HE attention of the entire country is being at- 

 tracted to the Railroad Gardening of the Bos- 

 ton $ Albany. Q It has converted its principal 

 suburban route, "The Circuit" thru Brookline, 

 Riverside, Newtons and Wellesley, into beautiful 

 public parks, and is reaching out to Worcester, 

 Springfield, and Albany. The suburbanite along 

 the Boston 8 Albany has a ride thru these parks 

 every day, and not only the tourist and sightseer, 

 but the landscape gardener, and other railroads are 

 all studying the work of this road. CJ The approaches 

 to the depots are along graveled walks with stretches 

 of green turf bordered with shrubbery. The depots 

 have vines clambering over them, and every pond, 

 crooked place, and rocky gulch instead of being an 

 eyesore, was found to be only an opportunity for 

 making the spot doubly beautiful. Q The peculiar 

 feature of its gardening is that it is designed to be 

 effective all the year round, even in winter. Many 

 stubborn problems confronted the management, 

 but they have all been solved, by the Boston 

 Albany Railroad in such a manner as to contribute 

 an important chapter to the history of the art of 

 landscape gardening. 



NOTE One writer has defined it as the "Garden Railroad"; another the 

 "Railroad Beautiful." Q The Passenger Department has been issuing 

 for general distribution a series of illustrated brochures by eminent 

 writers, the latest being entitled "A Study in Railroad Gardening," by 

 F. A. Arnold of Suburban Life, Boston, with illustrations by J. Horace 

 McFarland, President American Civic Association, Harrisburg, Pa. 

 Copies of this publication may be secured by addressing the Boston office. 



