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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
WAYSIDE PLANTING. 
The fascinating ways of such bits of natural 
grouping as these are worthy of critical considera- 
tion by every designer and planter. 
One illustration shows wild roses taking posses- 
sion of the wire fence bounding a railroad right of 
way. It shows only one small space, but there were 
spikes of sumach berries are ornamental at every 
stage of their growth, and their final deep, rich, 
velvety red fitly completes the splendid face color- 
ing of the entire shrub. 
The group is well placed, too, merging into the 
larger growth back of it by nice gradations, and 
advancing in the front to break stiffness of outline. 
The foreground, closely car- 
peted with fennel, is a good lesson 
in planting in that it suggests the 
use of suitable herbaceous mate- 
rial for merging plantations into 
lawns at certain points instead of 
allowing the sward to spread in an 
unbroken sweep quite up to the 
shrubbery on all sides. 
And finally the mass of the 
group shields the trunk of the 
specimen tree that rises in 
the open space just back of 
it. 
The entire bit of planting 
if transported to a park might 
fitly take its place as part of 
a finished design in naturalistic 
planting. 
It is said to be a poor 
rule that fails to work both 
ways, but not every park con- 
tains a plantation of equal size that could be 
set down in any any wildwood and seem equally 
at home. 
ELDER AND SUMACH. 
Fanny Copley S'eavey, 
WILD ROSES. 
a dozen such within the limit of a seven-mile ride. 
This ride was rather unconventional, possibly some- 
what undignified, but wholly delightful, as well as 
practical, for the beautiful route 
traversed could only be reached in 
detail as we reached it, and that 
was by inducing the “section 
boss” to take us and the camera 
over it on his handcar, stopping 
where attractions proved irresist- 
ible, and then depositing us at 
the little flag station at the foot 
of the valley in time to get our- 
selves picked up by a train. 
The other engraving gives an 
example that teems with sugges- 
tions. The Elder and Sumach, 
closely associated in the group, 
combine remarkably well, are pre- 
sentable at all times, and furnish 
several distinct decorative effects 
at different seasons. The foliage 
of both is attractive; and nothing 
in field, wood or garden is lovelier 
than the creamy lace of Elder 
blossoms that are produced in lavish abundance, 
and with unvarying certainty each year; while 
