PARK AND CEMETERY . 
Round-Leaved Yellow Violet (Viola 
rotundifolia) and four caulescent or 
stemmed species — Nuttall’s Yellow 
Violet (Viola Nuttallii), Halbert- 
Leaved Yellow Violet( Viola hastata), 
Highland or Hairy Yellow Violet 
(Viola pubescens), and the Lowland, 
Valley, or Smooth Yellow Violet 
(Viola scabriuscula). That the last 
species may be clearly recognized, I 
propose to describe the last two. 
The Hairy, Downy, or Highland 
Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) 
seems to be most generally known 
of the Yellow Violets. It has a small, 
slender, erect rootstock, from which 
rises a solitary, rarely two or more, 
rather coarse, stiffl erect, more or less 
hairy, stems, 1 foot or so high, the 
hairs usually pure white and very 
conspicuous, often very long and very 
dense extending also to the large, 
very broadly reniform or ovate, 
PLAN FOR P 
The plans worked out for the 
park at Mason City, la., follow nat- 
ural lines very closely. The wooded 
sections, valleys and open spaces are 
preserved intact. The open level 
ground along the front border is 
ideal garden ground and the location 
selected for the pavilion is such that 
this garden ground lies to the south 
and in front of the pavilion. The 
driveway, curving at each entrance 
from the' State street front, up to 
the pavilion, skirts this garden and 
affords a fine view across it. 
In this garden the main floral dis- 
play will be placed. The central 
feature just in front of the pavilion 
will be a fountain of rather unusual 
design. 
Another important feature of the 
plan is the illumination of the mid- 
dle branch of willow creek. This 
leaves a fine open space with its nat- 
ural border of trees as a playground. 
The water diverted from this branch 
will, by a concrete dam, be turned 
back into its original channel. 
The driveway system is about one 
and one-third miles long and so ar- 
ranged that direct access is given to 
all parts of the park. 
The walk system supplements the 
driveway and affords closer acquaint- 
ance with all parts of the park. 
A. merry-go-round and other fea- 
tures to interest the children will be 
provided in a separate section where 
their noisy merriment will not inter- 
fere with the older people. The plans 
were prepared by F. E. Pease, land- 
scape gardener, of Des Moines, la. ' 
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coarse, short-stalked, dull-green 
leaves. The flowers are larger than 
the next, of a deeper and brighter 
yellow, but less abundant. It grows 
in deep sands on high uplands. Have 
never known it to succeed well in 
cultivation, but would recommend 
that it be tried. 
The Lowland Valley, or Smooth 
Yellow Violet (Viola scabriuscula) 
has a somewhat coarser rootstock, 
from which rises two to several 
smoothish, slender, weak or reclining 
stems, the plant apt to make a 
sprawling patch when planted singly. 
The leaves are much smaller than 
those of the Hairy Yellow Violet, 
much less broad, longer-stalked, 
smoothish, of deep but bright clear 
green — a very pretty shade of green, 
contrasting finely with the bright but 
pale yellow flowers. In Michigan it 
grows in low woodlands, especially 
in deep river valleys, frequently over- 
flowed by floods, often densely cov- 
ering the ground, conspicuous both 
for its flowers and foliage. Is one 
of the easiest of all native violets to 
grow in cultivation. 
Never have I recognized its real 
merit, however, until I saw it grow 
with the Lily-of-the-Valley, being the 
handsomer of the two plants, and yet 
the combination of the evergreen tree, 
the Lily-of-the-Valley and the Low- 
land Yellow Violet, seeming to in- 
crease the beauty of each species of 
the group, indeed forming a richly 
harmonious combination. 
This violet would not appear very 
showy grown singly, but when grown 
in dense masses it is indeed a thing 
of beauty, but combined with the 
Lily-of-the-Valley it is extra fine in- 
deed, not mixed, but grouped with it. 
Wilfred A. Brotherton. 
ARK AT MASON CITY, lA. 
PARK 
MASON CITY I0WA£) 
