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AN ARTISTIC ENTRANCE GROUPING OF 

 EVERGREENS AND TREES 



An effective use of evergreens bordering the approach to 

 an estate. Those in the foreground are Colorado and Kos- 

 teriana Blue Spruce; the tall native growth consists of Nor- 

 way Spruce, White Pine, Fir, Larix, Maple, Oak, Platanus 

 and Birch. 



Similar ideas to this are also carried out in cemetery 

 improvement where the entranceway is recessed and the gate 

 is a considerable distance from the street. The picture has 

 a great deal of meaning and it is so simple in treatment that 

 it is as easily read as a child's primer. 



A RESIDENTIAL HOTEL 



A very select residential hotel can afford the expense of 

 such a garden as this, but for the ordinary property hardy 

 plants would be better. The large-leaved plants on the right 

 bottom corner and near the terrace in the center are Cannas; 

 the ribbon-beds along the walks are scarlet Geraniums; and the 

 fancy bed in the lower left-hand corner consists of Coleus and 

 Echeveria, commonly called Hen and Chickens. The hedge on 

 the terrace is a Berberis Thunbergii, one of the prettiest plants 

 of recent introduction. The Evergreens are Norway Spruce 

 and Thuya Occidentalis. 



Of course this style of planting is practicable only where 

 a gardener is employed, as without constant attention it is a 

 failure. A nice way to brighten up a hotel property is with 

 trees in tubs, and there are many kinds that do well, small and 

 large. There are small Cedars, like Thuya Globosa and Thuya 

 Compacta, that make fine porch ornaments. And in connection 

 with such a hotel there is usually a garden cafe. Sometimes 

 this cafe is in a tiled court like a Spanish patio, and the floral 

 decorations are in tubs and vases. In cities where hotel prop- 

 erties have no garden space, it is a good idea to build the cafe 

 on the roof, as was done by Mr. L. W. Tuller, who has in- 

 stalled a magnificent hotel cafe on the roof of his hotel, the 

 Hotel Tuller, Detroit, Mich. 



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