is associated with tiees than if it is 

 (.jnuectel \Mth tombs catic mis in! p\rimids. The 

 problem presented to ceni t i t t is, there' 



fore how to secuie the m t | 1 I luations of 



growing plants mcludin^ t 1 I tl wers and 



grass the most satisfact i\ \ \ tl n st ha 

 nious and lestful park, foi the cemeterv is really a 

 memorial fark 



Those seeking information on this subiett will find it 

 in the histoiies of the vaiious cemeteiies and in ency- 

 clopfedns The de\elopment of the landscape idea ir 

 connectii n with cemeteries is gi\ en in some of the re- 

 ports of those institutions that of Spring drive for the 

 T( nr isi 1 hf mg especnllv valnal le The leports of the 

 \ t \ r ( 1 f-t s iptrintendents con- 



t I I % olumes of the 



1 Pirk and Ceme 

 t t the interests of 



1 1 1 n„ to all phases of 



the sul ] t \11 I ks lel fii „ in any way to Land 

 scape Gardening aie of value in cemeter> work, since 

 they treat of all its natural features 



O. C. SiMONDS. 



LANTANA l<,].\ nanif.onof. applied to a Viburnum). 

 J', i7/. ,1.;., ,/ . I'liiui]!^ a li:ilf liunilred species of herbs 

 or ^liT'iil.^, -"inrtiiiii-^ lialf-rliiiiliin^', with opposite rough 

 dfnt;iT.' Iiavi-^. and spikes or i-vnies of small verbena- 

 like Howers. They are natives of the tropical and sub- 

 tropical parts of Asia, Africa and America. Fls. small, 

 gamopetalous, the calyx very small, the corolla some- 

 what irregularly 4-5-parted, the corolla tube slender : 

 stamens 4. didvnaraous: ovary 2-loculed, becoming a 

 fleshy or drvisli drupe with 2 nutlets. The bracts sub- 

 tending the' head often imitate an involucre. Verbena 

 differs in having akene-like nutlets and long-tubular 5- 

 toothed calyx. 



LANTANA 883 



Lantanas have been long in cultivation, and it is diffi- 

 cult to refer the garden forms to botanical species. The 

 species themselves are confusing. Most of the garden 

 kinds are of the L. Camam type. There are several 

 Camara-like species which probably have hybridized to 

 produce these forms; but Voss, the latest garden mono- 

 grapher, regards these species as only forms of L. Ca- 

 viata (preferring, however, to use the namei. aculeata). 

 Accepting L. Camara in Voss's sense, the garden 

 Lantanas may be said to be derived from that 

 species; and this view is adopted below. Monogr. 

 by J. C. Schauer, DC. Prodr. xi. 594-609. 



L. H. B. 

 The Lantana has been improved in its useful- 

 ness as a bedding plant of late years, largely 

 through the efforts of French hybridizers. The 

 older varieties were mostly rather tall and lanky, 

 later in coming into bloom, and dropped their 

 flowers badly after rain storms, but were showy 

 in warm and dry weather. The new varieties are 

 dwarf, spreading and bushy in habit, early and 

 free-flowering, and the heads or umbels of bloom 

 average much larger, with florets in proportion; 

 nor do they drop off from the plants as the old 

 varieties did in bad weather. These newer kinds 

 are not as well known as they should be. They are very 

 desirable for any situation where sun-loving bedding 

 plants are used, in groups or borders, windu\v-l".xf^. l.as- 

 kets and vases. The Lantana is not particular a^ h< -..il, 

 and flourishes provided the exposure is sunnv ana the 

 soil well supplied with moisture, at least until a lair 

 growth has been made. When well established it does 

 not seem to mind drought, and continue bright and at- 

 tractive in the hottest weather. It should not be 

 transplanted out in the open before danger of frost is 

 over. If the old plants are wanted for propagation, cut 

 them back and transfer to pots early in September, and 

 when they start into new growth the .soft wood will fur- 

 nish cuttings that root easily. Keep young stock in a 

 warm position through the winter months, and repot in 



Save the old plants, after Jack Frost has nipped their 

 freshness late iu the fall, prune severely back, remove 

 them indoors, giving them a temperature anywhere 

 above 40°, and with a little attention and fresh soil, 

 every plant will be a perfect specimen, covered with 

 bloom in May. Gardeners train them into fine standards, 

 as prim and shapely as need be. Among the French 

 varieties the most representative are Argus, orange with 

 yellow center; Tethys, canary yellow; A. Claveau, sil- 

 very rose with yellow center. These are very dwarf 

 spreading growers, about 8 in. high. Aniiel is semi- 

 dwarf, orange-red with yellow center, bright and showy; 

 Prot^e belongs to the same class, rose color, yellow- 

 shaded center; Delicatissima is a trailing or creeping 

 sort, with slender stems, small leaves and dainty flow- 

 ers of pink and lavender: La Pluie d'Or, golden yellow, 

 is a standard variety among the older kinds. 



Gkove p. Rawson. 



A. Plant often spiny: fruit juicy. 



CamS-ra, Linn. (i. ac«7ed?n, Linn.). Fig. 1239. Small 

 shrab, 1-4 ft. high, hairy, sometimes with short, hooked 

 prickles: Ivs. rather thick, rugose, scabrous above but 

 pubescent beneath, ovate or cordate-ovate, mostly short- 

 acuminate, crenate-dentate, the petioles short: clusters 

 of fls. on strong axillary peduncles which may or may 

 not exceed the Ivs.: fls. in a dense, nearly flat-topped 

 head, usually opening yellow or pink hut changing to 

 orange or scarlet, the bracts narrow and not conspicu- 

 ous. Trop. Amer., extending north to Texas and S. Ga. 

 B.M. 96. L.B.C. 12:1171 (as L. sen (ir«?«, Ait. ).- In the 

 wild, the plant may grow 10 ft. high, and it is usually 

 prickly (hence the name L. iicnleata of Linnaeus). The 

 cultivated plant is less prickly or even unarmed. The 

 plant has a strong smell, but the ease with which it can 

 be made to produce an almost continuous supply of 

 bloom renders it a popular greenhouse and bedding sub- 

 ject. Color of fls. varies on dift'erent plants. Of late 

 years the Lantanas have been neglected by florists, but 

 improved varieties are now bringing it into favor again. 



Var. nivea (L. iiivea. Vent.). Fls. white, the outer 

 ones becoming bluish : heads rounder. B.M. 1946. 



