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PARK AND CEMETERY 
plants are kept in good condition, and from the leachings dur- 
ing the winter the plants obtain food. Leaves of deciduous 
trees, pine leaves and hay are all good for protection. The 
dressing for protection should not be applied until the ground 
is well frozen ; that will be about the first of December. The 
covering need not be very thick, two or three inches is 
enough. The covering is not intended to keep out the frost 
so much as to prevent alternate freezing and thawing, by 
which the plants are thrown out of the ground, the roots 
broken and exposed to the sun and air. If the ground is kept 
frozen all winter this trouble is avoided. The covering should 
be removed as soon as the weather will permit in the spring. 
A short time ago I made a tour through the different ceme- 
teries and graveyards around Boston, to see what was used 
in the way of herbaceous perennials. I was disappointed to 
see the small number that was used. I don’t want to run 
down the tender bedding plants, as there is plenty of room in 
our large cemeteries for all kinds of plants, from the American 
elm and the tropical plams down to the Alpine Drabas, not 
more than an inch in height. What I do want to point out is 
that the man who has not the greenhouses to raise the tender 
plants need not be discouraged. He has ample material to 
select from amongst deciduous trees, evergreen trees, shrub- 
bery of all kinds, and herbaceous perennials. The species 
and varieties of tender bedding plants are so few in number 
compared with the hundreds of hardy perennials that a person 
is able to select from. There are no bedding plants that will 
compare with Irises, larkspurs, daffodils, lilies and many oth- 
ers. It is so monotonous in our cemeteries, almost wherever 
you go in them, you find Geraniums, Coleus, Salvias and 
Heliotrope. Another point in favor of the hardy plants is 
that long before the Geranium, Coleus, Heliotrope or Salvia 
have left their warm quarters in the greenhouses we have 
enjoyed the charming early spring flowers such as Scilias, 
snowdrops. Crocuses, Tulips, Hyacinths, Phlox, Arabis, He- 
paticas and Violets. Not only have we the hardy plants in 
the early spring, but also late in the fall, when all our tender 
plants arc housed. 
Model for Fountain of the Great EaKes 
By Students of the Chicago Art Institute. 
The accompanying illustration shows a symbolic 
design for a “Fountain of the Great Lakes,” modeled 
by students of the Art Institute of Chicago. It is joy- 
ous in atmosphere, skilfully modeled, and would be 
happily placed against a background of foliage in a 
park in any of the lake cities. 
The surmounting figure represents Lake Superior. 
She leans slightly toward the left and holds out to her 
right a shell from which the water flows into another 
held by “Huron,” who stands just beneath her. Bend- 
ing over at Huron’s right is her twin sister, “Michi- 
gan,” holding a jug of water which she empties into 
the shell. At the left is “Erie,” who looks expectantly 
at “Michigan” and holds her shell to pass the water on 
to “Ontario,” who crouches with her shell in one 
hand while with the other she splashes the water on 
its way down the St. Lawrence. The figures were 
modeled, respectively, by Misses Nellie V. Walker, 
Angelica McNulty, Clara Leonard, Lily Schoenbrun, 
and Edith Parker, members of Mr. Lorado Taft’s life 
classes in sculpture. 
The conception is particularly happy for a fountain, 
and is admirably in touch with nature, making it well 
suited to the natural element predominating in modern 
parks. The theme is imaginative and poetic in sug- 
gestion, and the figures well symbolize the lakes they 
represent. They are successfully placed to form a 
well-balanced group, and are modeled with spirit and 
deftness of touch. 
Another pretentious piece of work modeled by Mr. 
Taft’s class is a life-size “Euneral Group,” represent- 
ing a primitive burial. Ten draped figures, bearing a 
sarcophagus, compose the group, two of them walking 
in front with bowed heads, and two with upturned 
faces bringing up the rear. The work is impressive 
and dignified, and the severe lines of face, form, and 
drapery are well wrought. 
There were 2,339 students enrolled at the Art In- 
stitute during the past year, with 119 in the depart- 
ment of sculpture, and the work accomplished has been 
unusually successful. 
model;for fountain of the great lakes. 
