PARK AND CEA\ETERY. 
Park Place, HenIey=on Thames, England. 
Nearly all who leave here for a visit to England 
know of Henley-on-Thames because of its famous 
regatta. The regatta is an annual occurrence, and 
attracts thousands of visitors to witness it. But 
there is another great attraction at Henley, known 
to a favored few, which is the splendid grounds of 
Park Place, the residence of Mrs. Noble. Mr. 
George Stanton, the gentlemafl in charge, -has a 
rare chance to display the ability he possesses, as 
the grounds, including the farmland, embrace looo 
acres, and excellence in everything is the order of 
the day. I had the pleasure of visiting the place in 
the summer of 1895, spending a whole day among 
its many horticultural charms. Space will not per- 
mit me to refer to but little besides some of the fine 
trees on the place, though it is with regret I omit 
reference to the numerous glass structures and their 
contents. There are so many nice broad-leaved 
evergreens in England that would so adorn our 
grounds would they but stand our climate. But 
some of our Pacific coast evergreens which the 
English use so much we could plant more largely of 
than we do. For instance, the Thujopsis borealis, 
stands perfectly about Philadelphia. Park Place has 
some fine specimens of it, and one variety, with 
golden foliage is a very effective sort. There is also 
a beautiful hedge of it, in length perhaps 200 feet. 
These is a variegated as well as a golden leaved 
variety. 
The Cedar of Lebanon exists in some fine old 
trees at the Royal Garden, Kew, England, but for 
beauty I think the one at Park Place excels all 
others seen by me. It is about lOO feet in height 
and 4 feet in diameter. The Deodar cedar is not 
perfectly hardy in Pennsylvania, but the Mt. Atlas 
one, seems to be, and with the Lebanon is an ex- 
cellent park tree for this country. The flowering 
ash, Ornus Europaeus, is represented at Park Place 
in a well proportioned specimen 40 feet high by 30 
wide; v/hen in flower it is quite ornamental, much 
more so than any tree of ordinary ash tribe. 
American trees are scarce in England, but our 
Sweet Gum, Liquidamber styraciflua, was showing 
luxuriant growth in a specimen 50 feet high. Pinus 
cembra, which on account of its slow growth and 
erect appearance, is so much used in our cemeteries, 
was represented in a lovely specimen 35 feet high 
and 2 feet in diameter. The Colchican maple, Acer 
laetum, is a beautiful tree and entirely hardy in 
Pennsylvania, yet it is seldom seen in cultivation 
here. Mr. Stanton has a tree under his charge 
which is the largest I have ever seen. I did not 
measure its spread, but being o^ a round headed 
growth, much as the Norway maple is here, it was 
immense. Its trunk measured 3 feet in diameter. 
Elms are of great size in England as they are 
here. There are some monsters near Richmond 
Park, near London, and at Park Place was a vig- 
orous tree, still in full growth, which appeared to 
be fully 100 feet high, with a diameter of 5 feet. 
At Park Place are many woods, which are either 
of natural growth or have been planted so long that 
the growth seems spontaneous. The paths through 
these woods have been nicely planted with shrub- 
bery. The banks on both sides of one such a road 
contained Hypericums and other low growing, 
partly creeping shrubs, while on the edges of the 
woods were tall growing shrubs such as Cotoneaster 
affinis and our own Spirsea ariaefolia, the latter a 
good, late flowering white one. 
Mr. Stanton’s cottage is in the midst of lovely 
Park Place. Through the kindness of one of the 
ladies of his family, I w'as presented with a photo- 
graph of it. Your readers will see what a beautiful 
cottage it is. It stands in the centre of the grounds, 
near by the greenhouses, fruit houses and fruit 
gardens, and is so embowered in trees and flowers 
as to be a most charming residence. I may say 
that this cottage is but thetypeof many others seen 
throughout England. There are but few so pleas- 
antly situated as this one, but the natural love for 
flowers the Plnglishman has and the opportunities 
the climate gives to foster this love, lead to many 
a home being tastefully adorned with vines and 
flowers as is Mr. Stanton’s. Joseph Meehan. 
The whistling tree is found in the West Indies, 
in Nubia and the Soudan. It has a peculiar-shaped 
leaf, and pods with a split or open edge. The wind 
passing through these makes a sound which gives 
the tree its name. In Barbadoes there is a valley 
filled with these trees, and when the trade winds 
blow, a constant moaning, deep-toned, whistle is 
heard from it, which at night is very weird. 
