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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
June  11,  1903. 
bO  hard  that  it  turned  tlie  eelgo  of  a  pick  he  used  in  endeavour¬ 
ing  to  get  down  to  their  base.  Having  crossed  the  prairie,  Mr. 
Barr  took  train  westward  to 
Salt  Lake  City.  Utah. 
The  people  of  this  “  city  of  the  plain  ”  are,  to  use  our 
traveller’s  own  words,  “a  law-abiding,  orderly,  intelligent  class, 
and  while  Utah  was  a  territory  many  of  the  men  had  preferred 
to  un..crgo  the  six  months’  imprisonment  inflicted  by  the  U.S. 
Government  on  polygami.sts  rather  than  abandon  their  wives.” 
Mr.  Barr’s  guide.  Bishop  Romnev,  had  foui-  wives,  and  a 
numerous  family  ranging  in  age  from  fourteen  years  to  fifty 
years.  It  is  well  understood,  of  course,  that  Salt  Lake  City  was 
founded  by  Mormons,  a  sect  led  by  Brigham  Young,  whose  creed 
allowed  the  marriage  of  one  )nan  with  as  many  wives  as  he  could 
afford  to  support. 
The  veteran  explorer  went  to  the  famous  Salt  Lake,  and  had 
a  dip  in  its  saline  waters,  and  pi’obably  herein  lies  the  key  to 
the  rejuvenation  of  his  face  and  frame,  as  noticed  by  his  London 
friends  at  his  return !  Salt  Lake  City  he  speaks  of  in  terms  of 
praise,  and  there  is  a  good  deal  of  small  gardening  in  and  around 
it,  this  being  one  of  the  things  specially  encouraged  among.st 
the  members  of  the  Mormon  faith.  The  Mormons  have  large 
estates  in  other  parts  of  the  American  Continent,  besides  their 
head  temple  in  Salt  Lake  City,  and  many  Mormons  are  rich. 
With  reference  to  their  domestic  life,  it  must  not  be  supposed 
that  the  various  wives  of  one  ivian  all  reside  in  the  same  house, 
it  being  the  custom  to  have  a  distinctive  establishment  for  ea-ch 
Kansas  is  represented  by  two  cities,  the  original  one  being 
well  arranged,  but  much  deserted  on  account  of  the  business 
being  on  the  other  side  of  the  river,  and  is  mainly  occupied  by 
working  people,  who  go  from  one  side  of  the  river  to  the  other. 
The  lower  part  of  the  more  modern  Kansas,  when  Mr.  Barr  was 
there  in  1898,  was  bare  and  unattractive;  but  there  was  a 
grand  piece  of  work  in  hand  along  the  hillside,  which  was  in¬ 
tended  to  form  a  great  promenade  and  carriage  drive.  The 
re.sidential  part  was  so  beautiful  that  the  itinerant  said  to  his 
cicerone:  “This  is  Paradise  regained!”  One  street,  called 
Gladstone  Avenue,  was  built  with  exceedingly  handsome  resi¬ 
dences.  having  shade  trees  along  the  footpaths,  and  a  breadth 
of  several  yards  of  grass  the  whole  way,  all  iir  beautiful  condition. 
C'actaceous  and  other  dry-land  plants  were  largely  seeir  iir  the 
gardens  around.  At  Downes,  Osborne  Courrty,  Kansas,  Mr.  Barr 
found  an  uncle  of  Sir  Thomas  Lipton,  Bart.,  as  a  hotel 
proprietor. 
