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the south. Its highly polished, evergreen foliage and 
freedom of growth makes the plant charming even 
without bloom, but its beauty is, of course, pre-emi- 
nent when starred with large, pure white flowers, each 
adorned with a wealth of golden stamens and over- 
flowing with a peculiar, yet 
somewhat rose-like, fragrance. 
The distinctive pointed buds 
and the opening blooms are 
indispensable to the finished 
picture, and even the old hips, 
from last year’s blossoms, 
which show here and there on 
mature plants, are a pleasing 
feature of the ensemble. 
The plant illustrated is fif- 
teen or more feet high and 
has a spread of probably near- 
ly twice as many, as it runs 
over part of two sides of a 
gallery occupying an angle at 
the rear of the house. The 
photograph, by Miss Marga- 
ret De Motte Brown, of Cit- 
ronelle, Ala., clearly indicates 
the glossy, varnished charac- 
ter of the foliage as well as 
the purity of the flowers. It 
also illustrates the quality of 
light and atmosphere the photographer has to deal with 
m southern Alabama, as it was made at 5 :30 m the 
afternoon during the last week in March, with an 
exposure of one-fifth of a second, but there was an 
unobstructed western light. 
Another example of the usefulness and effectiveness 
of the Cherokee rose may be seen in the same town 
in a screen about fifty feet long, six feet thick, and 
from eight to tw'elve or fifteen feet in height, which 
forms an ideal division between the front and rear 
grounds on one side of a dwelling. It is green the 
year around, and for several weeks in the spring 
(in March and April) it is gloriously spangled with 
open flowers and embossed with buds — an object so 
satisfying that its recollection proves a poignant long- 
ing which serves to crystallize the conviction that a 
southern spring takes a firm grasp on the northern 
flower-lover. Frances Copley Seavey. 
PRIZE ESSAYS ON PROTECTION OF NATIVE PLANTS. 
Under a resolution of the Scientific Directors of the 
New York Botanical Garden, adopted in January, 
1902, authority was given for the use of the income 
of the .Stokes Fund for the protection of native plants 
for the payment of prizes for essays upon the preserva- 
tion of wild plants, including shrubs, herbs and trees, 
and the publication and distribution of sucli essays, 
which are to be first printed in the Journal of the Gar- 
den, and republication of them invited from other 
journals, magazines and newspapers; that they also 
be issued as separates from the Journal and distributed 
gratuitouslv to all interested. 
The following prizes are offered for this year, pay- 
able December 15: 
1. A prize of $25.00 for the best essay on local 
needs in the vicinity of New York City, not to exceed 
one thousand words. 
2. A prize of $15.00 for the best essay indicating 
local needs in the parks of New York, not to exceed 
one thousand words. 
3. A prize of $10.00 for the best essay not to ex- 
ceed five hundred words, indicating needs of any local- 
ity. 
Essays may be submitted not later than November 
I, 1905, to N. L. Britton, Director-in-Chief of the 
New York Botanical Garden. 
Dr. W. A. Gordon, superintendent of the Northern 
Hospital, has planted about 3,000 apple trees in the 
garden at that institution, which he will winter graft 
this year and set out along the streets at Winnebago 
and along the road between that place and Oshkosh, 
says the Milzvaukee Sentinel. 
He says that he proposes to have the farmers along| 
the road co-operate with him and to set out a row of, 
fruit trees on either side of the road the entire distance 
of five miles. He also proposes to induce planting of, 
fruit trees near schoolhouses, and he has had some se^ 
out about the school in the Town of Oshkosh. 
CHEROKEE ROSES. 
