1490 



RAILROAD GARDENING 



RAILROAD GARDENING 



It ma be well to beg n an account of ra Iroa 1 garden 

 ing w tl an 1 btor cal ket h 



11 e Mo e I £ gla 1 -Plant ng has been lone 

 on the tat on gro nds of orae Engl sh ra Iways for 

 many years but it is al nost exclu vely 1 m te I to 



2065 Ameliorated Radishes fourth Ecneration (X %) 



\tter Carr ere (See Rad sh page 1488 ) 



egate 1 ±..itO on the Mi Hand la Iwaj The 



t I " that is done by the railway companies 



rnnflned to a few tree of low growth near 



and f Fiance 



The Cauad an P^c flc Railway Comp; 

 a con 1 lerable part of its right of way 

 other suitable trees 

 to supph the tie ma 

 aterial of the future 



The director cf the 



called 



etNa 



IBeh 



reget ll ltati.ri trtler u 



sometimes care for a few floweiing plants 



Conditions n t> < e le —Ornamental planting ha 

 been universal on government railways as well as o; 



2066. 



Rat-tailed Radish (X M). 



Grown for its enormous pods. 



(See Radish, page 1488.) 



Australia have developed 

 1 kl I to stitely trees"; and good .success has 

 al o res lite i fiom the introduction of a tree from 

 Manila which is said to ' strongly resemble the cherry 



