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feet. This is a long fruited, wild persimmon. 
The fruits are small and not borne in great 
quantities. It is quite an ornamental tree 
and also valuable as a stoc-k plant for graft- 
ing the large seedless persimmons. 
Nelumbiuin: Showing one of the semi- 
double, pink forms. This is inclined to a 
cup shape and does not open flat. The 
flowers are from 4 to U inches in diameter. 
The plant grows to a height of from 3 to S 
feet, and is almost identical with Nelumbium 
roseum plinum. 
Tilia Caiicasica: A very tall and beauti- 
ful specimen growing in the Botanical Gar- 
dens at Souchoun Kale. Caucasus. Russia. 
It comes to us highly recommended as a 
shade tree. 
Jjitchi Chineiisis: This is a Chinese leit- 
chee, the nuts of which are imported in 
large quantities into the United States. 
Canioensia Maxima: This is probably one 
of the most delicately beautiful vines in the 
world. It requires a tropical climate or 
greenhouse culture, however, to bring it to 
the flowering stage. 
Ipomoea Horsfalliae liriggsii: This is a 
beautiful red-flowered evergreen morning- 
glory native of South America. It is 
suitable for greenhouse culture in temperate 
climates. It will flower out of doors, how- 
ever, if carried through in pots during the 
winter months and planted out as soon as 
danger from frost is over. This photograph 
was taken in the Department greenhouses 
at Washington. 
Zizyphus Sativa: This shows you a 
rather strange variety of Chinese date. 
These trees are very rare and are highly 
prized by the Chinese. 
Japanese Iris: A collection of Japanese 
Iris growing on one of the trial grounds of 
the Department of Agriculture at Wash- 
ington. D. C.. which was introduced a num- 
ber of years ago. 
Astrapae Walliehii: A beautiful orna- 
mental tree with pendant clusters of pink 
flowers. These clusters are as large as 
those of the Viburnum, but more delicate. 
It is propagated easily from cuttings. 
On the grounds surrounding the German 
Degation in Pekin, the small sedge. (Jarex 
Stenophylla, is used as a substitute for 
grass. This Carex grows two to three in- 
ches in heiglit. No lawn mower is reciuired, 
and it stands drought remarkably well. 
The next two pictures will show a new 
variety of Rosa SpinoHWvSinia that our Mr. 
Meyer discovered in China. This is a very 
beautiful semi-double form, bright yellow 
color, similar to Harrison's Yellow, but 
flowering from two to three weeks earlier. 
The next picture will show you a remark- 
ably tall willow about 90 feet in height, from 
North Korea. In the young stage the bark 
of this willow is white, but as it gets older 
;his color <lisappears and the bark becomes 
sliaggy like an eucalyptus tree. 
The next is a rather beautiful flowering 
lonicera that was sent to us from Russia. 
It is a shrubby form with l:)eautiful yellow- 
ish white flowers, and one that will be very 
valuable for ornamental plantings when we 
have it in sufticient quantities for distii- 
bution. 
A very beautiful specimen of Juniperiis 
Koetidissima was found in the mountains 
near Geok-Tafa. Caucasus, Russia. This 
Mr. Meyer recommends as especially ■well 
adapted to the arid regions of our country. 
The next four pictures will show you the 
white-barked pine, iMiius liiijugeajia, which 
is a very interesting addition to our coni- 
fers. The flrst is an extremely large speci- 
men estimated to be about 500 years of 
age. ineasuring 10 feet in circumference 
live feet aVjove the ground. 
Pimis Itungeann, 30 miles northwest of 
Pekin; A gigantic specimen of Pinus bun- 
geana. measuring 21 feet in circumference 
six feet above the ground, and estimated to 
be 1,200 years of age. 
A picture of the only specimen of (^uer- 
cus Mongolioii that Mr. Meyer found for 
hundreds of miles around. Growing near 
Tse-king-kua, China. This he says is ap- 
parently a survival of a splendid former 
vegetation, before the greedy (.'hinese ha<l- 
destroyed every bit of arboreal vegetation. 
A beautiful grove of IMiyllostaoliys Alilis 
growing near Hankow, China. The Depart- 
ment has introduced some of these bamboos 
in large numbers and we hope soon to be 
able to show in Louisiana and Florida a 
plantation similar to that on the screen. 
