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PARK AND CEMETERY 
pcnse of $15,000.00, and opened on Jnly 20, 1894, by 
II. R. H. the Duke of York. It was at the same time 
transferred to the possession of the London County 
Council, by' which it is maintained. 
“On every Sunday in the year 1856 one hundred and 
thirty bodies were interred in this ground.” 
Its present appearance is described as “most effec- 
tive.” It was only “after much difficulty that the 
MEATH GARDEN'S (VICTORIA PARK CEMETERY) AFTER BEING EAID OUT. 
This plot has an area of eleven acres and contains 
two large lawns, with shrubberies and flower beds and 
spaces for game, as well as two large graveled play- 
grounds and one sand pit. It has been stated that. 
association secured the right to convert it from a 
dreary waste of crumbling tombstones and sunken 
graves into a most charming little park for the people 
of Bethnal Green.” Frances Copley Seavey. 
SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS FOR GARDENERS. 
So much has been said and truly said of the merits 
of Clematic paniculata, that it needs but a reminder 
now not to overlook its planting when room for a 
good vine exists. 
Where winters are no more severe than they are 
in Philadelphia, the Legustrum Japonicum, a true 
evergreen, will be found a valuable addition to the 
now meager list of broad-leaved evergreens. 
The beautiful and sweet-scented Magnolia stellata 
is seen occasionally in a pot as an indoor plant in 
winter, a position it fills well. Spring is the time to 
pot them for next winter’s use. 
English holly. Ilex acpiifolium, is hardy about 
Philadelphia. Strange to say, as the reverse is com- 
monly the case, the variegated or golden leaved form 
of if is reputed hardier than the green. 
Plumbago capensis, an old favorite greenhouse 
plant, is an excellent ornamental plant for the lawn 
in summer. Its blue flowers are produced all sum- 
mer. 
Yucca aloifolia seems scarcely hardy enough foi 
the middle states. Gloriosa is, and it flowers very late 
in summer. The former is the more arborescent of 
the two. Recurva, a variety of gloriosa, is also hardy. 
Deciduous trees and shrubs are better planted in 
spring, just as soon as the ground will permit. Those 
set early do the best. Larch and Willow grow readily 
planted early, but are difficult to get to thrive when 
planted late, and both start to grow quite early. 
Planters should keep in mind that not only is 
spring a good time to set out Magnolias, but if is the 
only time, unless they are in pots. With care taken 
of the roots and a good pruning, these otherwise hard 
customers are quite tractable. 
Roses which have been covered up through the 
winter should not be uncovered for awhile, not until 
the winter has assuredly passed for good. If not 
done before, teas and ever-bloomers should be well 
pruned at uncovering and hybrids and climbers mod- 
erately. 
With the passing of winter, evergreens which need 
pruning may be placed into shape. The close of 
March in the more southern states and during April 
in the north are months for the work. Let all freez- 
ing be over before doing the work. 
Fungi and insects are so numerous and injurious 
that a sprayer is as necessary a concern on one’s 
ground as any other thing one has. One should be 
procured, and a full knowledge acquired of how to 
use it. 
Some Southern catalogues list the old Virgilia 
lutea as a shrub, but with us it gets to be a good- 
sized tree, though commencing to flower when but of 
shrub size. Its beautiful racemes of white flowers arc 
much admired. 
