PARK AND CCnETERY. 
Spring Flowering Trees and Shrubs. 
“This world is but a fleeting show.” If we 
never knew it before we know it now. Such a rush 
the middle of April. So also were many shrubs 
such as Japan Quinces and Forsythias in variety, 
Spiraea Thunbergii, flowering Almonds and Cur- 
rants, etc. And these were closely followed by 
many others so that by the fifth of May Lilacs, 
white and red flowered Horse Chestnuts, White 
Fringe, Snow Balls, Spiroea Reevesii and others 
were past or fading; Spircea Van Houtei approach- 
ing its best; Crataegus Pyracantha full of bloom. 
Coral Honeysuckle also and lovelier than it ever 
is later; Persian Yellow Roses, a splendid mass of 
color; the charming little Deutzia Gracilis snowy 
with delicate flowers, and Weigelias in variety 
crowded with bloom. As 'grown in the Botanic 
Garden, Weigelias were a revelation. I didn’t know 
they were so pretty. And the bees love them, they 
clustered thickly around each plant. Bush Cran- 
berry, Viburnum Opulus, and Calycanthus were 
also in good flower; the former artistic in habit, 
with quite the air of a wildling, and decidedly orna- 
mental with its numerous cymes of white flowers; 
and the spice bush fragrant with a perfume that is 
not found elsewhere, although seeming to combine 
several familiar odors. 
Rosa Multiflora was full of its dear old-fashion- 
ed flowers, and in beds, Aggrippina and Hermosa 
were already in bloom, while other Roses were 
rapidly preparing for their part in the show. 
The Weigelia shown in the illustration is nearly 
white, of slender growth and drooping habit. It is 
one of many seen in the Botanic Garden; and part 
of a hedge of Deutzia Gracilis was also photo- 
graphed there. The Viburnum or Bush Cranber- 
ry stood in Tower Grove Park which adjoins the 
DEUTZIA GRACILIS. 
WEIGELIA. 
of flowers! They are scrambling through the sea- 
son with almost indecorus haste. The spring flower- 
ing trees and shrubs have been crowded with bloom, 
and the successive species and varieties have crowd- 
ed upon one another so closely as to materially 
shorten the flowering season. This, together with 
the unexpectedly early opening of spring, has made 
it almost impossible Tor a camerist to catch any 
given plant in its best form unless among them all 
of the time. And this difficulty has led to a renew- 
ed notice of. the marked scarcity of well-grown cul- 
tivated shrubs and trees outside of Botanic Gardens, 
Parks and modern Cemeteries. 
The flowering of all plants is 
this year not less than three 
weeks in advance of last year. 
This is due to the almost unpre- 
cedented warmth of early April, 
which, it was predicted, would 
surely be followed by disastrous 
frosts. Soi far however, they 
have not visited central nor 
southern Illinois, nor thecorres- 
ponding parts of Missouri; and 
the flowery panorama that open- 
ed early in April has rolled on 
too rapidly to be thoroughly en- 
joyed. 
In St. Louis, Magnolia con- 
spicua, M. Lennei and even M. 
SoLilangeana (which is expected 
to bloomlater than the other 
two) were in full flower before 
