PARK AND CEMETERY 
:J81 
clusters of berries take the place of the flowers which, 
when ripe, are of the color of the common cranberry, 
and these clusters hang on all winter. Because of the 
resemblance of the berries to the cranberry this Vibur- 
num has received the name of cranberry bush and high 
bush cranberry. The common old-fashioned snow-ball 
is the sterile form of this shrub, and it, too, is well 
represented in the collection making up the long line. 
Deutzia gracilis is the well-known dwarf, early 
flowering species. There is some break of time be- 
tween its flowering and that of the later ones rep- 
resented by the old favorite scabra. But of late years 
there is a desirable innovation. There have been raised 
some hybrid kinds which in habit of growth, while 
partaking more of the gracilis than of the taller ones, 
still makes a taller growth than gracilis. One called 
Lemoinei erectus is one, and a desirable sort. Another 
one, gracilis rosea, has a tint of pink with the white, 
making it, too, one planters will want. The one, gra- 
cilis, has long been a favorite with florists, and now 
they will need both Lemoinei and rosea, for both will 
force easily. 
The grass itself on the lawn which our picture rep- 
resents is a lovely sight when in its prime. When 
mowed just after a rain in early spring, the verdant 
freshness charms the eye, and I doubt not many be- 
sides myself have often stood admiring the grand 
sight of the whole place. 
A NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL COUNCIL. 
The first regular meeting of the National Council 
of Horticulture for the purpose of efifecting organiza- 
tion and determining methods was held at the Hollen- 
den Hotel, Cleveland, O., October 4. Meeting with the 
representatives of the preliminary organization, were 
delegates from the American Association of Nursery- 
men, the Society of American Florists and the Ameri- 
can Seed Trade Association. 
The objects of the organization are: to fraternize 
and cement th'e horticultural interests of North Amer- 
ica; to consider questions of public policy common to 
these organizations ; and to act as a bureau of ptib- 
licity for reliable horticultural information. The 
membership is to consist of two delegates from each 
national horticultural organization, and nine delegates 
at large. 
J. C. Vaughan of Chicago was made chairman, and 
H. C. Irish, of St. Louis, Secretary pending the final 
organization, and matters concerning permanent work 
are to be presented to the different national bodies 
mentioned by means of circular letters to be consider- 
ed at their next annual meetings. 
The meeting was held during the week of the an- 
nual convention of the American Civic Association, 
and President J. Horace McFarland of that organiza- 
tion was present in an advisory capacity. 
CONIFERS FOR NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
To the large collections of these popular trees and 
shrubs given to the New York Botanical Garden by 
Mr. Lowell M. Palmer in the spring of 1903 and 1904, 
he has recently made an addition of 476 specimens. 
Some of these have added to the species and forms 
in the systematic collection, already made rich by pre- 
vious donations from Mr. Palmer. It was desired to 
plant the hill just east of the conservatories with pines. 
This region had been set aside for this purpose, and 
a large number of excellent specimens of pines in this 
recent contribution has permitted of the planting of 
this area, adding considerably to the appearance of 
the conservatory surroundings. Others have been used 
to replace species of uncertain hardiness, the repre- 
sentatives of which succumbed to the cold of the past 
winter. By repeated trials it is hoped that a strain 
of unusual hardiness may be found which will stand 
the severity of the winter. Quite a number, too small 
for immediate incorporation in either the systematic 
or decorative plantations, have been placed in the 
nursery temporarily ; while others, not needed in the 
systematic plantations, have been used for decorative 
purposes. 
PRUNING CAROLINA POPLARS AND DOGWOODS. 
A Massacuhsetts correspondent writes : We have 
some Carolina poplars that have been cut out three 
years and are now about 25 feet high. We set them 
out as a screen to the back of some unsightly buildings 
on the line of the cemetery. They are now as high 
as we would care to have them grow if we could keep 
them so. Would it do to cut off the tops and keep 
them about as they are for height, but let them spread 
at the bottom? We have also some Cornus sanguinea. 
alba that are 8 ft. high and inches in diameter. 
Is it all right to cut them off and let new wood grow 
or would it kill them if cut back too much ? 
* ♦ * 
In regard to the Carolina poplars, it may be nec- 
essary to remove some if they are close together, so as 
to give room for those that are left to spread, then cut 
back the tops of those that are left where the twigs are’ 
very small, making the cuts just above buds or 
branches. If a low spreading growth is desired, it 
would probably have been better to have chosen some 
other tree instead of the Carolina poplar, such as 
chokecherry, wild crab apple. Viburnum lentago, or 
some of the willows. In trimming the dogwoods, — 
Cornus sanguinea alba — cut the large stems back to 
the ground. New sprouts will start out and make a 
shrub with a graceful outline. Shrubs that are cut 
back part way, thus exposing to view a large num- 
ber of branches that have abrupt ends, always look 
badly. O. C. S. 
