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 " {Rosa 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 )Tilan, the 

 quince, kcelreuteria, forsythia, kerria, deutzia, the best 

 of the azaleas, spiraeas, 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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