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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
PLANTING FOR UNFAVORABLE CITY CONDITIONS 
The pictures on the cover of this 
issue give some idea of what effects 
may be produced in a city garden, lo- 
cated in a thickly populated district 
closely surrounded by buildings and 
factories where the air is filled with 
smoke, soot, and dust. 
They are views of the Busch 
Grounds in- St. Louis which contains 
about five acres of land, all of which 
is utilized for ornamental planting. 
On account of the smoky and dusty 
atmosphere, only the most hardy and 
vigorous plants can be grown success- 
fully. Conifers are entirely out of the 
question; many have been tried, but 
only a few Austrian pines remain. 
During the last twelve years nearly 
everything on the nurseryman’s list 
has been tried, and the planting list 
has gradually been sifted down to a 
comparatively few varieties, but these 
are employed extensively and every- 
thing which will not do well has been 
discarded. Specimen plants have been 
gradually removed, giving the place 
the appearance of a suburban park. 
Flowers, annual and perennial, are 
employed extensively, but only for 
their effect in masses against a back- 
ground of shrubbery. 
The planting was done by L. P. 
Jensen, the superintendent of the 
grounds, whose thirteen years’ experi- 
ence in growing things in dust and 
The recent law, making an appropri- 
ation of $7,500 annually, passed by the 
Illinois legislature, provided that it 
should be “the duty of Agricultural 
Experiment Stations to discover and 
demonstrate the best methods of pro- 
ducing plants, cut flowers, and vege- 
tables under glass and the most effective 
remedies for disease and insect enemies 
of the same, to investigate and demon- 
strate the best varieties and methods of 
producing ornamental trees, shrubs and 
plants for public and private grounds in 
the various soils and climatic conditions 
of the state, and to disseminate infor- 
mation regarding the same.” 
Under the provisions of this act an 
smoke will be valuable to others who 
are compelled by circumstances to do 
ornamental planting in similar situa- 
tions. 
The pictures also show how massed 
planting has been used for borders 
and in screening the buildings adjoin- 
ing the grounds. 
Mr. Jensen gives the following list 
of plants which experience has shown 
will be best in such a trying situation: 
TREES. 
Soft Maple, acer dasycarpum ; Car- 
olina poplar, populus monilifera; syc- 
amore, platanus occidentalis; Euro- 
pean sycamore, platanus orientalis : 
box elder, acer negundo ; horse chest- 
nut, aesculus ; sweet gum, liquidam- 
bar; American elm, ulmus Americana; 
black locust, robinia pseud-acacia; 
honey locust, robinia hispida ; mul- 
berries, morus; tulip tree, lirioden- 
dron; red bud, cercis; Hercules club, 
aralia spinosa; sumach in variety 
(rhus) ; varnish tree, koelreuteria pan- 
iculata. 
SHRUBS. 
Snowball, viburnum opulus sterilis; 
the snowball is better in this location 
than any other shrub; lilac in variety; 
weigela in variety; Philadelphus in 
variety; Hibiscus syriacus; Kerria 
Japonica; white fringe, Chionanthus 
’Cirginica; barberry, common, berber- 
is vulgaris; Berberis Thunbergii; 
advisory committee of five was ap- 
pointed by the Illinois State Florists’ 
Association to advise with the Director 
of the Experiment Station. The com- 
mittee consists of J. C. Vaughan, Chi- 
cago; W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park; J. 
F. Ammann, Edwardsville ; F. J. Heinl, 
Jacksonville; E. D. Gallentine, Morri- 
son. 
It was decided that investigations upon 
thrips should be conducted by the station, 
and that plans should be prepared for a 
new range of greenhouses suitable for 
carrying on the investigation of green- 
house problems. 
Until suitable houses are built the in- 
vestigations upon thrips will be carried 
Elseagnus edulis ; California privet, 
Ligustrum ovalifolium; common pri- 
vet, Ligustrum vulgaris; Forsythia in 
variety, does not bloom very well in 
mis situation but the graceful habit 
and good foliage keeps it on the list; 
Hydrangea paniculata grandifiora; 
Hydrangea Hortensis; this hydrangea 
is carried over winter by being 
wrapped with straw and burlap and in 
this way is has stood 20 degrees below 
zero and bloomed well the following 
summer ; Halesia tetraptera. 
HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
Peonies in variety; chrysanthe- 
mums, hardy pompon, asters, hardy 
native Lillium in variety; Phlox sub- 
ulata, the only hardy phlox which we 
have succeeded in growing well, hav- 
ing tried most of the varieties; Sedum 
spectabile; Dicentra spectabile, bleed- 
ing heart; Delphinium, hybrids; Digi- 
talis, a few varieties do well, others 
not at all; Yucca filamentosa; Yucca 
glauca. 
VINES. 
Matrimony vine, Lycium Chinense; 
Virginia creeper; Ampelopsis quinque- 
folia and quinquefolia Engelmanii ; 
Boston ivy, Ampelopsis Veitchii; Aris- 
tolochia Sipho; Clematis paniculata; 
Wistaria. 
Most annuals do well; tulips and 
narcissus are planted by the thous- 
and in the borders. 
IN ILLINOIS 
on at Bloomington under the direction 
of Prof. A. C. Beal, who for the last 
six years has been in charge of the 
work in floriculture at the University 
of Illinois, and because of his activity in 
florist society affairs is well known to 
the florists and horticultural interests 
of the state. 
The greenhouse plans in preparation 
provide a service building and heating 
system for an extensive range of houses 
to be built as funds are available and 
which shall furnish extensive facilities, 
not only for experimentation, but also 
for the best training in floriculture of- 
feree! in any educational institution in 
this country. 
EXPERIMENTAL PLANT WORK 
