PARK AND CEMETERY, 
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1 SOME SPEICMEN TREES AND SHRUBS. | 
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Subscribers can make this column particularly interesting by for- 
warding photographs and descriptions of specimen trees and shrubs* 
Acer Rubrum Var? 
Mr. Theodore Wirth, superintendent of City Parks; 
Hartford, Conn., sends photographs of two Maple trees, 
one of which to- 
gether with sketch 
of foliage is here 
with given. These 
trees which are 
growing in Bush- 
nell Park of that 
city have attracted 
the attention of 
every visiting lover 
of trees. Mr. 
Wirth says of 
them: 
From the dis- 
tance they look the 
image of a poplar. 
The trees are about 
35 to 40 years old, 
but nobody seems 
to know where they 
came from. One 
of them shows dis- 
tinct marks of 
grafting on rubrum 
stock. Inquiries 
as to the proper 
name and origin 
are numerous, and 
that the trees have 
attracted attention 
for many years, is 
evident through a 
ACER RUBRUM, VARP-BUSHNELL PARK. lctter in possession 
HARTFORD, CONN. 0 f Ron. S. W. 
Adams, late secretary of the Board of Park Commission- 
ers, dated August 1880, and written by Prof. Daniel C. 
Eaton of Yale University in which the writer states that 
Prof. Asa Gray is positive that the trees in question are 
simply a form of Acer Rubrum. 
Whenever the trees originated and came from the 
assumption is natural that the same variety must exist 
elsewhere and the object of this writing is to find out 
through the columns of Park and Cemetery. 
A leading nurseryman of New England, observing 
the trees during a visit asked for some scions, which 
were cheerfully furnished and this Acer Rubrum Var. 
may appear in a few years as a duly recognized novelty. 
All agree that the tree is worthy of special attention 
and culture; it seems to be thrifty and free from 
disease, and its characteristic pyamidil form should 
give it a prominent place amongst its kind. 
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White Weeping Mulberry. 
The illustration herewith shows a white weeping 
Mulberry, growing at the entrance of Woodland ceme- 
tery, Dayton, O., and for particulars of which we are 
indebted to Mr. J. C. Cline, the superintendent. 
It was planted ten years ago this fall, and was a 
LEAVES OF ACER RUBRUM VAR. 
very small plant at that time. It is now about twelve 
feet high and its drooping branches cover an area of 
about fifteen feet in diameter. No particular attention 
is given to it, other than an annual early spring prun- 
ning, which consists of cutting back the long branches 
WHITE WEEPING MULBERRY. WOODLAND CEMETERY, 
DAYTON, OHIO. ’ ‘ 
about three feet from the ground. It forms an attrac- 
tive and unique specimen, certain to draw the attention 
of all visitors to the cemetery who love trees and shrubs. 