Indianapolis  was  seen  to  be  a  busy  town,  and  notable  as  the 
l)irthplac8  of  a  late  President.  Here,  as  in  most  cities  in 
America,  the  cit.j"  gardener  and  city  engineer  are  not  in  harmonju 
The  latter  thinks  of  the  streets  without  any  regard  to  the  require¬ 
ments  of  the  trees,  and  so  in  the  new  paving  system  in  America, 
the  concrete  is  run  up  generally  close  to  the  trees,  so  that  the 
fine  tr'ces  in  Meridian  Street,  the  principal  thoroughfare,  which 
were  planted  sixty  years  ago,  are  likely  to  be  destroyed  for  lack 
of  air  and  moisture.  The  gardens  of  the  residences,  in  common 
with  most  of  those  in  America,  are  without  fences,  the  lawns 
running  down  to  the  footpaths,  and  are  perfectly  open.  A 
number  of  private  gardeirs,  however,  are  begiirning  to  be  fenced 
in.  Indianopolis  was  eager  for  parks  when  Mr.  Barr  was 
there,  and  a  drive  round  the  sections  with  Mr.  J.  Clyde  Power, 
tho  overseer,  proved  to  view  that  many  areas  were  in  process  of 
being  laid  out,  and  as  much  of  the  natural  state  of  the  land¬ 
scape  as  possible  was  being  irre.served.  Mr.  Clyde  Power  is  well 
qualified  for  his  high  charge,  haviirg  travelled  in  Europe,  and 
especially  made  a  study  of  Loirdon  parks. 
Cincinnati,  on  the  Ohio  River,  impressed  tho  Londoirer  with 
the  intellectual  activity  of  its  citizeirs,  which  he  de.scribes  as 
“immense.”  He  had  the  opportunity  of  being  in  contact  with 
the  mo.st  remarkable  men  in  the  town,  among  these  being  two 
brothers,  the  Me.ssrs.  Lloyd,  one  famous  in  chemistry,  the  other 
in  Fungology.  In  Cincinnati  there  is  to  be  seen  one  of  the 
richest  monumental  cemeteries  in  the  C.S.  The  park  superin¬ 
tendent  was  Mr.  R.  H.  Warder,  an  old  English  gardener. 
The  parks  of  Cleveland  are  a  great  feature,  and  perhaps  the 
mo.st  .systematically  arranged  of  any  in  the  States  of  the  L’nion, 
and  they  are  largely  the  gifts  of  citizens.  J.  Rockefeller  pur¬ 
chased  an  old  Shaker  estate  and  presented  a  large  portion  of  it 
to  the  town  for  a  park,  paying  also  for  its  arrangement,  planting, 
bridgemaking,  and  everything  in  connection  with  it,  the  work 
being  carried  on  by  a  Boston  gardener  under  the  superintendence 
of  Mr.  ('has.  W.  Pratt,  jun.  The  parks  are  arranged  to  run  into 
each  other,  the  oldest  park  being  continued  into  the  newer  on^.s, 
and  having  splendid  carriage  drives.  Cleveland  has  a  splendid 
service  of  electric  trams,  which  drop  passengers  at  the  principal 
park  entrances.  Altogether  it  is  a  flourishing  town,  with  many 
fin,'  houses  and  wealthy  families. 
NOTES 
OTICES 
New  Plants  at  Regent  s  Park. 
>Ve  are  requested  by  the  superintendent  of  the  Royal  Botanic 
Society’s  garden  at  Regent’s  Park  to  state  that  an  exhibition  of 
new  and  rare  plants  will  be  held  in  the  corridor  at  tho  gardens 
on  Wednesdav  next. 
The  Gardeners'  Royal  Benevolent  Institution. 
As  already  announced,  the  anniversary  festival  of  this  iirsti- 
tution  will  take  place  on  June  24,  at  the  Hotel  Metropole,  when 
the  Earl  of  Warwick  will  pre.side.  Contributions  to  the  chair¬ 
man’s  list  in  aid  of  the  funds  are  earnestly  solicited,  and  will  be 
gratefully  received  and  acknowledged  by  the  Secretarj'  if  sent  to 
the  office,  175,  Victoria  Street,  Westminster. 
Gardening  Appointments. 
Mr.  Ernest  Stokes,  as  head  gardener  to  J.  Jones,  E.sq.,  Coke- 
thorpe  Park,  Witney,  Oxon,  and  previously  four-and-a-half  years 
foreman  at  Eynsham  Hill,  Witney.  *  *  Mr.  William  Jennings, 
lately  head  gardener  at  Warford  Hall,  Cheshire,  has  started  in 
business  as  seedsman  and  florist  on  his  own  account  at  Knowles 
Green,  Mobberley,  Cheshire.  He  i.s  succeeded  at  Warford  Hall 
by  Mr.  Joseph  Gillibrand. 
United  Horticultural  Benefit  and  Provident  Society. 
