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Carpenter is now laying out for a cemetery, located 
in Delaware county, Pa., immediately outside the 
line of Philadelphia. In diameter it is ten feet in 
one direction and eight feet in the other, and its 
branches spread over 100 feet. The tree is per- 
fectly healthy and promises to grow to much larger 
proportions. It is located close to an old residence 
built in 1774. which is still standing in good con- 
dition, and there is no doubt but that the tree has 
been growing by the house at least since its con- 
struction. 
HISTORY OF THE DAHLIA. 
The Dahlia which is rapidly regaining the pop- 
ularity attaching to it decades ago has an interesting 
history, which has been commented upon as follows 
by the London Globe : 
More than 100 years ago Baron Humboldt dis- 
covered the dahlia, a small single flower, in Mexico 
Could some prophetic vision have revealed to him 
the dahlia of to-day in its dazzling hues and varied 
forms he might, perhaps, have been prouder of that 
discovery than of all his other scientific achieve- 
ments. It was sent by him to the Botanical Gar- 
dens, Madrid, where it received the name of dah- 
lia in honor of the botanist. Prof. Andrew Dahl. 
The same year it was introduced into England, 
where it was cultivated under glass. For a few 
years it was lost to cultivation, then reintroduced 
into England. Cultivation soon developed the 
double form and every color except blue. For 
many years the ideal dahlia of the cultivators was 
a perfectly double, ball -shaped flower. Those who 
remember the compact flowers of thirty or forty 
years ago know how nearly the ideal was realized 
and remember the deserved popularity of the dah- 
lia of that day. But people soon tired of the regu- 
larity of that type, and for a few years it was neg- 
lected. Florists were giving time, labor and thought 
to the development of the rose, carnation, chrysan- 
themum and other popular flowers. At last some 
far-seeing cultivator recognized the possibilities of 
the dahlia, and in new, improved and more beauti- 
ful shades of color it resumes its sway and to-day 
greets us in so maniy varied and attractive forms 
that every taste may be suited. 
The ancestral home of the Astors is in the little 
village of Waldorf, twelve miles southeast of Mann- 
heim and midway between the Rhine and the low- 
lying hills forming the northern part of the Black 
Forest. Their house, which is still standing, is an 
unpretentious structure of two stories, facing on the 
open town square and containing probably six 
rooms. To one side is a small yard, such as fre- 
quently adjoin the houses of the peasants in this 
part of southern Germany. 
LOGAN GROVE: MEDFORD, MASS. 
In describing his design for Logan Grove, 
Medford, Mass., Mr. Edward P. Adams, landscape 
architect, Boston, says: The preservation of a grove 
of oak and maple trees, which covers nearly half 
the area of the park, was the primary object of the 
selection of this site. The purpose of the develop- 
I.OCAN A\'K 
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PARK DESIGN FOR LOGAN GROVE, MEDFORD, MASS. 
Edward P. Adams, Landscape Architect. Approximate Scale, 8o Feet 
to the Inch. 
REFERENCES ; 
A to P refer to sections on planting list. F. Place for flag 
pole. K. Rockery. * Light. S. Sundial. T. Drinking Foun- 
tain. N. One-sixteenth mile walk. 
ment was the enhancement of beauty of the place 
and the improvement of the facilities for recreation 
of the largest number of those living nearby. To 
this end the idea in the preparation of the park 
design for Logan Grove has been to afford a chance 
for as many kinds of recreation as possible without 
their conflicting with one another. The planting 
has been designed to give a finished appearance to 
the grounds with a pleasant variety and a frame 01 
verdure for the whole. In the grouping, such a 
choice of plants was made as would present some 
element of beauty in flowers, in berries or in 
foliage at every season of the year. In some groups 
the flowers will be most conspicuous; in the others 
the various colored leaves or the many shades of 
green. 
