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What I would like to emphasise is that there must be hundreds, aye, thousands, 
of places in the city of Sydney where neat boxes or tubs containing nice plants could 
be placed, and thus the city m?clc a garden city, even in thoroughfares where it would 
be difficult, and perhaps impossible, to have trees along the foot-pnth. 
Planting on the Surface of Roadways. 
On the continent of Europe it is a common practice to plant actually on the top of 
the road surface. In northern Europe the winters are somewhat severe, and planting 
takes place in May. During that month the plants that have been sheltered under 
glass and elsewhere during a long winter are brought out by the cart load. A wide 
portion of the street is chosen, say the junction of two streets, and on the (say) 
triangular portion thus available, soil is deposited and the plants planted or plunged 
in this soil. An edging is put to the bed and this street garden is a thing of beauty 
and gives great pleasure to passers-by. When October, with its chill winds approaches, 
the plants have lived their lives or are at all events no longer sightly. The municipal 
cart then comes and carts away everything, leaving the road bare for the winter, and 
probably new kinds of plants will be used in the design during the following May. 
Roof Gardens. 
This is a style of gardening that finds its way into Sydney but slowly, but as 
skyscrapers increase in number it will become an absolute necessity for roof-cafes, 
the roof-gardens arranged for employees, the roofs of clubs and other institutions, 
caretakers' quarters, and so on. The chief trouble is in regard to high winds. When 
people are sei/.ed with the desirability of roof gardens they will make arrangements 
for a convenient water supply, and as all buildings are fitted with lifts, there will be 
no difficulty in bringing up soil and other garden requisites after hours. Ornamental 
boxes, tubs, and fountains will be freely used. 
For the taller plants starers : let us try Palms, Dracaenas, Araucaria excelsa, 
while in a young state, they are bushy ; Pandani (Screw pines), the hardy kinds, as 
the one on our coast or Lord Howe Island. 
Shrubs. These should be fairly large before being tubbed. Laurustinus, 
Euonymus, Oleander, Coprosma Baueriana (especially the variegated kinds), Eulalia 
japonica (a beautiful grass, graceful for the summer). 
Small Plants. Arums, Aspidistra, hardy ferns, especially Birds' Nest fern, 
Stag-horn, &c., Rock-Lily. 
Ivy of sorts for trailing and filling up generally. Asparagus, e.g., plttmosus, 
will be also valuable in this connection. 
Then hanging baskets can be introduced according to requirements. 
Of course, these plants will be well planted in tubs or boxes by professional 
gardeners, who will attend to the soil, drainage, &c. They should be suitably watered 
and the leaves sponged occasionally. Each winter they will require the attention 
of a professional gardener -tfho will re-box, if necessary, attend to the. soil, prune if 
necessary, and so forth. 