The  monthh’'  committee  meeting  of  this  society  was  held  at 
the  Caledonian  Hotel,  Adelphi  Terrace,  Strand,  on  Monday  even¬ 
ing  last.  Mr.  Charles  H.  Curtis  presided.  Six  new  members 
were  elected  and  one  other  nominated.  The  death  certificate  of 
the  late  Mr.  E.  Berry,  of  Roehaniptou,  was  produced.  A  vote  of 
condolence  to  Mrs.  Berry  and  family  was  passed,  and  a  cheque 
was  drawn  in  favour  of  Mr.s.  Berry. for  the  amount  standing,  to 
the  late  member’s  credit  in  the  ledger.  Six  members  were 
reported  on  the  sick  fund.  The  application  of  two  members  to 
pay  the  higher  scale  of  contribution  was  granted. 
Ths  Long  Walk  at  Windsor. 
The  gigantic  Elms  of  the  famous  Long  Walk,  which  forms  the 
chief  approach  to  Windsor  Castle,  are  rapidly  decaying,  and 
during  the  past  month  Crown  workmen  removed  a  score  of  theso 
spleirdid  old  trees.  They  were  planted  by  Charles  II.'  in  1C89, 
and  at  one  time  numbered  1,652,  but  almost  half  of  them  have  .suc¬ 
cumbed  to  age  and  severe  weather.  The  King  is  naturallj'  much 
concerned  about  the  decaj"  of  the  trees.  From  the  castle  to  tho 
double  gates  the  old  trees  are  being  replaced  by  young  Elms,  but 
from  that  point  to  the  statue  of  George  III.,  Oaks  are  being  sub- 
.stituted,  as  the  soil  has  proved  unsuitable  to  Elms. 
The  King  and  East  Londoners. 
The  King  has  intimated  to  the  Dtike  of  Fife,  president  of  the 
People’s  Palace  and  East  London  Horticultural  Society,  his  in¬ 
tention  of  sending  a  non-competitive  exhibit  from  the  gardens 
of  Windsor  Castle  to  the  .summer  show  of  the  society  on  July  18. 
The  members  of  the  People’.s  Palace  Horticultural  Society  are 
residents  in  the  East  of  London,  and  include  a  very  large  pro¬ 
portion  of  poor  children,  whose  gardening  operations  are  often 
carried  on  in  very  adver.se  circumstances.  Though  the  show  is 
always  an  extremely  intere'Sting  one,  it  is  desired  to  make  it  more 
efficient  from  the  horticultural  point  of  view  by  the  addition  of 
lean  exhibits  frem  per, sons  who  have  greater  facilities  for  the  grow¬ 
ing  of  flowers.  It  is  hoped  that  the  example  .set  by  the  King  will 
be  followed  by  others  possessing  well-stocked  gardens. 
Holland  House  Summer  Show. 
This  will  be  held  on  Thursday  and  Friday,  June  25  and  26. 
The  only  entrance  to  the  show  will  be  by  the  great  gates  in 
Kensington  High  Street,  and  the  only  exit  by  the  gate  leading 
into  Melbury  Road,  where  carriages  may  be  ordered  to  wait. 
Ways  of  reaching  Holland  House  :  Kensington  High  Street  is  the 
nearest  station  on  the -Metropolitan  and  District  Railways  from 
Liverpool  Street,  King’s  CrO'.s,  St.  Pancras,  Eirston,  Paddington, 
Cannon  Street,  Charing  Cross,  and  Victoria.  Addi.son  Road  is 
the  nearest  from  Waterloo,  Clapham  Junction,  Willesden,  and 
Richmond.  Earl’s  Court  is  nearest  from  Wimbledon,  Putney, 
Fulham,  Acton,  Ealing,  and  Wind.sor.  Thc.se  who  may  prefer 
the  Central  London  Electric  should  stop  at  Netting  Hill  Gate; 
from  thence  oiunibu.ses  pass  the  gates.  All  Hammersmith  and 
Turrrham  Green  omnibuses  pass  the  gat€.s,  and  are  available  from 
Liveri>ool  Street,  Bank,  King’s  Cross,  St.  Pancras,  Euston, 
Charing  C'ros.s,  and  Hammersmith. 
