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graceful and verdurous Pepper trees will all be used. 
Grevillea robusta grows well here, but is out of favor 
On account of dying back while comparatively young, 
and also because of litter caused by shedding its large 
leaves. 
Among shrubs to be used are the native Ceanothus ; 
Cneoridium dumosum ; holly-leaved cherry, Prunus 
ilicifolia ; two species of Rhus ; the Christmas Holly, 
Heteromeles arbutifolia ; the silvery Artemesia, Aden- 
ostoma and Eriodycton. One of the most desirable 
cultivated shrubs is the bright green, glossy Coprosma 
Baueriana. Pittosporum tobira ; Swainsonia ; Lepto- 
spermums ; Abelia rupestris ; the glaucous Salt bush, 
Atroplex Breweri ; the rambling Buddleia Madagas- 
carensis; Habrothamnus elegans ; the Mexican Poppy, 
Romneya Coulteri ; the delicate foliaged bright flow- 
ered Grevillea Thelmanniana and Cherokee roses will 
be liberally used. This partial list merely hints at the 
class of plants which thrive here, many characteristic 
trees, vines, and shrubs not being named at all. as 
Palms, Bougainvilleas, Laurestinus, etc. 
The park work is thoroughly in hand, and is being 
wisely organized and carried on with reference to 
available funds. The planting will be on a scale pro- 
portioned to present water supply. Astonishing rate 
of growth is made in this genial climate. Giant bam- 
boos send up annual shoots to a height of 25 feet and 
more. Eucalyptus trees, with moderate irrigation and 
cultivation, grow 40 feet in four years from the seed, 
and in hard and unfriendly conditions pines make 20 
feet in five years. The Torrey pine is native here, the 
only station of this tree being a reservation within 
the city limits. There is an endless field of possibility 
for the establishment of plants yet untried, and in 
due time a botanic and horticultural experiment sta- 
tion will be realized on the park, for the practical ben- 
efit of this section of California and the scientific in- 
terest of the world. 
The Weeping' Beech. 
By Joseph Meehan. 
In the older cities cf our country, in the suburbs, are 
some very fine specimens of the weeping beech, Fagus 
svlvatica pendula, it being among the first trees plant- 
ed when the ornamentation of pleasure grounds was 
commenced. And in some of the older cemeteries, 
notably at Greenwood, New York, and at Laurel Hill, 
FAGUS SYUVATICA PENDULA (WEEPING BEECH . 
Philadelphia, there are large-sized specimens. The 
one illustrated is on private grounds in Montgomery 
County, Pa., and while not nearly as large as many 
others to be seen, is a good specimen, and one differ- 
ing in style and growth from many seen. Its broad 
outline in proportion to its height, though not alto- 
gether uncommon, is not its general habit. Some- 
times an unusual spread of this kind indicates an in- 
jured leader; again grafts from side shoots are not as 
apt to make upright trees as readily as those from 
top shoots. However, whatever has caused the un- 
usual horizontal growth, it is evident that there are 
many places on a lawn where a tree of this char- 
acter would be much in place. 
A good feature connected with this beech, as well 
ns with all trees of a drooping character, is that they 
are as interesting in winter as they are in summer. In- 
deed, some are more so. I will not say this beech is, 
for it is certainly a grand spectacle in summer, clothed 
with its large, lustrous green leaves. But nonetheless, 
I like to look on it in winter. Then it is that the sin- 
gular angularity of its growth is observed. The 
shoots seem to turn every way excepting upward ; the 
topmost shoot does that only, and only when the 
leaves are off can its growth be seen in all its gro- 
tesqueness. There is an entirely different tree before 
us in winter from what there was in summer. In 
oddity of growth as revealed in winter, the weeping 
beech is unique. To diverge a little from the subject 
of this beech, though in line with the subject of the 
winter aspect of weeping trees, the weeping dogwood 
is, I think, very much more interesting in winter than 
in summer. Beech trees of all kinds require great 
care in transplanting. One kind, the cut-leaved, is un- 
commonly hard to transplant. All the roots possible 
must be had, no drying permitted, the limbs well 
pruned back, and the removal accomplished very early 
in autumn or early in spring. And whichever season 
sees the work done, place a mulch of manure, short 
grass, or something similar about the ground after 
the planting. 