We have already planted five acres at 
Brouks\iIle, Florida, and expect to increase 
this planting to twenty acres. We have 
also planted at Avery Island. Louisiana, 
one acre, ami hope to increase that plant- 
ing to a considerable extent. It is the 
hope of the office that a new industry will 
1)6 developed in the use of these bamboo 
timbers in house construction, fence posts, 
in making furniture, Vjarrel hoops, etc. 
A very handsome specimen of tlie large 
leaved evergreen privet, TJgiistriini IjiohIuiii. 
grown near Hankow. China. This privet 
is a very valuable one for hedges and for 
windbreaks in Florida and throughout Tex- 
as. 
THREE NEW TREE AND 
LANDSCAPE 
BOOKS 
Three new books on subjects per- 
taining to landscape architecture, and 
trees will add substantially to the 
literature of practical landscape art 
and outdoor improvement that is grow- 
ing so rapidly in our periodical literature, 
"Shade Trees in Towns and Cities,” 
by William Solotaroff, the efficient 
superintendent of the East Orange, 
N. J., Shade Tree Commission, is a 
practical manual of every branch of 
the work of street tree planting and 
care, drawn from the author's long- 
experience in the remarkably success- 
ful tree work that has l.ieen accom- 
plished in East Orange as has been 
told in these pages on several occa- 
sions. East Orange had the pioneer 
Shade Tree Commission and the prac- 
tical methods developed there by Mr. 
•Solotaroff have been the guide to 
some thirty-one similar organizations 
that have since grown up in New 
Jersey and have been of substantial 
assistance to advancing the work of 
this department in many cities in 
other states. The growing demand 
for a compeiidum of methods that 
have been worked out in shade tree 
practice has led Mr. Solotaroff to 
prepare this book and certainly no 
one could have been better fitted by 
training and experience for the task 
than Mr. Solotaroff. The book con- 
tains 287 pages and is profusely illus- 
trated with, photographs, diagrams, 
forms and anything that could assist 
in throwing light on the subject. It 
is published by John Wiley & Sons, 
and sells for $3.00 net. 
"The Care of Trees in Lawn, Street 
and Park” with a list of trees and 
shrubs for decorative use, by Bern- 
hard E. Eernow, of the University of 
Toronto, is a volume of the Ameri- 
can Nature Series. The author has 
long- been associated with the School 
of Eorestry of the institution men- 
tioned, and has an intimate acquain- 
tance with trees. The writing of this 
book was an accident due to an in- 
quiry from a tree owner for expert 
advice. Mr. Eernow discovered that 
no satisfactory comprehensive treatise 
on the subject could be found for 
amateur planters of trees. This in- 
duced him to set down briefly what 
he considered every tree owner should 
know of the care of trees. The writ- 
er’s training and experience made him 
particularly fitted for the work of 
selecting from the vast fund of infor- 
mation in many different sources 
that which would be most useful for 
the readers for whom this book was 
intended, namely the practical lover 
and owner of trees. To acquaint 
owners with the more sensible care 
and attention their trees demand and 
to give them advice and first aid to 
the proper methods of conserving and 
planting trees is the primary object 
of this work. The book contains 392 
pages, many illustrations and sells 
for $2.00. It is published by Henry 
Holt & Co. 
"Landscape Gardening Studies,” by 
Samuel Parsons, landscape architect 
of the New York City parks, is a 
series of entertaining and valuable 
studies of actual landscape problems 
that have been carried out by the 
author. It is published by John Lane 
Co., and sells for $2.00. The book 
contains not a little illumination of 
the art of landscape architecture in 
its series of practical accounts of 
what its author has done in specific 
instances. The outline he gives of 
the general design of Central Park 
and, in iliore detail, of certain parts 
of it, will enhance for all who read it 
the beauty of the city's best-loved 
famou-s playground. A great number 
of particularly fine views illustrate 
the text. Questions of beautifying 
roads, parks, homes, lawns, and play- 
grounds, and of the treatment of spe- 
cial soils, are interestingly considered. 
Any of these books may be ordered 
from Park and Cemetery at publishers’ 
prices. 
