Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
After the rapid review in which we have glanced 
at the prominent features of the Park’s stately forest 
growth, its brilliant shrubbery and graceful vines, let me 
choose for my last allusion that delicate trailing species, 
the ‘* memorial rose’’ (Aosa wichuriana), that best be- 
fits one’s retrospective thoughts. Its name is one of the 
most happily chosen; its five, pure white petals, its 
dainty leaflets, vivid green, and its trailing habit, afford 
one of the most charming effects in decoration of a rock- 
ery, or to hang over a low wall; a tender-thoughted 
creature of the soil, that lingers long in memory. 
Reviewing the foregoing inventory of trees, shrubs, 
and vines, we must exclaim, what a wealth of vegetation 
comes from Japan and China, the land of flowers, a 
garden of the Lord, that has given us the yulan, the 
quince, kcelreuteria, forsythia, kerria, deutzia, the best 
of the azaleas, spirzeas, honeysuckles, weigelas—in a 
word, the choicest of our cultivated plants in nearly 
every type, particularly of the smaller growths. Dis- 
cover a species peculiarly elegant, brilliant, or graceful, 
in flower or foliage, be it tree or shrub, deciduous or 
evergreen, and you are almost sure to find it labelled 
‘Japonica ’’ or **'(Chinensis.*’ 
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