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PARK AND CEMETERY, 
Photinia is a genus of 30 species from Califor- 
nia, China and the East Indies. The “loquat,” P. 
Japonica, is the plant commonly known as Eriobo- 
trya, which affords another example of contradictory 
naming among the modern Kew hand books and 
dictionaries. It is hardy far south, but a poor fruit, 
I think. P. serrulata, P. Benthamiana, P. varia- 
bilis and some other Chinese species are good ever- 
greens for mild climates. 
Pourthecea is in 6 or 8 species from the Hima- 
layas and Eastern Asia. P. arguta is in European 
gardens. 
Raphiolcpis is one of the genera known as “In- 
dian hawthorns.” There are five species from Japan, 
China and the Sandwich Islands. R. Japonica is 
known under several names, but a handsome ever- 
green shrub, hardy in parts of the United States 
free from severe frosts. 
Stranvcesias are beautiful shrubs in close af- 
finity. They are in six species from the Himalayas, 
and therefore more “Indian” than the preceding 
genus. S. glaucescens has been in European gar- 
dens for three-quarters of a century, but it is tender, 
scarce and seemingly the only one in cultivation. It 
would succeed better in the south than in Britain. 
Amelanchier has 4 or J species from North 
America, Japan, Asia-minor and Europe. Few 
plants are loaded with more synonomy. They are 
commonly called “shad bushes,” and are pretty 
spring flowering dwarf shrubs, or in some forms 
small trees. It will have been noticed that these 
genera include all our most important hardy fruits, 
and it is but natural that plants so widely cultivated 
should vary as they have done. They are not only 
the most grateful fruits, but often the most beauti- 
ful objects in the gardens of the north temperate 
zones. 
Trenton, N. J. James MacPJicrson. 
A GLIMPSE AT FINSBURY PARK, LONDON, ENGLAND. 
The traveler to England of to-day finds it a very 
different place from what it was not so many years 
ago, and especially so in regard to its parks. True, 
it has had many of them for years, but every year 
improvements are made in them, and a great deal 
of care is taken of them, such a boon have they 
proved to the people. It was my good fortune to 
visit several of them in London in the summer of 
1895, and it gives me pleasure to present herewith 
two views taken in Finsbury Park, one of the popu- 
lar ones of that great city. I remember my visit as 
an exceedingly pleasant one, and, indeed, as the 
views presented will show, many other besides my- 
self deemed it a most pleasurable resort. 
It is really surprising how much these parks are 
enjoyed. In week days, especially in the afternoons, 
it is by no means uncommon to see them crowded, 
as the picture shows Finsbury Park to have been on 
this occasion, and on Sundays, the number is easily 
doubled. I have been in Victoria Park, Portsmouth, 
on a Sunday, when it was almost impossible to 
walk around on account of the number of visitors. 
The visitors, too, are always well dressed, and al- 
ways well behaved. It is true, policemen are on 
hand to keep order, but I never saw the services of 
one required. Good behavior seemed innate with 
all that I met with in the many parks I saw. 
The picture in which the visitors are shown is 
adjacent to a large lake, a part of which is shown in 
the second picture. I think your readers will agree 
that it is a nice looking assemblage. The seats are 
well placed in the shade from the trees. It is a mis- 
take to suppose that there is no need of shade in 
England. The summer of 1895 was a very warm 
one, and many a time did I take a rest on the grass 
under some large tree. The English elm is very 
much used for avenue planting, making excellent 
shade, while not being too dense, and then it is not 
of a stiff growth. 
In this, as well as all other parks, are recreation 
grounds for those of all years. The smallest children 
in charge of nurses or their mothers, are in a part 
set aside for them. Then larger children have their 
grounds, boys have ball grounds, and men and 
women have theirs, and each part is under proper 
supervision. It does one good to see how popular 
these places are. 
The water scene at Finsbury Park is a particu- 
larly lovely one. The cut shows a portion of it, 
and I think a beautiful part of it. As with all large 
parks, there is a large lake with boats on it. The 
sides are heavily planted, as is the island. The wil- 
lows are not the Babylonian, but one of more up- 
right growth, and which I took to be Solix Alba. 
It is more fitting I think, than the Babylonian in 
positions such as these seen occupy. The island is 
