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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
CIiASS I. 
Evergreen shrubs for colony group planting 
or mass effect of foliage and flower. 
Botanical Name. 
Rhododendron Hybrids 
Abraham Lincoln 
Album Grandiflorum 
Blandyanum . 
Parsons’ Gloriosum 
Purpurem Grandiflorum .. 
Rhododendron Maximum ... 
Rhododendron Catawbiense. 
Azalea Amoena 
Azalea Amoena Henondigiro. 
Azalea Indica 
Andromeda Catesbaei 
Andromeda Floribunda 
Andromeda Japonica 
Buxus Japonica 
Buxus Sempervirens 
Euonymus Japonica 
Euonymus Japonica Argen- 
tea 
Euonymus Japonica Aurea . 
Kalmia Latifolia 
Mahonia Japonica 
Aucuba Japonica 
Aucuba Japonica Aureo 
Maculata 
Common Name. 
Color of Flower. 
Height. 
S'-10' 
Great Laurel 
Southern Rhododen 
dron 
Japan Azalea 
Japan Azalea 
Indian Azalea 
Leucothoe 
Japanese Box . . . 
Common Box . . . . 
Japan Euonymus 
Rosy crimson .... 
White 
Rose crimson .... 
Blush 
Purple 
White 9'-10' 
Rose, purple .... 10'-12' 
Claret, pink ?'- 4' 
Flame scarlet .... 3'- 4' 
White 3'- 4' 
White P-2' 
White 1'- 2' 
White P-2' 
4'- 5' 
4'- 5' 
5'- 6' 
Ilex Crenata 
Silver Margined . . . 
Gold Margined 
American Laurel . . 
Japanese Mahonia . 
Japanese Laurel . . . 
Gold Dust, Japan 
Laurel 
Japan Holly 
White . 
, Yellow 
5'- 6' 
5'- 6' 
5'- 6' 
3'- 4' 
4'- 5' 
4'- 5' 
4'- 5' 
unsightly object, would include varieties 
graded as tall, medium and dwarf growing, 
principally for foliage coloring combination. 
Planted according to height which they at- 
tain, such as tall growing sorts at furth- 
erest point, grading the medium and dwarf 
foremost. For list see accompanying table. 
Class B group is a planting or general 
purpose group, an assortment of varieties 
as a fixed adornment to a curved walk, 
bank at terminus of walk, base of dwelling, 
flanking of lawn, road or walk, combining 
foliage and flower, giving continuous sea- 
son of flower. 
Class C shows a group for mass plant- 
ing effects with distinctive colors of flow- 
ers en masse, a combination of varieties of 
contrasting color blending into one great 
blaze or color of varieties of same flow- 
ering season planted in colonies of 5 to 9 
each variety. 
Class D are grouped for winter effects 
by the use of varieties with bright colored 
back planted! in colonies, 5 to 7 each, giv- 
ing an effective blending of color in winter. 
Those in Class E are designed to secure 
winter effects with the use of varieties 
which a profusion of various colored ber- 
ries produce. 
IOWA STATE ALLISON FOUNTAIN MEMORIAL 
The model for the monument to the late 
Senator Allison, of Iowa, to be erected in 
Des Moines, was selected in an interesting 
limited competition participated in by four- 
teen sculptors, and the commission, and 
the design, a handsome fountain group was 
awarded to Miss Evelyn B. Longman, of 
New York City. Miss Longman’s winning 
model is illustrated herewith. As Senator 
Allison was essentially a national charac- 
ter, representing the highest civic ideals, 
the sculptor’s design has been to give full 
expression to this. His portrait, however, 
forms the keynote of the whole concep- 
tion. This appears on the front of the 
pedestal in bas-relief, flanked on either side 
by the Victory of Knowledge and the Vic- 
tory of Peace, the great actuating ideals of- 
his life. Above, upon the pedestal, is a 
statue of the Republic, laurel crowned and 
holding in her left hand a staff sur- 
mounted by the American eagle, and in her 
right a sheathed sword. Knowledge carries 
aloft in one hand a torch, in the other the 
sphere, symbol of the Universe; on his 
breast are entwined the Serpents of Wis- 
dom. This figure is followed by Legisla- 
ture and Financial Prosperity, the former 
carrying the books of the law and the 
fasces, symbolic of power, and the latter 
holding a horn of plenty filled with coins. 
On the other side, Peace with her symbol, 
the palm, leads forward Humanity, repre- 
sented by the mother and child and the 
laborer carrying a sheaf of wheat and a 
scythe. The wheat is also the symbol of 
plenty and is used again in the ornamental 
border around the top of the pedestal. 
Above the plinth which supports the Re- 
public is a conventional laurel design, sym- 
bolic of achievement. About the base of 
the pedestal is a design of oak and laurel 
symbolizing strength and success, and on 
it, in front, appears the inscription, “Good 
Citizenship is the Foundation of a Na- 
tion.” At the side, below the group led 
by Knowledge, is the motto, “Knowledge 
is the Fountain of Lasting Prosperity,” 
and on the other side, below the group 
representing Peace, is the quotation, “Peace 
hath her Victories no less renowned than 
War.” The text of the dedicatory in- 
scription below the portrait tablet has been 
left to the discretion of the Monument 
Committee. The monument is designed 
with a water setting. The pedestal rests 
upon a flight of steps, in the top one of 
which is a bronze inlay of water flowers, 
from the center of which the water is de- 
signed to bubble quietly and flow down 
the steps into the basin below. While the 
running water adds a touch of beauty, it 
may, it" desired, be used only on festive 
occasions or to refill the basin, its omis- 
sion not impairing the general beauty of 
design, as in the case where the water jets 
are used and form an important part of 
the composition. The figure of the Repub- 
lic sits about 8 feet (if standing it would 
be about 1014 feet) and is to be in Ten- 
nessee marble, with wreath, staff and sword 
of gilded bronze. The other six figures 
stand about 8 feet 8 inches and are to be 
in bronze, as is also all the inlaid orna- 
ment. The pedestal and base are to be in 
rubbed Stony Creek granite. The steps 
and curb of basin are to be of Fox Island 
granite and the basin itself granolithic. 
The total height of the monument is about 
30 feet and the diameter of the basin (out- 
side of curb) 69 feet. Three years have 
been apportioned for the selection of a site 
and erection of the memorial. Its cost 
will be slightly over $50,000. 
ACCEPTED MODEL FOR ALLISON MEMORIAL, DES MOINES, IA. 
Evelyn B. Longman, Sc. 
