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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
ful floral and foliage combinations that spring up be- 
fore us sometimes like fairy scenes. Some idea can 
be gathered from some of the accompanying pic- 
tures of some of 
these flowering 
plants massed in 
connection with 
shrub groups. 
A pleasantfea- 
ture is the grass 
walks ten feet 
wide that lead to 
all convenient 
points. Grass 
walks were used 
on account of the 
steep nature of the 
ground to avoid 
washing out by 
heavy rains. 
The collection 
of conferious trees 
and shrubs, com- 
menced about four years since, on the north slope 
of the park contains up to date about one hundred 
and fifty species and varieties. They have been 
planted absolutely without any regard to generic 
affiliations. 
Every one who has had experience in the grow- 
ing of coniferous evergreens knows that it is diffi- 
cult sometimes to explain their caprices under what 
appear to be perhaps most favorable conditions of 
growth for a certain species or variety. Therefore 
with the end in view to obviate putting all our 
“eggs in one basket” we have tried the same plant 
under different likely conditions, as we believe 
tered and in other ways apparently suitable. White 
pine, white spruce, hemlock spruce, red cedar, and 
arboivitge have been planted in large masses and 
most of the speci- 
m e n s surround 
these groups. The 
largest of the coni- 
ferous evergreens 
are not over five or 
six feet in height, 
and it will be a few 
years yet before 
they will be of any 
practical educa- 
tional value. 
The question 
now arises in con- 
clusion, what 
value are these 
collections to the 
people and to the 
tax payers? Such 
things usually 
have their opponents in all places, and there has 
been no exception here. But during the past few 
years the inspiration conveyed by the general effect 
of such a large aggregation of individuals and 
masses of shrubs in leaf and flower and fruit, has 
evoked great enthusiasm and admiration, and has 
opened the eyes of a great many citizens to the 
simple possibilites of embellishing their home 
grounds. It is quite a common occurrence to see a 
lady or gentlemen going around with note book 
and pencil jotting down what appeals to them as 
being suitable for a definite place in their own 
private grounds, as everything is plainly labeled for 
Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y.— A Partial View of the Lilacs in Bloom 
there is a greater likelihood by this method of ob- that purpose. On week days, and particularly on 
taining good healthy specimens, than by putting all Sunday afternoons, large crowds of people visit the 
of a genus together even if the ground is well shel- grounds during the summer months. 
