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PARK AND CEMETERY 
and a more cultivated style in highly cultivated re- 
gions ; to utilize all natural advantages of ground sur- 
face, rocks, water and native growths ; to make large 
use of treees, shrubs, vines and plants indigenous to the 
locality where improvements are being made ; to sup- 
ply beds for shrubs with from i8 to 24 inches of good 
loam ; and to plant so closely in the beginning that 
as the plants grow they can be thinned to supply other 
grounds as needed.” It goes without saying that 
these methods are not only the most practical hut that 
thev insure the most artistic results. 
A BED OF SUCCULENTS. 
The use of succulents for bedding purposes in 
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, has resulted in the 
lica. The center piece is an Agave, received from 
Mexico, and which is supposed to be of a rare species 
or variety, as no one has yet recognized it as a species 
in cultivation. It is a lovely plant, having almost sil- 
ver colored foliage, and it is well placed as a center 
piece to this bed. What a beautiful combination the 
whole makes ! Echeveria e.ximea is much like secunda 
glauca, hut it grows about four inches taller. Mr. 
Thomas Alingey, late in charge of the plants at Hor- 
ticultural Hall, and now superintendent of Holy Cross 
Cemetery, kindly gave me information about these 
plants. 
In the background will be recognized some young 
specimens of the beautiful silvery foliaged Colorado 
blue spruce, and beyond them some Japanese cedars, 
Retinisporas and other evergreens, while in the dis- 
BED OF ECHEVERIA WITH BACKGROUND OF JAPANESE CEDARS AND CODORADO BLUE SPRUCE, FAIRMOUNT PARK. 
formation of many beds, which have been much ad- 
mired, and many persons have obtained photographs 
of some of the beds, myself among them, as evidence 
of their beauty. With this is presented one which at- 
tracted great attention when it was in its prime, the 
combination of plants, sward and surroundings creat- 
ing a lovely picture. As will be seen, the plants, save 
the center one, are Echeverias. The outside circle is 
of Echeveria eximea, the inner rows are of E. metal- 
tance are seen glimpses of the park. 
The spruces are of the true blue or silver color, as 
the illustration shows, to obtain which the plants have 
to be selected from a batch of seedlings, or by graft- 
ing. 
Echeverias are most useful plants for bedding. 
They increase rapidly by offsets, and in winter are 
easily preserved if kept rather dry in a warm green- 
house. Joseph Meehan. 
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