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PARK AND ce:me:te:ry 
garden and forest — DARBYA umbedlata — A. Gray. 
Buckleya Torr. 
1, a staniinate; 2, a pistillate; 3, a fruiting' branch. 
Pyrularia has 2 species, an Himalayan one, and the 
native P. pubera, a straggling deciduous shrub with 
greenish flowers, growing from 4 to 5 or sometimes 
10 feet high. It is found in woods along the southern 
Alleghenies, northward to southern Perinsylvania. 
Buckleya has 2 or 3 species in Japan and the 
Southern United States. Their names seem to be 
greatly confused. I believe the native one is a shrub, 
but I don’t remember to have seen it in a garden. 
Comandras are root parasites found in North 
America and Europe. Santalum album is the “San- 
dal wood” found up to about 4,000 feet in the drier 
parts of South India. Fusanus spicatus is a “sandal 
wood” from W. Australia. Osyris alba is a South 
European evergreen shrub. Leptomerias are wiry 
white flowered shrubs from Australia. Myzodendrons 
are feathery seeded Chilian parasites. 
James MacPherson. 
one-tenth the trouble wasted o 7 i carpet 
bedding and other jleeting., though costly., rub- 
bish., had becfi spent on flowering shrubs., our 
gardens would be much the better flor it. There 
are no plants so neglected as flowering shrubs, 
— Wm. Robinson. 
Frederick Law Olmsted has been engaged to design the 
plan for the new Westhampton Park at Richmond, Va. 
Engineers are now preparing a topographical map of the 
tract 'which embraces 550 acres. 
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The city of Colorado Springs, Colo., is considering the 
advisability of purchasing 750 acres of land near Austin’s 
Bluffs for $12,500, to be used for park purposes. The land 
under consideration is in a coal region, and it is claimed 
that the city could open up coal veins and establish its own 
electric lighting plant. The matter will be presented to the 
city council. 
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Gen. Stephen D. Lee, chairman of the commission in 
charge of the National Military Park at Vicksburg an- 
nounces that work on that park is to be begun at once. The 
contract for the first five miles of the inner avenue, to be 
known as “Confederate Avenue,” has been let, and work 
will commence immediately. This avenue is to occupy the 
line held by the Confederate army during the siege, and an- 
other one known as Federal Avenue is to be built to mark 
the position of the Union forces. 
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The Director of Parks at Pittsburg is making an effort 
to purchase some old arsenal property which the United 
States government is going to sell, and convert it into a 
public park. The tract comprises 17 acres of land, and 15 
worth about $100,000. The council has appropriated $70,000 
for the purchase of park land, and it is planned to divert ihls 
to buying the land. 
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The South Park Commissioners, Chicago, recently passed 
their annual tax levy ordinance, providing for the raising 
of $642,402. The different items in the estimates are as fol- 
lows: $45,000 to pay the interest on the recent $500,000 bond 
issue, $300,000 for park improvements, $258,652 for park 
maintenance, and $38,750 for interest on the world’s fair 
bonds, issued ten years ago. The superintendent was in- 
structed to proceed with the construction of a new boat- 
house and landing in Washington Park, to cost $17,000. It 
will be constructed of wood and cement, and in winter will 
be heated for the use of skaters. 
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Scranton, Pa., is planning an extensive system of im- 
provements for Nay Aug Park, in that city. Landscape 
Gardener Edgerton, of Philadelphia, has prepared plans 
which call for an aquatic garden, a menagerie and other im- 
provements. These plans have been approved, and work 
is to be begun soon. The construction of the water-gar- 
den will involve the increasing of the present water space 
one-third. Other improvements provided for are a vine- 
covered arbor 50 feet square, a deer paddock 260x125 ^eet, 
an open air aviary, a pool for water fowl, and an animal 
house 90x30 feet. 
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The commission for the state of Wisconsin is beginning 
the work of acquiring the land along the St. Croix River, 
known as the Dalles of Wisconsin, which was made into a 
state park by legislative acts of 1895 and 1899. It com- 
prises 590 acres of unplatted land and village lots, and con- 
tains much picturesque and beautiful scenery. It is a part 
