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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
PERENNIALS ON RIGPIT; TROPICAL PLANTS ON LEFT. 
tention that they require. There are plenty 
of other plants that do not require nursing 
that may be used. The system of elimina- 
tion must be exercised if good flowering- 
material is to be obtained year after year. 
We cannot depend for our displays upon 
those plants that do so well in other parts 
of the country, especially in those parts of 
the country where cooler weather prevails, 
and while they may do fairly well during 
a fair season they will almost invariably 
fail us when they are put to the supreme 
test of the hot, dry winds of the western 
prairie country. Such conditions would 
naturally suggest a flora to suit, and our 
failures in the past have been the result of 
trying to force upon our own peculiar con- 
ditions the floras of sections of the country 
that are totally different. 
Tropical plants suggest themselves as the 
natural solution of this problem and experi- 
ence teaches us that the tropical plants can 
be depended upon to produce results. The 
growth of the tropical water lilies is no- 
where surpassed, and they, together with 
the foliage plants belonging to the low 
areas about pools and natural depressions, 
form one of the most delightful surprises in 
areas of little rainfall. The pools, if well 
made, require but a very small supply of 
water and give us a basis on which to work 
out our planting schemes. Cannas, calad- 
iums and the castor beans give us an ad- 
mirable background, and among the foliage 
plants that do well in the bedding schemes 
are Achyranthus Bourbonica, Aculpha tri- 
color, marginata, and miltonians, Salvia 
splandens, Alyssum maritimum, all the 
Coleus, Phyllanthus nivosus and nivosus 
atropurpureum, Ageratum conyzoides, the 
Tresines, Salvia farinacea, Iantana delicatis- 
sima, Santolina, the Eranthemums, the 
Abutilons, and Cuphea ignea, and Plumbago 
capensis. 
Another class of plants that lend them- 
selves particularly well to the requirements 
are the ornamental grasses. Too much can- 
not be said of their value in decorative 
work. Those varieties that we have found 
of use are Miscanthus sinensis variegatus, 
Erianthus Ravennae, Panicum plicatum, Pen- 
nisetum cupreum, longistylum, and Rupel- 
lianum, Cortaderia argentea, Eulalia japo- 
nica zebrina, and Arundo donax. Cyperus 
alternifolius also does well even when kept 
rather dry. 
Perennial plants are the salvation of 
the plant grower under trying conditions. 
Owing to the establishment of a permanent 
root system, provided in many cases with a 
well developed storage system, these plants 
are particularly adapted to withstand long 
periods of drought. Among those that 
may be expected to produce recurring 
shows from year to year are the following, 
all of which have been particularly attract- 
ive during the past dry season. Liatris 
spicata, Asclepias tuberosa, Salvia azurea, 
Physostegia virginica, Veronica Lettermanni 
(a little known plant from the southwest), 
Eupatorium ageratoides, Cassia Vesgeri 
(often confused with Varylandica) , Tri- 
toma, Helenium Riverton Gem, Aster tatar- 
icus and other varieties, many varieties of 
perennial phlox, Coreopsis grandiflora, An- 
chusa italica var. Dropmore, Veronica 
grandis, Solidago canadensis, and various 
chrysanthemums. 
The above list of perennials is being sup- 
plemented with other varieties. The first 
year for the perennials is very apt to be at 
the sacrifice of flowers, for the transplant- 
ing seems in our hot climate to seriously 
hinder flower production, but this is more 
than offset the following year, when the 
growth made in the absence of flowers pro- 
duces the second year crop. In fact, this 
is much better for the plants, and it might 
be well to prohibit flower production the 
first season, if it is dry and hot, in order 
to give the plant a better chance to re- 
cuperate. 
Perennials are better started in the green- 
house and transplanted after germination in 
all those soils where clay predominates. 
Small seeds do not readily penetrate the 
i rust forrnen on clay after a rain and after 
being baked by the sun, and in the greater 
number of cases it is much better where 
practicable to grow the young plants inside. 
This is our custom here, and we find it pro- 
ductive of the best results. Annuals in 
general are far less satisfactory than the 
perennials for the reason that their root 
system is not strong enough to withstand 
the weather conditions. However, some 
few plants do seem to do exceptionally well 
in dry weather, when once they have be- 
ccme established. These are Centaurea Cy- 
anus, Impatiens Balsamina, Arctotis gran- 
dis, Petunias, Helianthus cucumeriformis 
Orion, annual Delphimiums, Mirabilis Ja- 
lapa, Cleome gigantea, Encelia calva, Cos- 
mos, Gomphtena globosa, Celosia Thomp- 
soni, Antirrhinum, Verhenas, Nicotiana and 
Gaillardia. 
All plants grown under dry conditions 
are subject to the attacks of red spider, but 
the use of the full stream of the hose will 
do much to eradicate this evil. Many poor 
plants that have been discarded as unfit 
could have been saved if their caretaker 
had known the signs of red spider. 
Another phase of the floral display prob- 
lem in those localities where rain is far 
from plentiful is the use of desert plants. 
That this phase of the problem is an im- 
portant one no one will dispute. The des- 
ert regions have many plants that after 
slight rains flower profusely, and these | 
flowers that come and go so quickly are 
not lacking in colors, but take on some of 
the very brightest colors in the flower king- 
dom. We have much to learn from our 
desert floras and within the next few years 
we may expect to see our flower lists for 
the regions of the middle west consider- 
ably increased by the addition of the good 
plants from the desert regions. 
RECEIVER FOR ROSEHILL. 
As a result of the disastrous Lorimer 
bank failure in Chicago, which involved H. 
W. Huttig, president of Rosehill Cemetery 
and Charles B. Munday, former treasurer, 
both of whom are under indictment by the 
grand jury, a receiver for the cemetery 
company has been appointed, the court 
naming the Chicago Title & Trust Co. as 
receiver. In the indictments Huttig and 
Munday are charged with 'conspiracy to 
defraud the Rosehill Cemetery Company 
by substituting security of little or no value 
for good security and with embezzlement 
of securities from the Rosehill Cemetery 
Company. The petition for the receiver 
was filed by the minority stockholders, who 
charged that the perpetual care fund was 
being misused by the officers of the com- 
pany. Judge Foell granted the request and 
also took possession of millions of dollars 
in “scrip dividends” which had been issued 
by the cemetery company. 
Rosehill is the first large modern city 
cemetery to admit a community mausoleum 
to its grounds, the mausoleum being nearly 
completed. 
