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has its drawbacks but is in some respects less trying 
than taking up what is already under way, for though 
there is much to be done there is at least nothing to 
be undone. The site of Woodward Lawn was densely 
timbered necessitating immense labor to clear the 
ground, then deep fills occur and this has proved the 
destruction of big trees intended to be retained. 
This, however, is not the worst for, as is often the 
case in other directions, the living trouble is found 
greater than the dead. Twenty eight trees remov- 
ed from one lot is a fairly good record especially 
when it is remembered that this means their removal 
‘ ‘root and branch” , but what are left are a still more 
difficult problem for, having been grown in a dense 
wood, they are excellent limber, but poor ornaments. 
If any one can supply an unfailing receipe for the 
production of branches along the bare trunks of 
trees of this character, they will win the everlasting 
gratitude of Mr. Eurich by sending it to him. At 
present he has hopes that many of his trees will 
“feather out” of their own accord merely from the 
free admittance of sunlight and air. Over at Mt. 
Olivet Mr. Reid, his neighbor, five miles removed, 
has taken out the tops of immense old oaks — cover- 
ing the wounds with two coats of paint — and is 
calmly waiting the arrival of side branches along 
the bare trunks of his beheaded giants from this 
treatment. Now which one is right and to what 
extent? That is what an interested public would 
like to know. The tops of similar old trees on the 
Campus of Michigan University, Ann Arbor, have 
also been removed. One hears that in this case it 
\vas done because the trees were dying. The in- 
dications seem to point to their being slowly starved 
to death. 
Mr. Eurich finds a wealth of planting material 
scattered over the densely clothed acres under his 
care and is eagerly making the most of it. He uses 
the native ferns that abound instead of evergreens 
for covering open graves. It is a pretty custom. 
* * * 
At Mt. Olivet there is a well stocked nursery that 
has been in existence a number of years. Here there 
is not only a large supply of the best hardy decid- 
uous trees and shrubs ready for use in developing 
the ornamental planting now being done on a large 
scale, but also a splendid stock of exceptionally well 
grown, sturdy evergreens of the choicest species and 
varieties, retinosporas, junipers, arbor vitaeas, spru- 
ces, and pines of the very best kinds and each 
beautiful according to its kind. It is a perfect mint 
of wealth to an artistic and ambitious planter. 
One lesson of the past severe winter is clearly taught 
in this nursery. Every retinospora squarrosa is 
brown and dead on the south side only, showing that 
it is only necessary to plant this variety on the north 
side of some shade producing plant to secure its 
successful use. It was the hot sunshine of March 
that killed the handsome little specimens and not 
the cold weather. 
* * * 
Lack of time prevented an intended call at 
Woodmere where its famous Pepperidge trees and 
other good features were to have been viewed under 
the kindly guidance of Mr. Higgins. It is hoped 
that this is but a pleasure deferred. F. C. S. 
GARDEN PLANTS— THEIR GEOGRAPHY, XLIV. 
GENTIANALES. 
THE JASMINUM, FRAXINUS AND MENYANTHES 
ALLIANCE. 
The finer plants embraced under this heading 
form very handsome groups drawn from 22 tribes, 
433 genera and 3,983 species. About one-half of 
the tribes may be represented in northern gardens 
by hardy plants, and in fact one-fourth of the tribes 
(mostly the smaller ones) are confined to temper- 
ate regions, but the great majority of species are 
Jasminum Nudiflorum,— Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
sub-tropical and tropical. Trees, shrubs, climbers, 
herbs of varying habits, bog plants and aquatics, 
are all so well represented that it would be easy to 
furnish a good sized garden from among them and 
have abundant variety. Their blooming season 
extends from earliest spring to late autumn, nor is 
