PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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deep, in the centre of the pond, which box I filled 
^3 with turf soil and 1/3 well rotted cow manure, 
all well mixed. On the top of that filling I placed 
a 2 in. layer of sand to prevent manure from float- 
ing. The top of that box is 2 ft. below the regu- 
lar water line, but at the time of planting I had 
only i foot of water above the box, and afterwards 
the water level was raised only 2 in. every other 
day in order to not reduce the temperature of the 
water too much. The plant was not planted more 
than 4 days before it showed its first new leaf, and 
after that it kept right on producing 2 to 3 leaves 
every week. 
Early in July the first blossom appeared, and 
up to nearly the end of September it produced a 
flower about every 5 or 6 days. The illustration 
herewith shows the appearance of the plant in 
August. Farther back you see Nymphma Devoni- 
ensis, which was grown from a tuber started at the 
green houses in February. The immense flowers 
of this Nymphrea, in their most brilliant rosy red 
color, were a great attraction, and Devoniensis was 
the queen of our collection of 7 or 8 varieties. 
The Victoria would have shown up better yet, 
in way of perfect rims of leaves (as seen on accom- 
panying illustratration of Mr, Trickers notes in De- 
cember number), if it had not been for the savage 
attacks the plant had to withstand from the numer- 
our mammoth bull frogs which inhabit our pond. 
They too are a great attraction for many observers 
of our aquatic garden, and being old residents they 
at once assumed through sounds and acts their 
privilege to use the Victoria leaves for their airing 
and sunning stations. An attempt will be made 
the coming season to break that habit by furnishing 
them more substantial platforms with some large 
stones emerging a few inches out of the water. 
Victoria Trickeri is a great and invaluable ad- 
dition to the water gardens of our eastern states, 
and the success which crowned the first attempt to 
grow it here in our pond, urges me to invite every 
grower of aquatics, amateur to professional, to give 
the plant a trial. If successful the results will more 
than repay the outlay of pains and labor. 
Theodore Wirth, Supt. 
Wordsworth’s cottage at Grasmere, England, to- 
gether with portraits, manuscripts and about 2,000 
letters, have been presented to the British nation 
through the efforts of Prof. Knight of St. Andrew’s. 
It is lamentable that no one has come forward to 
perform a like kindly service for Tom Moore’s cot- 
tage on Muswell Hill, London, which is not un- 
likely to be torn down. It was there that “Falla 
Rookh” was written. Afterward Moore lived at Bo- 
wood in Wiltshire. 
TRANSPLANTING TREES DURING MID WINTER. 
Large trees are often desired to give age and 
grandeur to new plantings, or to accomplish im- 
mediate results and to give the proper finish in con- 
formity with the architectural outlines of buildings. 
In changing the course of a drive, erection of 
buildings, or where the planting has become too 
thick, love and close attachment to large trees, 
the building up of which has taken half a century, 
sometimes, prevent the destructive axe from doing 
its deadly work when a removal is necessary to 
accomplish the desired improvements. 
In such instances we take to mid-winter plant- 
ing, first for its cheapness, and second because the 
short and otherwise too busy spring could not give 
the necessary time for planting a large number of 
big trees. 
About the trees that it is proposed to move, 
there should be placed in the fall a good cover of 
straw manure, and where the holes are to be dug 
for their reception, a good covering of the same 
material should be placed. Otherwise the cost of 
digging the solidly frozen ground will be greatly 
increased. 
Removing trees in cold weather demands the 
ball of earth surrounding the roots to be frozen 
solid enough to enable handling without breaking. 
The size of the ball will have to be in accordance 
with the size of the tree. As a rule a ball of 7 feet 
diameter and as deep as the roots have taken hold 
of the soil, usually to 434 feet, would be suffi- 
cient for most trees not over 12 inches in diameter. 
The elm shown in illustration had a ball of earth 
8 feet in diameter and the trunk measured 4 feet in 
circumference; its whole weight was 12 tons. Care 
must be taken not to break any limbs, and to avoid 
this a couple of strong wooden horses, the height 
of which will vary according to the size of the tree, 
are used to permit the trunk to rest on when letting 
it down after it has been lifted out of the hole. 
This latter work is done by pulling the tree over to 
one side, throwing the excavated soil under it; then 
pulling it the opposite way, again filling in, and so 
on until it finally rests on the top of the ground. 
After the tree has been brought down on the 
horses, such branches as may drag on the ground 
are securely tied up, and such trimming as is found 
necessary, if any, is now attended to. The wagon 
is pulled up alongside the tree and the trunk se- 
curely fastened to the rear wheels; otherwise the 
top would throw itself back when the ball or root 
part is pulled on the wagon. This latter is done 
by tying a strong rope to the trunk of the tree, 
close to the ball, and aftera deep scar has been cut 
into the top edge of the frozen ball for the rope to 
get a good hold in, it is wound several times around 
