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POPULUS BETULIFOLIA. VIEW ALONG THE RIVERWAY. 
Jamaica Pond, Boston. Boston Park System. 
which, in seasons like that of 1909, make 
one of the most showy landscapes that 
could be imagined. 
The immediate edges of the pond are 
largely given to herbaceous plantings, 
and, as will be seen in the foreground, 
that beautiful European Iris pseuda- 
corus is just in its glory. The list of 
plants used in these plantings is large, 
but ‘ the above mentioned Iris, the 
showy Lythrune salicaria, the beautiful 
Lobelia Cardinalis and syphillitica, along 
with some of the newer plants like 
Senicea tanguticus, add brightness of 
color throughout the most of the season. 
The collection of water lilies is quite 
large and is, as is always the case, 
wonderfully showy and very attractive 
to the visitors. Among the varieties 
grown and the most showy are Glad- 
stoniana ; Maliacea chromatella, albida. 
rosea and Carnea; oborata gigantea, 
Sulphurea and the beautiful rosea. 
The illustration of the Lily Pond in 
Arnold Arboretum represents another 
very pretty and effective piece of water 
planting and clearly shows how effective 
some of our most common native shrubs 
can be made. Just contemplate the 
beautiful bank shown in this picture 
and then think that it is done only by 
the excellent use that is made by the 
common elder berry Sambucus Cana- 
densis. Showing up in the center of 
this picture is a fine young specimen 
of the sweet-gum liquidambar styra- 
ciflua, a tree which is too often neg- 
lected by the landscape gardener and 
yet one that, where hardy, stands sec- 
ond to none for its ornamental value. 
Quite a different landscape is pre- 
sented at Boylston Arch in the Fens. 
SCARBORO POND, AND PORT BRIDGE. 
Franklin Park, Boston. 
It is the natural blending with the 
artificial, and yet where can be found 
a more beautiful picture, or what trees 
could have been used to more advan- 
take than the stately Lombardy poplars 
as they are portrayed here? The view 
shows one of the salt marshes of the 
Back Bay Fens looking across the Boyls- 
ton Bridge, with Boston’s Bonton hostelry 
the Somerset Hotel, in the background. 
The writer does not remember ever 
having seen a more effective planting 
of Lombardy poplars than this, and 
surely when a tree can be used to such 
advantage as here shown it is worthy 
of more attention than it often gets. 
Scarboro Pond in Franklin Park pre- 
sents still an entirely different view 
from any of these just described, and 
yet is it not grand? This pond, which 
is artificial and yet so natural, is what 
is commonly known as the duck pond, 
hence the absence of water plants. As 
already mentioned, it has been the 
scheme to give as much diversity as 
possible to the masses and in this pond, 
instead of a flower garden as we have 
in Ward’s Pond, we find an excellent 
collection of water fowl, containing such 
birds as the Canada, wavy, white-front- 
ed and Egyptian gees, mallard, black 
pintail, wood, mandarin, teal, pochard 
wedgeon and other ducks. The swans 
are kept in the larger pond, Jamaica 
Pond, in Olmsted Park. These wild 
fowl are one of the leading features 
of Franklin Park and are enjoyed by 
the many thousands of visitors, espe- 
cially of the younger classes. To re- 
turn to our picture, you will see how 
effectively the planting has been done, 
the predominating trees here used being 
the Wisconsin and white willow, the 
tupelo and the red maple. In the shrub- 
bery plantings have been used most 
