PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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PLAN OF FINISHED STREET. 
thing used is hardy and requires only ordinary care. 
The following varieties were planted either in groups 
or singly, according to the nature of the shrub or 
the effect to be produced. 
Cornus Paniculata and Cornus Alba were em- 
ployed in oval masses six by twelve feet. The Cali- 
fornia Privet, Spirea Thunbergii, S. Prunifolia, S. 
Van Houti, S. Billardi, S. Sorbifolia, S. Hypericafo- 
lia — Mahonia Aquafolia, and the Rosa Rugosa 
(Rubra and Alba) were used in a similar manner. 
The Berberries, (Purpurea, Thunbergii and Canaden- 
sis, ) in circular masses, eight feet across; the Weige- 
lias, Variegataand Rosea; the Philadelphus Aureus, 
Kerria Japonica, Hydrangea Paniculata, Tamericks 
(cut close to the ground everyyear alter flowering) 
completes the variety of shrubs, planted in masses. 
Among herbaceous shrubs are circular beds of 
the Eulalia — Japonica, Zebrina, Variegata and Gra- 
cilliana, varieties Hibiscus Muscatus and H. Crim- 
son Eye. 
Interspersed in the stretches cl unbroken lawn 
between the massed shrubbery are single specimens 
of the Magnolia Soulangeana, M. Sellata, Siberian 
Arborvitae, and Arborvitae Globoso, Golden Oak, 
English Hawthorne, Aeschylus Parva Flora Xan- 
thicera Sorbifolia, Euonynus Erectus, and Pinus 
Mughus; the latter in groups of three. 
Several thousand crocus of the yellow, white 
and purple varieties were planted carelessly in the 
edges of the shrubbery beds. It will be seen that 
the varieties were selected so as to produce a suc- 
cession of bloom until late autumn, in addition to 
the fine foliage effect during the entire season. 
Possibly the writer possessed some advantages 
in the laying out of this street which contributed to 
the effect produced, in that he controlled the front- 
age on both sides throughout its entire length. Not 
only was the grade of the street established, but all 
lots on either side were brought to a finished grade, 
and purchasers of the same were placed under the 
following rigid restrictions: — 
“The grades of all lots as established shall not 
be changed.” 
“Persons building drive-ways to their lots, shall 
curb and pave the same from street curb to side- 
walk, identical with the street.” 
“All houses shall stand twenty-five feet from 
the front line of the lot, and three feet from the 
north line, thus giving all houses a southern ex- 
posure.” 
“No fence or hedge will be allowed in front or 
between the houses nearer than the rear wall of the 
house.” 
“No walk shall be laid upon a lot of any mater- 
ial other than stone or cement, and all walks from 
street sidewalk to curb, shall be five feet wide.” 
These restrictions have been fully lived up 
to, and so attractive has the street become within 
two years, that nearly every lot has been sold, and 
at a price of five hundred dollars more per lot than 
those on streets in the immediate vicinity laid out 
on the old plan, showing that the people fully ap- 
preciate beautiful surroundings, and are willing to 
pay for them. The effect of the beautifully kept 
street, which is never sprinkled, but which is thor- 
oughly swept two or three times a day, has been 
marked upon its residents who have taken the ut- 
most pride in keeping their lawns and grounds on 
a par with the street. 
One or two residents who had removed from ill- 
kept and slovenly streets were, at first, inclined to 
be a little negligent of their grounds, but the influ- 
ence of the neighbors and the effect of the street 
was too much for them, and their places are now 
equal to the best. 
The contract for the care of the street, includ- 
ing lawns and shrubbery as well as the sweeping of 
the pavement, is awarded by the authorities, upon 
the unanimous petition of the residents, to the 
writer who employs a competent person to do the 
work under his direction. 
Dean Alvord. 
It is asserted by a writer in the south that the daisy 
was not known in that section of the country until 
Sherman marched to the sea. This writer says that 
.Sherman brought the daisy seeds south in hay needed 
for the horses, ai d that the Sheiman line of march is 
indicated by the existence of the daisies. 
