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fit the plans to the ground, placing the stakes in ac- 
cordance with grades, points of view, etc., and making 
changes which seemed desirable. A conspicuous sec- 
tion of the park at the southwest corner had been de- 
spoiled through some years of digging and carting to 
fill in city streets, and in the past month grading has 
been in active progress at this point. A heavy road 
plow with six horses was useful for removing the 
top soil from only a small area, drilling and blasting 
being necessary on all the high ground. To. expert 
graders who have used two car loads of powder on 
one block of a city street, 150 kegs of powder applied 
here in a month is counted a small item. While blast- 
ing is an unavoidable and costly necessity, it affords a 
really economic and quick method. The loosened 
earth and sandstone formation is readily plowed and 
some of the many ramifying canyons, and it is now 
quite impossible to drive across the great expanse of 
table lands and valleys from east to west. 
The planting list as far as arranged has singular 
interest, especially to one to whom the distinct flora 
adapted to this region is new. Acacias are prominent 
among tested and desirable trees, good species being 
Acacia melanoxylon, A. floribunda, A. latifolia, A. cul- 
triformis, A. verticillata, A. pycnantha. Eucalypts are 
always a stand-by in Southern California. These 
will be planted in suitable locations, as in the bottoms 
of canyons and on the lower slopes of their steep sides 
and projections. On the Fourth of July, in response to 
a popular demand for tree planting in connection with 
a public celebration, 600 Eucalyptus cornuta and E. 
corynocalyx were set out in one of the large canyons. 
Giant Bamboo. Pinus Torreyatia. Eucalyptus Siderophloia. 
SOME OF THE TREES TO BE USED FOR PARK PLANTING AT SAN DIEGO, CAL. 
scraped by Fresno scrapers, a California wheelless im- 
plement used for short hauls. This area is being rap- 
idly brought into park shape. It is intended to in- 
corporate city street sweepings with the pulverized 
sand and clay .rock, so as to bring these slopes into 
condition for planting after the autumn rains set in. 
Convenient entrances have been arranged for, which 
will be planted next winter, as will a specially attract- 
ive small canyon, or canvada, on the west boundary, 
and some portions of larger canyons extending 
through the park from north to south. The road sys- 
tem is arranged so as to provide easy access from the 
mesas or table lands into and out of the canyons, and 
thus open up the park for use and enjoyment. At 
present it is no difficult matter to get quite lost in 
These trees are growing vigorously after two months 
of rainless summer weather, without irrigation since 
they were planted, when the large filled-in holes were 
thoroughly wet down. Araucaria Bidwillii, a beautiful 
park tree here, will be used effectively. Ceratonia 
siliqua or St. John’s Bread, is most attractive. The 
Camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora ; the large- 
leaved Jacaranda mimosaefolia ; the Black Locust ; 
two species of Hakea ; Albizzia Eebbek, the celebrated 
Egyptian tree ; species of Ficus and Magnolia, Cypress 
and Pines ; Eugenia australis and E. unedo ; Lagu- 
naria Patagoniensis ; the beautiful recently introduced 
island tree, Lyonothamnus, with large, fern-like foli- 
age resembling the Sweet Fern of the East ; Melaleuca 
ieucadendron and other choice Bottlebrushes ; and the 
