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PARK AND ce:me:te:ry 
PLANTING ON THE HOME GROUNDS OF CITY FORESTER JOHN C. LEWIS, OF PHILADELPHIA. 
1 — Dead apple tree covered -with vines. 3 — Side front view — close porch effect. 
2 — Mixed bed showinjr tropical plantinj^ effect. 4— A rustic entrance. 
tree into an ornament and a thing of beauty by cover- 
ing it with a growth of vines. The trunk of the tree 
is covered with Ampelopsis Veitchii and Tecoma radi- 
cans, whose pendulous branches hang with graceful 
effect. In the background of this picture is also shown 
a bed of Canna monstrosa, eight feet high, which pre- 
sents a marked tropical effect. 
In No. 2, is shown a tropical planting effect pro- 
duced by a mixed bed of Eulalia Japonica and E. 
gracillima, Canna monstrosa, and Ricinus Queen of 
Cambodia, edged with Ageratum blue dwarf. 
A side front view, showing a close porch effect, is 
seen in No. 3, and No. 4 illustrates a rustic arched en- 
trance immediately behind the California privet 
hedge. The arch is formed of Tecoma radicans, which 
is allowed to grow freely till after blooming, when 
the pendulous growth is removed. All these effects 
have been produced in one, two and three years. 
The following brief biography of Mr. Lewis is taken 
from City and State, Philadelphia : 
“John C. Lewis, the City Forester, has' been en- 
gaged in horticultural work all his life. He came to 
this country about thirty-five years ago, and nearly 
all of that time has given his attention to work of a 
public nature. For years Mr. Lewis had charge of the 
public grounds in the State of Virginia.. He is the 
first and only incumbent of the office of City Forester, 
which was created in 1896. Prior to that time he held a 
similar place in Fairmount Park. If a long experience 
(over forty years in this country and Europe) counts 
for anything, Mr. Lewis ought to be well qualified for 
the position he holds. When he assumed the office the 
city had fourteen squares or small parks open for pub- 
lic use. Now there are forty-six, with thirteen others 
awaiting improvements, without counting League Is- 
land Park, which will cover about 300 acres. 
It is estimated that Mr. Lewis has oversight of ap- 
proximately 50,000 trees, to say nothing of the 
shrubbery and miscellaneous plants. He is a member 
of the Horticultural Society of Pennsylvania.” 
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