The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-26


 dsr Of herbaceous plants between the paths and the shrubs. Along some of the wide drives shrubs have been used in clumps, but all set close enough
 together to form a continuous line of green.
 These parks have lakes in their midst in which are usually several small is lands, heavily wooded always, and
 proving a nice shelter for the many
 web-footed occupants of the water. Boats are for hire at these places, but
 when used their occupants are not per
 mitted to land on the islands. The
 white flowers of the elderberry were
 conspicuous on many of these islands,
 as were those of a herbaceous plant of
 tall growth, the Heracleum giganteum, an umbelliferous plant, well suited to
 the situation. The two polygonums mentioned above were also here, four
 ishing finely in damp places near the
 waters edge; and here, too, either nat
 urally or artificially planted, were lots
 of the colts foot, Tussilago farfara,
 forming a green ground to the shrubs
 and trees. The matrimony vine, Ly-
 cium barbarum, seems well in place,
 forming low dense mass of green.
 There were many clumps of the dog rose, Rosa carina, and these were full of the single light pink flowers
 Battersea. park Is a favorite place for
 women bicyclists. At the time of my
 visit the roadways were thronged with them. But few gentlemen riders were there, though plentiful enough else where.
 I have seen the weeping elm and weeping ash in much better shape in these parks and in other grounds here than I have seen them with us, They are grafted high, say eight or nine feet from the ground, so that as they grow they form a beautiful and cozy arbor. They are much used in all cemeteries, For the covering Of buildings the common ivy is most used; next to it
 our Virginia creeper. The vine SC
 universally used with us, the Ampelop-
 sis veitchii, is seen, but not to great
 extent.
 The bedding in these parks Is looked on as the great feature for the latter months of summer There are not toc
 many of these beds. The greensward leafy trees and natural scenes predomr mate. What beds there are add to the charm, without giving too artificial
 look to the whole. I am afraid the plants used in many of them could not
 be turned to the same purpose in ours our greater heat forbidding it, but will mention what few of the beds contained There was a bed of dor- | ble-f1owered fuchsias, with yellow pan. sies between them, and having for ar edging Coleus verchaffelti. Another | had scarlet geraniums, with variegat. 1 ed corn interspersed, and edged with variegated-leaved geraniums. A third | had for its base white pansies, with | ed-fowered fuchsias interspersed, an6 | for an edgfng blue lobelia Another
 was of Coleus verschaffelti, dotted witf white fuchsias. Following this wat one of tall fuchsias, carpeted with a | dwarf, one called Golden Gem. A bed which I would like to see later had
 as a groundwork Plumbago capensis
 with plants of Erythrina crista gall standing we'll above them; row ot | Coleus verschaffelti was outside these l and for an edsing was Echeveria se- cunda glauca. A bed of Mrs. Harri.
 son Weir. a bronze geranium, was in. l termixed with Grevillea robusta, anc | edged with blue and lilac pansies and blue Iobelias.
 l Most of these beds were in Victoria park, which, I am told, contains POI l acres. There is a large conservatory | which is a great attraction in the win. | ter season when outside flowers are al an end At the present time the plant: l in bloom were of common kinds, bu nicely arranged, so that visitors found
 much to admire. Finsbury park, whicl | is in the north of London, is on quit | elevated ground, affording fine view.
 for miles around. The general feature: | of it are the same as of the others.
 saw here an avenue lined with fine tree,