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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants in various 
stages of growth coming on in relays for distribu- 
tion in the parks as may be required, as well as for 
equiping newgparks and recreation grounds, twenty 
of which have been laid out during the past eight 
or ten years. ^The number of trees and shrubs sup- 
plied for furnishing purposes from the nursery last 
year was 20,250 trees and shrubs, and 40,000 her- 
baceous plants. This does not include the bedding 
plants mentioned in the descriptions of parks in 
preceding pages. 
“A special feature in the nursery is the grow- 
ing ot suitable specimen trees and shrubs in tubs, 
for the purpose of decorating the squares and pub- 
lic buildings, etc. , where it is impracticable to 
plant trees, in the city. 
“During the summer months from six to seven 
hundred of these are placed in the city every year, 
which is the means of giving a refreshing relief to 
the eye and mind of the thousands of busy toilers 
whose lot it is to live in the dreary surroundings of 
bricks and mortar inseparable from city life. 
“I have already referred to the impurities of the 
atmosphere of Manchester, it will therefore be 
readily understood that the varieties of trees and 
shrubs which will succeed, (in some measure,) un- 
der such conditions are extremely limited, and 
therefore it is only such available varieties that are 
reared in the corporation nursery. There are: 
Laburnums, Ash, Birch, Sycamore, Lime, Phila 
delphus. Poplars of varieties. Elders of varieties 
( very good for standing smoke,) Privets of var'e. 
ties, (very good for standing smoke,) Ribes, Wei- 
gelias. Willows of varieties. Dogwood of varieties, 
Deutzia, Honeysuckle (very good for standing 
smoke,) Rhododendrons of varieties (Cunninghams 
white and blush being the two best v'arieties for 
standing the atmosphere of Manchester and of 
which we raise many thousands from layers, ) etc. 
And the following Herbaceous and Alpine plants in 
varieties, viz: Antennaria, Aubretia, Asters, 
Aquilegia, Auriculas, Antirrhinums, Campanulas, 
Canterbury Bells, Chrysanthemums, Carnations, 
Daisies, Dactylis, Delphiniums, Doronicums, He- 
lianthus. Iris, Lysimachia, Myosotis, Megesia, 
Penstemons, Pansies, Phlox, Pinks, Polyanthus, 
Primroses, Pyrpthrum, Spireas, Solidago, Sweet 
Williams, Saxifrages, Sempervivums, Sedums, 
Stocks, Veronicas, Wallflowers, etc. 
Music is provided quite liberally in 18 of the 
parks, from one to three times a week in the sea- 
son. Certain small charges are made for the use 
of the tennis courts and bowling greens, and the 
regulations governing the public use of the parks 
are more or less strict and are rigidly enforced. The 
policy of the department is to encourage outdoor 
recreation for the masses. 
HOPE CEMETERY, BARRE,|YT. “ 
On the opposite page will be foufld a plan pre- 
pared by Mr. Edward P. Adams, landscape archi- 
tect, Boston, Mass., for the development of 
Hope Cemetery, Barre, Vt., and upon which work 
is in progress. The site is very picturesque and 
well situated as to surface conditions for a cemetery. 
The approach by the ravine road could hardly be 
excelled. 
In his report upon the proposed work considered 
from the point of view of development on the lawn 
plan, Mr. Adams advised that the “avenues should 
follow the natural contour of the ground except at 
sudden changes of grade at ridge or hollow, and the 
valley lines indicate usually the best locations for 
them. Vistas down the tree covered slopes will 
add much to the beauties of the drives, and paths 
for pleasant walks can go where drives cannot. 
Rustic hand-rails should protect the steepest 
slopes where they would be partly hidden by the 
trees. 
“In every section some places should be left 
for planting trees and shrubbery in groups to har- 
monize with the picturesqueness of the natural 
scenery, and for a graceful background for the 
monuments. No regular setting out of trees along 
avenues should be attempted.” 
The plan shows the general features as pro- 
posed by the designer. 
FLOWERING TREES FOR ORNAMENTAL PLANTING 
- 11 . 
It is probable that no trees are more strikingly 
showy for this purpose than the double flowering 
peaches. These look like huge bouquets of roses 
when they bloom. There are several varieties 
offered by many nurserymen under different names. 
Thus what one dealer calls “Persica vulgaris 
camelliaeflora plena’’ is the same tree described in 
another catalogue as “Amygdalus Persica, double- 
flowered crimson variety,” and in a third is called 
“Persica communis sanguinea flore pleno.” This 
is called the “Blood-red double-flowering peach,’ ’ 
and is the most startlingly vivid of all blossoming 
fruit trees. The pink variety is also a beautiful 
small tree and there is one that bears pure white 
semi-double blossoms, and another with variegated 
flowers, pink and white. Nothing can be imagined 
more ornamental than groups of these trees in early 
May when their effects of bright coloring contrast- 
ed with the fresh green grass are unsurpassed in 
brilliancy by anything that flowers at the same 
time. Not a green leaf has yet appeared upon 
their branches when they flower. I have seen 
them in situations where they stood in full relief 
against a background of tall evergreens and here 
the effect was superb. 
