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room left along the walls of the building for climbing 
plants such as Ampelopsis Veitchii (cuspiclata) and 
Engelmanni to soften and relieve the hard tones of this 
stony inclosure. 
Native trees and shrubs with a sprinkling of Russian 
mulberry and Ailanthus glandulosa constitute the bor- 
der plantations. 
Those parts having evergreen plantations have been 
elevated from 4 to 7 feet over the present surface by 
the excavations from the lily ponds, the border of 
which runs from a long easy slope at the lower south 
side to an abrupt stony projection where the summer 
house is located. 
Resides pine and spruce those elevated grounds are 
covered with birch, walnut, thorn, crab, Amelanchier, 
Juneberry, plum and alder. 
The pond border is to be planted with alder, thorn, 
dogwood, Tamarix, Ribes, Viburnum, potentilla, Iris, 
Typhas, Sagittarias, rushes and grasses. Add to this 
the pond filled with water lilies and alive with goldfish, 
and perhaps no more intersting and beautiful spot 
could be created for either sick or healthy. 
The spaces between the walks in the maze are to be 
planted with Ligustrum Ibota grown in natural form. 
Both flower garden and maze have been well hidden in 
the general view by heavy planting of trees and shrubs. 
For the latter the selection has been made to give efifect 
to the sky line, and such trees as Lombard poplar, soft 
maple, European elm, wild cherry and white ash have 
been used with an undergrowth of choke cherry, 
Viburnum, sumach and buckthorn. 
The northeast corner is devoted to fruit and vege- 
table garden, and on two sides bounded by avenues 
of cherry trees, one to be ttsed as a service road, the 
other a promenade. White elms have been selected for 
street trees and a hedge of Ligustrum Ibota surrounds 
the entire grounds. 
List of trees and shrubs planted on tbe lawn and not 
mentioned above: i. P}tus Toringo; 2. Euonymus 
atropurpureus ; 3. Cornus Sibirica ; 4. Eorsythia For- 
tunei; 5. Cercis Canadensis; 6. Magnolia Soulan- 
geana ; 7. Berberis vulgaris ; 8. Robinia pseudacacia, 
kept in bush form ; 9. Pyrus Parkmani ; 10. Philadel- 
phia grandiflora; ii. Spirjea arguta; 12. Syringa 
persica ; 13. Ligustrum Ibota ; 14. Ulmus americana ; 
15. Spiraea Van Houttei ; 16. Weigelia rosea; 17. 
Cercidiphyllum Japonicum ; 18. Gleditchia triacan- 
thus var. enermis ; 19. Lonicera tartarica and Moro- 
wdi ; 20. Catalpa Kaempferi ; 21. Catalpa speciosa; 
22. Acer plat. var. Schwedleri ; 23. Tilia americana ; 
24. Tilia argentea; 25. Viburnum opulus sterilis ; 26. 
Herbaceous perennials ; 27. Ulmus tuberosa ; 28. 
Rhus typhina laciniata ; 29. Betula alba lac. pendula ; 
30. Pavia glabra; 31. Juglans nigra; 32. Pyrus 
floribunda ; 33. Crataegus coccinea ; 34. Aralia spin- 
osa;35. Syringa Japonica; 36. Ailanthus glandulosa. 
• — James Jensen. 
USE AND ABUSE OF VARIEGATED SHRUBS. 
We have little doubt whether the man who first 
thought of fixing the accidental variegation of plants 
and shrubs did good service to his kind. In many 
cases parti-coloured plants should be used with cau- 
tion. For our Belgian neighbours, however, all kinds 
of variegated foilage. Golden Elder in particular, seems 
to have a strong attraction. A case in point lately 
came under notice. Within the last fifteen years some 
150 acres of hillside at Namur, adjoining the citadel, 
have been banded over to the municipal authorities for 
a public park. The site is beautiful, overlooking two 
fine rivers — the Sambre and Meuse — which come into 
confluence just below'. The ground has been laid out 
with care, and evidently at some cost, for there are 
many zigzag drives and pathways to make the steep 
ascent possible. Flow^ering shrubs have been planted 
with no niggard hand. All the old favorites of our 
English gardens are there — Deutzia, Weigelia, Hy- 
drangea, Philadelphus, Berberis — in all their varieties, 
as well as some less familiar, notably a ver\' fine Colu- 
tea and several graceful species of Acacia. Magnolias, 
too, are much more generally known in Belgium than 
with ourselves. 
But, oh the pity of it ! By far the greater number, 
over and above the Golden Elder aforesaid, had been 
chosen for their variegated or coloured foilage, with 
the result that the grouping was patchy in effect and 
unrestful to the eye. No doubt tbe idea in planting 
variegated shrubs extensively is to continue an orna- 
mental effect when flowering is past. This sounds ex- 
tremely well in theory, but it is not so easy to carry it 
successfully into practice. The whole subject of per- 
manent planting is surrounded by difficulty, yet noth- 
ing is more often done at haphazard. May it be sug- 
gested to the editors that some advice on the right use 
of variegated and coloured shrubs w^ould be very w^el- 
come and instructive to those who are laying out 
gardens, either large or small. — The Garden. 
TO PROTECT NATIVE PLANTS 
A number of persons who take a keen interest in 
wild flowers have united to form a “Society for the 
Protection of Native Plants,” says The Plant World. 
The objects of this society are to try and do some- 
thing to check the wholesale destruction to which 
many of our native plants are exposed — a destruction 
often a matter of pure thoughtlessness in the excessive 
picking of flow'ers, and unnecessary pulling up of 
roots, or an extensive collecting of flowers and plants 
for sale. 
For information in regard to the Society inquiry 
may be made to Miss Maria E. Carter, Curator of 
Herbarium, Boston Society of Natural History, Berk- 
eley street, Boston, Mass. 
