PARK AND CEMETERY. 
OFFICE BUILDING, EVERGREEN CEME;TERY, PORTLAND, ME, 
out the idea embodied in the term perpetual care. 
The interments now amount to over 18,000. 
We are indebted to Mr. Frank M. Floyd, su- 
perintendent, who has been indefatigable in his 
The SW.VNS in evergreen cemetery, PORTLAND, ME. 
efforts for improvement, for information and photo- 
graphs used in the foregoing. 
THE RUSSIAN OLIVE AQMN.—(t.leagHUS AugusticifoUa. ) 
In the August number there was some account of 
this tree, but further notes will not be out of place. 
Since the former article was written, I have 
taken speci.d pains to see how far it has been dis- 
tributed. I find it higtily spoken of at the Fxperi- 
inent Station of Ottawa, Canada. It is a decided 
success in Manitoba and the Dakotas. x\ nursery- 
man in Illinois writes me, they came through last 
winter, which killed millions of seedlings of other 
kinds, unharmed. A bed of native black walnuts 
were killed to the ground beside them. I liave just 
received a letter from Professor Green of the Min- 
nesota University, in which he says he is highly 
pleased with them, and is propagating them as rap- 
idly as he can. It is a tree remarkable for its suc- 
cesses — with no failures. It needs, however, a little 
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watching while young to train it to a compact head. 
In growth it outstrips all our natives, unless it 
is the cottonwood; and on the high and dry divides, 
it will leave that to die, and itself grow on victori- 
THE RU.SSI.\N OLIVE, 
ous. -A tree which can smile on a hot wind with 
the mercury 1 10 in the shade; and then take 40 
below as a good joke, can endure almost anything. 
This tree has remarkable foliage — in short it has 
four shades or tints of silver. The upper side of the 
leaf has one shade and the lower side another. The 
twigs abo have a glanca tint. Then the fruit is 
burnished silver and this often hangs 011 till mid- 
winter. The tree in some catalogues is called the 
silver berry, but it must not be confounded with 
the dwarf silver berry tree of Oklahoma. When 
the various tints of this tree are put on exhibition 
by a gentle breeze it is indeed charming. It is to 
deciduous trees, what the glauca pungens is to 
evergreens. Its colors make it a good neighbor for 
other trees of green foliage. I have seen avenues 
of these olives which were charming. They have a 
small yellow blossom whose fragrance fills all the air. 
As a road tree, it would have peculiar charms. 
In the spring when all the air was laden with a de- 
licious perfume it would be like a ride through 
some land Elysian. The fruit is about the size of 
a pickled olive, but I think it is of no use for food. 
From its hardiness and thriftiness I judge it will be 
a large tree, when it must have a unique and charm- 
ing appearance, unlike anything seen before in our 
parks and forests. It is propagated from cuttings, 
and from the seed. The cuttings need to be cal- 
loused before planting. The berries are gathered 
and planted in the fall. Of course the seeds are 
large and the trees never can be raised on a vast scale 
as readily as the elms, maples and other natives. 
We are glad we have this tree as a reinforcement 
for lawns, parks and forests. C. S. Harrison. 
