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PARK AND CEMRTERY 
Surely after all these decades of Japanese art, we 
ought to have a generation growing up that has 
learned to appreciate the beauty of a single spray, be it 
rose, bamboo or pine, and the eye thus trained will 
soon learn that those able to go to see the flowers in 
their natural surroundings will care but little for a 
bunch in a vase. 
"Let us establish letters, talks, classes and societies 
to interest everyone in the life of plants; let us teach 
them to care for the plants as individuals, to be in- 
terested in watching them in situ, to study the growth 
of the shoots, the twining and climbing of vines, the 
way the flowers are fertilized, which insects visit which 
flowers, which the plants guard against, and all cu- 
rious facts about seed-dispersion, and it will soon cease 
to be an aim merely to gather as large a bunch of 
flowers as possible, and then perhaps to tire of it and 
throw it down, wilting, in the dusty highway. 
“The Audubon Societies for the Preservation of 
Birds send out traveling lecturers, accompanied by a 
lantern and slides ; I hardly think our work can be 
done in the same way, but might we not accomplish by 
means of a traveling lecturer who would go about 
to dififerent towns giving talks, which, having the in- 
terest of the personal element, might be heeded where 
circulars, placards and pamphlets would fail to in- 
fluence If he could also interest his hearers in mak- 
ing a list of the plants of their township or county 
they might be stimulated to protect their plant-spe- 
cies.” 
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Air. Grout says in his paper: “If rules something 
like the following were iterated and reiterated in the 
public prints with fairly complete lists of the local 
plants in each of the classes mentioned (for the com- 
position of these lists would vary greatly in different 
localities), I believe it might do much to save our na- 
tive wild flowers from needless and thoughtless de- 
struction. And we of the city might still enjoy our 
bouquet of wild flowers with a clear conscience. 
“Flowers of any kind should not be gathered near 
walks or drives. They give the most pleasure to the 
most people in their natural situation and they are most 
exposed to injury from thoughtless people and van- 
dals. 
“As little as possible of leaf or leaf-bearing shoot 
should be gathered with the flowers, and underground 
stems or roots should never be disturbed. The viola- 
tion of this rule is responsible for much of the damage 
done the trailing arbutus. 
“Rare or unusual flowers found near a city should 
not be gathered except for strictly scientific purposes. 
This of course does not apply to plants which are 
plainly weeds or introduced plants. 
“In the case of annuals, flowers enough to furnish 
plenty of seeds for next year must be allowed to re- 
main on the plants. 
“Flowers with long stalks like water lilies and vio- 
lets, which can be picked without injuring other por- 
tions of the plant, can usually be gathered freely with 
little danger of injury to the plants as a whole. It 
is well known to floriculturists that flower production 
is much less exhausting to the plant than the produc- 
tion of seeds and that to get the greatest yield of flow- 
ers the blooms must be picked as they open. This 
principle will apply to wild flowers as well as to those 
under cultivation. 
"Flowers can be gathered in moderation from flow- 
ering shrubs and trees without material injury to the 
plants if little of the wood and leaf-bearing shoot be 
removed and care be taken to select flowers from dif- 
ferent portions of the plant. 
"Then there is a class of flowers ordinarily classed 
as weeds, yet beautiful withal, and so sturdy and dif- 
ficult of destruction that they can nearly always be col- 
lected without compunction. Such are daisies, butter- 
cups, wild carrot, dandelions and others.” 
AMONG OUR AMERICAN TREES. 
One of the most commendable features in modern 
iandscape gardening is the importance given to native 
.rees and shrubbery. This not only evinces a taste for 
the heautiful, though devoid of high sounding titles 
and fancy prices, but bespeaks a wholesome interest in 
things at least akin to forestry, and through this 
appreciation will in due time be given by the public 
to one of our priceless heritages the protection so 
earnestly asked for by those most interested. 
Our native arboreal flora offers a wide range, both 
in variety and in natural requirements. Alountain and 
swamp have each their characteristic flora, though 
happily many of these may be interchanged with suc- 
cess. The season of bloom opens in March with the 
pussy willows and closes in late November with the pale 
yellow witchhazel. Evergreens are well represented, 
and no more graceful conifers can be found than the 
native hemlock, juniper and arbor vitae. The decidu- 
ous trees represent many different families, some of the 
genera dating back to geological times. 
Notable among the latter is the tulip tree, Liriodcn- 
dron Tulipifcra. Only one or possibly two species, ac- 
cording to Dr. Britton, are natives of Eastern North 
America and China, though the old rocks of the Lar- 
amie Group are rich in fossils of numerous species. 
Our familiar tree, known also as whitewood and in- 
correctly as poplar, has curiously truncated leaves 
quite unlike any other tree, either native or exotic. The 
manner in which they are folded in the first stages of 
growth gives an interesting study in vernation, and 
we but infer that the ends are cut off simply because 
they were so crowded that they had no chance to 
grow. The flowers, borne profusely in Aday, are scarce- 
Iv less attractive to all beholders than to the bees. 
