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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
feet above the general levels of the 
city and its drainage is towards Bray’s 
Bayou that skirts the tract on the 
south, emptying into Buffalo Bayou 
which gives Houston the proposed 
channel for its deep water connection 
with the Gulf. On this tract, every 
acre of which is rich, productive soil, 
all that money can do is being accom- 
plished under the direction of a com- 
petent civil engineer, Mr. Frank L. 
Dormant, who is following out the 
general plan of Sid. J. Hare, land- 
scape architect, of Kansas City, Mo., 
and is transforming it into the fu- 
ture garden spot of the South. Mr. 
W. W. Baldwin, the owner of this 
Southern Resident Park, has induced 
Mr. Edward Teas, a well known hor- 
ticulturist from, Joplin, Mo., to locate 
a nursery on this ground and Mr. 
Teas is following the planting plans 
of Mr. Hare in beautifying the 250 
foot Paseo that runs through the 
town site, Bellaire, the resident sec- 
tion for those who wish only subur- 
center bordered on either side with 
trees, shrubs, roses and flowers, will 
make a feature hitherto not used in 
landscape work so far as we have 
learned. 
Some model farms are being planted 
according to the landscape plans of 
Mr. Hare and on these will be com- 
bined the artistic and economical for 
each home and farm. Here the or- 
ange, lemon, fig, Japan persimmon, 
pecan, pomegranate, berries, grapes, 
etc., will be planted according to the 
grouping method instead of the old 
plan of row planting. 
The road construction and drainage 
is another new feature for this sec- 
tion of the country. The use of as- 
phaltum oils in California has proven 
beyond a question of doubt that an 
earth road properly formed and 
drained and thoroughly harrowed and 
sprinkled with either Texas or Cali- 
fornia oil and then rolled, makes a 
road that soon becornes like the as- 
phalt drives of our cities and requires 
UMBRELLA CHINA TREE (MELIA OLEANDER, WASHINGTONIA FILIFERA 
AZEDARACH) AS A STREET (PALM), PHOENIX (DATE PALM) 
TREE' IN HOUSTON. ON HOUSTON HOME GROUNDS. 
ban homes. A boulevard 150 foot 
wide is also being made and planted, 
leading from the grounds direct to 
Main Street. 
While the gridiron plan of subdi- 
vision has been used in laying out the 
town site, Bellaire, (owing to the 
drainage problem), the planting is 
carried out on the grouping plan, 
which to some extent relieves the 
straight lines and gives the natural 
or park-like effect. 
One feature, new in the_ landscape 
architect’s plans, are the Floral Ways 
running at right angles to the 250 foot 
Paseo and dividing each tier of 
blocks in Bellaire north and south, 
thus giving a beautiful park way for 
pedestrians only. A walk through the 
less care than macadam roads and is 
more pleasant for driving and equally 
as durable for heavy traffic. The pro- 
moter of this southern residence park 
has made a thorough investigation of 
the California roads and is well 
pleased with this suggestion of his 
landscape architect. Perfect drainage 
for every lot and tract has been pro- 
vided for at considerable expense. 
Artesian water flows now from 
large wells on the grounds, furnishing 
daily thousands of gallons of the fin- 
est soft water, which will assure the 
farmers of the district an abundance 
of good water and also supplies the 
ornamental lakes along the Paseo 
where aquatics and ornamental fish 
may thrive every month of the year. 
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Plans for college grounds to be es- 
tablished on the site will be finished 
soon, and Park schemes are con- 
templated, .which the citizens of 
Houston may reach riding along the 
beautiful boulevard and Paseo. To stroll 
along the Floral Ways of Bellaire, 
bordered with roses, shrubs and vines, 
will be a pleasure that no visitor to the 
Gulf will want to miss. For here will 
be found the Botanical Garden of 
Southern Flora. 
The accompanying pictures give a 
fair idea of the tropical nature of the 
general planting to be carried out. 
Every effort is being made to install 
the improvements now in progress 
by the first of May. 
PLANTING PLANS FOR FIVE-ACRE 
TRACTS IN WESTMORELAND FARMS 
Sid J. Hare, Landscape Arch. 
