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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
SUPERB MASS OF FORSYTHEA IN FULL FLOWER ON EASTER SUNDAY^. 
Highland Terrace, Massachusetts Ave.. Washington, D. C. Flowers not injured by 
freeze the next night. 
M. Soiilangeana showed a varied as- 
pect. from a few open blooms to trees 
with nearly all fully blown owing to 
especially favorable positions. Satur- 
day morning, these conditions were 
altered by a brisk breeze which al- 
most denuded the Halleanas and cast 
showers of petals from the Yulans, 
.greatly to the delight of the children 
in the parks (conditions which are 
fairly shown in the accompanying il- 
lustrations), but made no impression 
on the Soulangeanas. 
Easter morning brought heavy 
clouds and a cold, disagreeable rain, 
the following night the mercury drop- 
ped to 26, and on Monday morning 
not a jMagnolia blossom in \yashing- 
ton could be distinguished from the 
oak leaves of mid-winter. Sered, 
brown and lifeless they hung limp and 
ragged, seemingly mourning for their 
lost beauty. 
This untimely end of so much love- 
liness is not at all uncommon in 
The "wild garden" photograph 
shown herewith, was taken the latter 
part of April, and gives an idea of the 
vigor and profusion of Texas plant life 
in the late spring and early summer, 
for summer usually makes itself felt 
by the loth of June. The ground was 
a rather poor spot of chalky land where 
the grass did not grow vigorously, so 
it was plowed deeply, a liberal coat of 
stable manure spread over it. Then it 
was replowed, and sowed with lark- 
spur, shirley poppies, a slight scatter- 
ing of oats, and in the background 
against the tennis court back stop nets 
were sown hollyhocks. They all grew 
and blossomed in great profusion, and 
the blending of color of the poppies 
in their many tints from white to ma- 
Washington, Experts assert that it 
may be expected about every third 
year. It is certainly worthy of note 
that the many Japanese cherries scat- 
tered throughout the ’ city, and each, 
one a bouquet of delicate pink blos- 
soms, were not injured in the least by 
the freeze and neither were the For- 
sythias affected. The latter are used 
more extensively and effectively than 
the writer has seen elsewhere. F. 
\-iridissima, F. intermedia, F. suspensa 
and, probably, F. Fortueni also, are 
all grown and all do well, but Mr. 
Smith recommends F. intermedia as 
being hardier and more floriferous 
than any other. The illustration pre- 
sents one of the show spots of Wash- 
ington, while the long terrace of Gold- 
en Bells is in flower and, one hopes, 
will help to convince readers that our 
attractive capital merits a visit from 
every flower lover as well as from 
roon, the larkspurs from pink to blue 
and the bright green of the oats, all 
relieved by a background of hackberry 
and mesquit trees gave a very charm- 
ing picture. 
The trees pn the right are common 
hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) the 
best of the native shade trees on light 
soils. The shrub in the center is 
Amur privet (Ligustrum amurense). 
the tree beyond the privet a Russian 
mulberry, and the trees in the back- 
ground are the native Mesquit. Our 
Mesquit does not make a very impos- 
ing tree, but it blooms as often as 
three times in a summer, is an excel- 
lent honey plant and stands a wet or 
a dry season with equal indifference. 
The hackberry is the tree for this 
WILD GARDEN IN AUSTIN, TEX. 
State University Grounds. 
climate, of course excepting the live 
oak ( Querctis sempervirens) , which is 
best of all, but a very slow grower. 
The hackberry grows rapidly, has a 
fine shape and where not attacked by 
mistletoe makes an excellent shade or 
street tree. 
The getting back to nature in a pleas- 
ing landscape effect is very beautiful 
when accomplished, but not an end 
easy to attain in a hot, dry climate. 
H. B. Beck. 
SOME GOOD SHRUBS FOR 
SUCCESSION OF BLOOM 
The importance of obtaining a suc- 
cession of bloom in a shrubbery plant- 
ing scheme* is self-evident. In select- 
ing the varieties to produce this there 
is room for a large variance of choice ; 
tastes will vary : the climate, soil and 
the care given the plants should be con- 
sidered. Bpt the following list of 
twelve shrubs will be found to give 
good results with little care: For- 
sj'thia (golden bell), Cydonia Japoiiica 
(Japan quince). Viburnum opulis steri- 
lis (snowball), Spiraea Van Houttei 
(white spiraea), Lonicera tatarica (up- 
right honeysuckle), Weigela rosea (rose 
colored weigelia), Philadelphus (mock 
orange), Syringa (lilac). Spiraea cal- 
losa (pink spiraea). Spiraea Anthony 
Waterer (dwarf spiraea). Hibiscus 
syriacus (althea), Hydrangea panicti- 
lata grandiflora (common hydrangea). 
Other shrubs which are worthy of plant- 
ing in the spring time are Hercules’ 
club, Aralia spinosa, the purple and the 
green leaved barberry, several varieties 
of -the dogwood and the flowering 
locust. Next to trees and srubbery in 
consideration of a planting scheme come 
perennials. 
every patriotic citizen. 
h’’R.'tNrEs Copley Seavey. 
GROWTH IN A TEXAS WILD GARDEN 
