PARK AND CEMETERY 
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SCENE ALONG THE SERPENTINE, HYDE PARK, LONDON. 
burnum, dwarf Maples, Pyrus Japonica, Forsythea. 
Spiraea ariaefolia and others. The large trees are 
beech, elm, ash, maple and native trees mostly. Not 
many foreign trees are there, and there is a remark- 
able absence of our native trees. What a show a col- 
lection of onr oaks would make ! The oak of England 
is an uncommonly handsome tree. On the opposite 
side of the river in the illustration will be seen some 
of them. When not crowded they form round-headed 
symmetrical trees of much beauty. The groups of 
flower beds lining the banks on the far side will be ob- 
served. Just what they contain T do not know, but 
the common blue lobelia, the yellow calceolaria, the 
fuchsia give plants of a style and shade of color our 
hot climate will not let us employ. The pansy also is 
to be added to the list. These plants afford blue and 
yellow colors, two we have nothing the equal of that 
we can use. 
While visits to the various parks of London are 
pleasing and eminently instructive, they have led many 
of our countrymen away who, noting the plants used 
in various combinations there, expect to utilize the 
same here. This cannot be wholly owing to climate, 
but then think of the many lovely foliage plants our 
hot summers enable us to grow, which in England 
would not experience heat enough ! 
The J. Sterling Morton Monument. 
The monument illustrated on this page is to be 
erected in Morton Park, Nebraska City, Neb., in 
memory of J. Sterling Morton, the father of Arbor 
Day. The funds were raised by the Arbor Day 
Memorial Association, of Nebraska City, and the com- 
mission for the monument has been awarded to Sculp- 
tor Rudolph Evans, a young New York sculptor. The 
central figure of the design is the bronze statue of Mr. 
Morton, which shows him in a characteristic attitude. 
His right arm rests at his side, and in his left hand he 
holds a paper, as if for reference ; a branch of a tree 
rests at his feet, while a plowshare, slightly in the 
rear, suggests the rugged pioneer days of his early 
life. At the foot of the pedestal stands a graceful 
wood nymph, her left hand tenderly protecting a 
young, growing tree, thus symbolizing the spirit of 
Mr. Morton’s simple motto, “Plant Trees.” A semi- 
circular stone bench stands at some distance back of 
the pedestal, and forming a frieze around it are the 
words “Pioneer, Statesman, Scholar, Tree-Planter.” 
The back of the bench is further ornamented with 
two large medallions in bronze. 
STERLING MORTON MONUMENT, NEBRASKA CITY, NEB. 
