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convince all that the full development of the char- 
acteristic landscape beauty of their favored state is 
better than anything foreign or artificial. It is 
pleasant to know that these features do not find 
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favor with the officials in charge and that they hope 
to do away with them. 
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Among the few native trees spared are a fine 
Tupelo and a grand old Beech four feet in diameter. 
But there are hundreds of splendid specimens among 
those that have been planted. A few of the less 
common are the Laurel and Willow leaved and Fas- 
tigiate Oak, Lawson’s, Chinese, and Southern Cy- 
press; Persimmon and Pawpaw; Siberian, Eagle’s 
Claw and Purple Norway Maple; Fern leaved. Pur- 
ple and Copper Beech (an extra good one of the 
latter); immense Osage Oranges, Snowdrop tree 
(lovely when in flower). Scarlet Thorn and Paulow- 
nia Imperialis; Kentucky Coffee tree. Yellow \Vood 
and Kolreuteria Janiculata; a number of Conifers, 
but the Hemlock Spruce seems the only one likely 
to survive the smoke of the encroaching city; and 
far and away the best Japanese Gingko tree I have 
yet seen. It towers above the pretty little rustic 
shelter to a height of sixty feet, has a spread of 
thirty feet, is thirty-five years old and in late Octo- 
ber was a symmetrical mass of exquisite, pale gold- 
colored- foliage. But, after all, the Magnolias are 
the chief arboreal attraction. They are there in va- 
riety, from the starry flowered M. Stellata to the 
matchless cups of M. Grandiflora, and while I saw no 
very large specimens of the latter, their abundance 
compensates for lack of individual stature. One of 
the natural depressions mentioned is to be wholly 
occupied by a group of one hundred of them. A 
sight of that group when in flower will alone be 
worth a visit to Cave Hill. 
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I think that all shrubs common in more northern 
gardens is represented here besides a number of 
others, such as California Privet, which grows to 
perfection; Xanthoceras Sorbifolia, with flower 
spikes twelve to eighteen inches long; Exchordia 
Grandiflora, bearing pure white, fragrant flowers in 
early spring; Olea Americana, which bears purple 
fruits shaped like a very small olive. It is a shrub 
of the highest decorative value, handsome both in 
form and foliage, but the superintendent finds it very 
scarce and is unable to get as much of it as he 
wants. Phillodendron Amurence, which is hardy, 
but fails to bloom; Rhodotypos Kerrioides, Ligus- 
strum Ibota, Dimorphanthus Mandshurica, bearing 
white flowers in May, follow'ed by berries in large 
compound panicles that are blue black when ripe; 
and above all, Roses. 
Magnolia blooms are magnificent, but compara- 
tively short lived, while everblooming Roses are in 
flower from May until frost. Varieties like Her- 
mosa, Agrippina, Gen. Jack, La France, Souv. de 
la Malmaison, Sombreuil, Perle des Jardins, Duch- 
esse de Brabant, Magna Charta, Etoile de Lyon, 
Safrano and Giant of Battles survive in good shape 
with a light mulch of hay as a winter protection. 
By virtue of their beauty, number and abundant 
and persistent bloom they are the chief floral fea- 
ture of the grounds. 
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Vines are given prominence, notably on the pil- 
lars of the porches surrounding the ideally situated 
office of the superintendent, to which they are an 
added charm. They include Wisteria, Ampelopsis, 
Akebia, Honeysuckles, Jessamines, Euonymus, 
Passiflora, Berchemia volubilis, a half dozen or 
more varieties of the most desirable Clematises, 
and Bignonia capreolata, which makes a golden 
frieze of flowers in spring and of foliage nearly all 
the rest of the year. 
English Ivy clothes the trunks of numbers of 
trees, and climbers in variety drape a cliff where the 
exposed limestone foundation of the hills is appro- 
priately utilized as the basis for a picturesque bit of 
landscape work. Naturalesque treatment of the 
foreground would, however, make this feature far 
more expressive than the present arrangement of 
closely shaven level lawn and beds of semi-tropical 
plants. 
* * * 
Herbaceous plants are pleasingly introduced, in- 
deed nothing could be more charming than the dear 
little dells carpeted with Violets and Ferns that, 
after their own shy fashion, creep in and out through 
the half shade of shrubs and trees. Probably these 
spots were cunningly contrived to unsettle the faith 
of those who put their trust in rigidly artificial styles 
of gardening, and certainly they are well devised to 
accomplish that end. 
