In the larger public parks there is everything that is 

 hardy and suited to the exposure and soil to be used, as 

 long as too great a mixture is avoided. In order to 

 obtain the best effects, the planning of such parks should 

 always be entrusted to an experienced landscape archi- 

 tect and the subsequent care to a good park superin- 

 tendent or gardener. In these larger parks may be 

 grown the sweet gum, tulip tree, beeches, white oaks, 

 willows, chestnut, scarlet and black oaks, walnuts, hick- 

 ories, catalpas,sourgum, and among the conifers, the white 

 pine, red pine, cypress, larch, Norway, oriental, Colorado 

 and Engelman's spruce, the silver and Douglas spruce. 

 The hemlock and the various cedars may be mentioned 

 as desirable, in addition to those already enumerated. 

 These trees are hardy throughout the State, and while 

 not intended to form a complete list, no mistake will be 

 made in planting any of them. 



Nearly all public parks should also be arboretums, to a 

 certain extent, and as such should have first of all a 

 thoroughly representative and well-labeled collection of 

 native trees and shrubs, adding those of foreign origin 

 that are most interesting and beautiful. 



In rural communities, the village green and the streets 

 should be well supplied with shade, but to my mind the 

 school ground, which is usually the most neglected as far 

 as ornamentations are concerned, is the chief place where 

 a carefully selected collection of trees and shrubs should 

 be found. Indigenous Bora is usually found very abun- 

 dant in the country, and for that reason I would give the 

 preference to plants, fruit and flowers of strange character 

 in growth, for these are more apt to attract the interest 

 of the children and call their attention to the wonderful 

 ways in which nature attains its results. It is a great 

 pity that so much less interest is shown toward nature in 

 rural schools tlian in those in the cities, and indeed in 

 the rural schools of Europe, where the schoolmaster usu- 

 ally is one of the prominent members of the horticultural 

 society of his district. 



Regarding the planting of private grounds, I will speak 

 only of those of limited size, as the wealthy usually give 

 the planning of extensive private parks to competent 

 landscape architects. Every householder of consequence 

 has the perfectly natural desire to adorn his grounds in 

 some way, but unfortunately the effect attained is 



