THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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A Few Ornamental Fruiting Shrubs. 
In planting ground for decorative effect too few 
of our gardeners take into consideration the value 
of such work of fruiting shrubs and vines. Land- 
scape gardeners are just beginning to see the possi- 
bilities in a judicious selection and arrangement of 
berry bearing plants, especially those which hold 
their fruit into late fall and winter, and to realize 
that these are almost as indispensable as those whose 
particular beauty lies in their flower or foliage 
alone. 
To the florist and interior decorator these have 
a value that, with one or two exceptions, is not rec- 
ognized as it should be. The holly, with its rich 
glossy foliage and scarlet berries, has come to be an 
indispensable material for decoration- in our Christ- 
mas and midwinter festivities, and the beautiful Ilex 
verticillata, or black Alder, with its heavy laden 
branches of dazzling scarlet (sometimes yellow) 
fru-It. 
Celastrus scandens, or bitter sweet, is a well 
known American climber abundant in rocky woods, 
where it climbs to the tree tops and festoons them 
with its drooping racemes of scarlet fruit. Celas- 
trus articulata is a native of China and Japan. 
Like C. scandens the orange scarlet fruit is enclosed 
in a yellow three-lobed capsule or persistent calyx, 
which opens at maturity and exposes the berry. 
C. articulata is a much more rapid grower than C. 
scandens. The racemes are not so large, but are 
much more abundant, and it is more graceful for 
decorative purposes. It can be cut in streamers 
from one to five feet in length. One thing regard- 
ing celastruses must not be forgotten. They are all 
dioecious and in planting care should be taken to 
secure only seed-bearing plants. • 
Pyi'us prunifolia, Asiatic apples, are extremely 
beautiful when in blossom in spring, as well as 
when in fruit. The fruit of the red variety espec- 
ially hangs well on the trees until after very severe 
frosts, and the loaded branches are splendid for dec- 
orative work. An additional advantage possessed 
by this fruit is that it makes a jelly of unequaled 
flavor. 
Berberis Thunbergii is a popular Japanese spe- 
cies, and in foliage, flower and fruit is one of the 
best plants introduced into th s country for many 
years. On moderately poor soil it gives brighter 
autumn foliage and fruit earlier and heavier than on 
rich ground. The berries are brilliant from early 
autumn until the leaves come in the spring. Prob- 
ably the way to preserve them in best condition, 
however, would be to cut the branches in early au- 
tumn and put them away in moist sand in a light 
freezing temperature. Not long ago the gentle- 
men’s smoking room in a Newport mansion on a 
wedding occasion was decorated exclusively with 
Berberis Thunbergii branches with grand effect. 
Ampelopsis heterophylla is a beautiful species 
from Japan, where it is called the “blind grape.” 
It is a rapid climber, very effective in covering trel- 
lisses, etc. The fruit is very striking in color. In 
the same bunch it will be of all shades from pale 
green to deep violet, in porcelain, robin’s egg and 
ultramarine and speckled with tiny black spots. 
The branches grow naturally in fruited festoons from 
eighteen to twenty-four inches long, but if trained 
specially for fruiting purposes they could doubtless 
be produced much longer. There is also a yellow 
fruited form of this. 
Menispermum Canadense, bears its fruit sus- 
pended in bunches by slender thread-like stems. 
The blue-black berries are somewhat lustreless and 
are in condition only in early fall . — Jackson Daw- 
son, in American Florist. 
Cemetery Walks. 
My former article protested against the indis- 
criminate filling and abandoning of so-called grav- 
eled walks in cemeteries, thereby converting them 
to lawn and saving expense by mowing instead of 
keeping gravel clean of weeds and otherwise main- 
taining a system of repairs. 
I promised to add some comments on the char- 
acteristics of walks as provided in the cemetery lay 
out. 
The cemetery walk may have two legitimate pur- 
poses viz: convenience and appearance, convenient 
when made useful and pleasurable as a promenade. 
Appearance when grandeur or beauty are de- 
veloped or brought to view. The mind naturally 
contemplates a feeling of justification when following 
a path that is unmistakable and deeply provided for 
use, and the pleasure is also hightened by the fact 
of a certain indescribable fitness that may be trac- 
able all along the rambling route. On the other hand, 
a person possessed of common sensibilities will nat- 
urally hesitate before venturing upon doubtful terri- 
tory. 
Such as a well kept lawn will always indicate; 
in fact the sensitive will invariably feel a sense of 
condemnation and mental pain whenever necessity 
requires them to tread upon a neatly prepared lawn. 
I think therefore that walks must be maintained and 
whatever of expense shall be needed to make them 
respectable as a sight to behold or comfortable to 
follow should never for a moment be withheld. 
Convenience will often require more walks than 
good appearance demands, and hence there is room 
to exercise some discretion. When deciding upon 
the expediency of opening some of the walks to use 
as such. 
