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locations, but never in the very dry, sandy, semi-barren 
lands often frequented by R. hirta. In its native 
marshes or swamps the creeping rootstalks will creep 
about among the spreading prostrate stems of coarse 
sedges, but when the large root-leaves become full- 
sized, nothing appears in sight but a great mass of very 
large, broad and beautiful root-leaves, a splendid base 
for the intensely brilliant flat-topped cluster of large 
flower-heads terminating those long, naked stalks 
above. 
I have found it growing this year with R. laciniata, 
“Golden Glow”, as a background, with R. maxima, and 
R. speciosa, with it, and propose to get a clump of R. 
hirta also. So I shall have a brilliant group indeed. 
It is well worthy of a place where brilliance of color is 
wanted. Splendid when single, what would a double- 
flowered form be like ? It would far surpass Rudbeckia 
laciniata, “Golden Glow.” 
LAWN VIEW AND BOUNDARY PLANTING. 
By Joseph Meehan. 
As an object lesson in boundary planting a great 
many persons visit the grounds of S. H. Houston, 
Chestnut Hill, Phila., where there is a planting which 
is much admired, and which it is a pleasure to present a 
photograph of for the inspection of the readers of 
I’ ARK AND Cemetery. As may be judged by the illus- 
tration, the grounds are extensive, and the boundary 
of shrubs extends the whole distance from the en- 
trance avenue to the mansion. As will be seen, there 
is a broad open lawn, with hardly a tree on it. The 
carriage drive is on the left, not shown in the picture, 
and is on the brow of a heavily wooded steep hill. 
CEME-TERYc 
The border of shrubs, which is such a great attrac- 
tion here, is backed by a natural forest growth of large 
trees, but there is a driveway between the shrubbery 
and the forest, a street, in fact, when it is properly 
opened. But now and always the shrubs and forest 
trees so blend together as to form a seemingly natural 
whole, as the picture well shows. 
The photograph was taken in early spring, while the 
golden bells were hardly out of flower and with the 
Spiraeas, Viburnums and other shrubs making a good 
display. The whole line is well arranged, and to the 
season of flowering a good deal of study was given, as 
the arrangement shows. 
At the time of the taking of the photograph there 
were numbers of shrubs in flower, as is shown. Near- 
ly all were white flowered, excepting the fire bushes, 
Pyrus Japonica, which were still in bloom. Weigelas 
and pink Deutzias were not open, and flowering al- 
monds, double flowered peach and plum were over. 
The white flowered shrubs which show all along the 
line are composed of Deutzia gracilis. Viburnum plica- 
turn, V. opulus (Oxycoccus), V. rotundifolium. Spiraea 
Van Houttei, S. Reevesii, S. Thunbergii and other 
white Spiraeas. In other colors were Calycanthus 
laevigatus, brown ; Caragana arborescens, yellow ; Mag- 
nolia Lennei and M. purpurea, pink and purple, and 
other spring flowering sorts. 
The Viburnum opulus known also as V. Oxycoccus, 
is a shrub too seldom seen in collections. It is a native 
of Michigan, Wisconsin and nearby states. The larg- 
est shrubs of those in flower as seen in the picture are 
of it. Not only are they handsome now, but later on 
AN INTERESTING LAWN AND BOUNDARY PLANTING. 
