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PARK AND CEMETERY 
Photo Courtesy Edwin R. Jackson. 
MASSED PLANTING IN A CALIFORNIA GARDEN, SHOWING EUCALYPTUS, WEEPING WILLOW, PAMPAS GRASS, ETC. 
fore it becomes cold enough to chill them — generally 
some time during September, and seeing to it that 
they occupy a light position in the cellar, and receive 
water only often enough to prevent shrivelling. 
The second view is a continuation of the walk in 
the same garden and shows the wonderful variety of 
forms which may be presented in mild, almost sub- 
tropical climates. When these are disposed in the ad- 
mirable manner shown by the engravings there is but 
little wonder that eastern men and women of wealth 
and gardening taste elect to retire to such climates as 
Oakland, where they may pursue their pleasures un- 
remittingly, and exercise their faculties perennially 
without the aid of adventitious institutions such as 
warm cellars and greenhouses for seven months of the 
twelve, such as we are doomed to in the Atlantic and 
Middle States. 
Notice again how admirably the Pampas grass de- 
velops and how beautifully it displays itself in front of 
evergreen trees. We envy California this treasure for 
we can do but little with it without full protection. If 
sheltered by a background of conifers it is worth a 
little oil-heated movable glass case all to itself. In 
that way it might thrive for eastern parks and rich es- 
tates. The grouping of Eucalyptus, weeping willow, 
Schinus molle and other trees and shrubs shows ad- 
mirably in their present stage, and in a very few years 
will present a woodland aspect. 
Scene Along' the Serpentine, Hyde ParK, London 
By Joseph Meehan. 
Those who have visited London and have strolled 
through the parks will hare been struck with the great 
dissimilarity of the shrubs and trees used in plantings 
to our own. In the first place the climate enables the 
superintendents to plant so many kinds tender with 
us, and particularly of the broad-leaved evergreen 
class. Many of these we cannot grow, but there are 
many we could were we but to encourage them a lit- 
tle ; and in the border states and those south of them, a 
great number could be grown. In the line of deciduous 
shrubs the English use but few, not as many as they 
could do to advantage. 
Among every-day broad-leaved evergreens I have 
noticed in the English parks are these : Rhamnus Ala- 
ternus, Aucuba Japonica, Eaurus nobilis, Berberis in 
variety, Box, Cistus ladaniferus, Cotoneaster of sorts. 
Daphne Laureola, Elseagnus Simoni, English and Por- 
tugal Laurel, Laurestinus, Magnolia grandiflora, Ma- 
honias, Photinia serrulata, Ligustrums, Garrya ellip- 
tica, Prunus Caroliniana, Rhododendrons and Veron- 
ica. And there are many more of like character avail- 
able. Now very many of these I know will live here, 
and I would urge a greater trial of these beautiful 
shrubs and trees. 
In the illustration presented of the banks of the 
Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, England, many of 
the evergreens named are used, together with decidu- 
ous things, such as Leycesteria formosa, Cvtisus La- 
