PARK AND CEMETERY 
and Landscape Gardening. 
VOL. XIV 
CHICAGO, DECEMBER, 1904 
No. 10 
School Grounds at Ware, Mass. 
By Mrs. Frances Copley Seavey. 
The grounds of the Ware, Mass., High School are 
a trifle less than three acres in area, are of irregular 
outline, and the building, approximately 100x83 feet 
in size, stands “on the bias” — the arched front entrance 
facing pretty nearly southwest. 
The planting plan was made by Mr. Franklin Brett, 
landscape architect, of Boston, Mass., but was not car- 
ried out in full, as the School Committee saw fit to 
work. The ground was well prepared and properly en- 
riched, and the plants have been carefully cultivated and 
cared for at all times. The material used is all strictly 
hardy in character and includes native pine, birch, and 
maple trees, some poplars and other trees being also 
used; such shrubs as Cornus sanguinea (red-barked 
dogwood), Rosa setigera (Michigan prairie rose), 
Rosa rugosa (both red and white), Hydrangea panicu- 
VIEW IN GROUNDS OP HIGH SCHOOL, WARE, MASS. 
add a foot path running parallel with the semi-circular 
entrance roadway, which latter should have served 
both purposes, as was intended by the designer. 
The planting was done by Charles C. Hitchcock, of 
Ware, who frankly says that “the effect would have 
been much better had the architect’s plan been strictly 
followed,” an admission which does the taste and -judg- 
ment of the gentleman much credit. 
Mr. Hitchcock further says that the first planting 
of trees and shrubbery was done three years ago, and 
the work completed in the spring of 1904. ;He gives 
unstinted praise to the School Committee on the score 
of generosity in the way of appropriations for the 
lata grandiflora, one or more varieties of the hardiest 
Ligustrums (privets), sumach and many more; nu- 
merous perennials ; and hardy bulbs and vines in va- 
riety, as the" scheme included an intention to supply 
home grown material in abundance for the use of 
classes in Botany. 
A light spot in the left foreground border, seen in 
the illustration represents a stalk of Lilium auratum 
of excellent development, an indication of unusual sat- 
isfaction with conditions that strongly suggests the de- 
sirability of planting many more auratum bulbs among 
the shrubs in that border. Just beyond the big auratum 
rises an unsightly telegraph pole, which is being 
brought into relation with its surroundings by means 
