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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
and are produced in long drooping 
spikes. Left to itself the brushes be- 
come of open habit, but they bear 
pruning in spring very well and it 
makes them more shapely; and all 
buddleias are really worthy subjects. 
Lawns would be bare of flowers to 
a great extent were it not for the 
Rose of Sharon, or Althaea, Hibiscus 
Syriacus. This fine September flower- 
ing shrub exists in dozens of beauti- 
ful varieties, double and single, and 
though classed as a September flow- 
ering shrub, taking the earliest to the 
latest bloomers the season from late 
July to late September is covered. 
Either as a hedge or as a single speci- 
men it is indispensable ; and it is in 
its favor, too, that the harder it is 
pruned in spring the better it flowers, 
and flowers, come nearly the whole 
length of its young shoots. 
Clematis paniculata is in flower 
now, and this splendid vine is ad- 
mired and planted by all who have a 
place for it. According to locality its 
HIBISCUS SYRIACUS. 
Rose of Sharon. 
flowering period is from late August 
to late September. At Philadelphia 
its first flowers expand in the last 
week of August, its prime is reached 
towards the middle of September, and 
when its flowers fade its clusters of 
seeds are interesting, though the 
sweet odor of the flower is gone. 
A shrub, so called, and a handsome 
one it is too, is the commonly called 
Desmodium pendulifiorum, the prop- 
er name of which is Lespedeza bi- 
color. It is, really, of herbaceous na- 
ture, but making such a shrub-like 
growth it is planted as a shrub. The 
shoots are of a rather drooping ten- 
dency and this is made more pro- 
nounced when loaded with its rosy 
pea-shaped flowers. 
There are many Viburnums display- 
ing their beautiful berries now, some 
of those having red or scarlet ones 
are particularly handsome, and may 
be mentioned in later notes, dilitatum, 
Lantana, opulus, Sieboldi and others. 
Joseph Meehan. 
SYSTEMATIC TREE PLANTING IN RIVERSIDE, CAL. 
One of the most important addi-, 
tions made to the municipal govern- 
ment of Riverside, Cal., under the 
new charter was the creation of a 
park commission. 
The first work of the new commis- 
sion will be the systematizing of the 
care and planting of street trees, and 
the care and improvement of the city 
parks. It will be an ambition to make 
of Riverside in its entirety a great 
and beautiful park, with every block 
of its miles of streets planted to ever- 
green shade and ornamental trees. 
and every foot of its frontage kept 
clean and attractive. Laws will be 
framed and proposed by the commis- 
sion to enable it to carry out this 
great work, and even now ordinances 
governing the care of street frontages 
and other important features are in 
process of formation. 
An excellent idea of what the com- 
mission desires to overcome, and 
what it hopes to accomplish, can be 
seen in the two street views shown 
herewith. Riverside boasts of miles 
of tree-lined, shaded streets which are 
rapidly being improved under the able 
direction of Mr. J. H. Reed, the city 
Tree Warden. When the tree plant- 
ing committee was organized by the 
Chamber of Commerce some three 
years ago, there were, as nearly as 
could be ascertained, about 30,009 
trees on the streets. Since then this 
committee has planted about 3500, be- 
sides some 1500 planted by property 
owners, making a total of about 35,- 
000 shade and ornamental trees now 
within the city limits. 
This is believed to exceed the num- 
PHOTO BY BROWN, RIVERSIDE 
CHESTNUT STREET, RIVERSIDE, CAL., TYPICAL WELL- SHADED RESIDENCE STREET. 
