Arizona republican., 1902-11-05
SET WITH DWARF TREES.

Washington, where almost every phase of world interest and every quarter of the globe is represented, a worlds epitome, is soon to have added to it a new feature in a German gar den, laid out in dwarf fruit trees, shrubbery, and the Irore hardy of trop- ical plants. The garden, which will be the first of its kind in Washington. if not in the country, is to be on the spacious grounds of the residence of Christian Heurich. Work has already begun. It will be modelled after the gardens of the same character in Ores den, Stuttgart, Vienna. and other cities in Germany, Austria and France.
 The first part of the work is on the fence to surround the grounds. This is under way, and is being pushed rap idly. On the Sunderland place side the fence is to have a concrete base three feet high, bringing it level with the lot, surmounted by a handsome wrought iron fence. six feet in height. The fence at the rear and on the alley side will be seven feet, of solid concrete and topped with a coping of red Spanish tile. At the front will be a wrought iiOh lSiNt, NGSiShtOs llAe that lOI Alt0 Sunderland place side, to offer little obstruction to the view from the out side. On the corner distant from the two streets is to be erected a pretty cottage to be occupied by the gardener. This will be finished in gray pebbled- ash, with red Spanish tile roof.
 The lot. which is about 100 feet wide by 225 feet in depth, will be laid in fa paths, little pergolas and cozy little hooks will be planned and created by Herr Lochmann, an expert gardener, formerly of Austria. engaged by MT. Heurich to carry out the work and to have charge of the garden when finally established
 The real feature of the garden. more than all else. will be the introduction in it of the dwarf shrubbery and fruit trees, the successful growth of which has come to be an art in Europe. espec- ially in the German empire, in Austria and in France.
 The system of dwarfing the trees and in so doing directing the energies and the strength of the tree plant into fruit has been in operation in Europe for about fifteen years. the discovery having been made by French fruit culturist. Little concerning it has been known here, or, at least, little along the line of such development has been done by American gardeners. Many of the trees attain no greater height than three or four feet. With most of these, branches are favored and trained to run off to the side for many feet. The yield of fruit on one of them is excep- tional, equalling often in the aggregate that of a fair-sized tree of the ordinary character. For the support of these heavily laden limbs and for the train ing of them especially structural iron is made in the countries where the cul- ture has attained vogue, and MT. Heu- rich now has the first consignment of this iron, it having passed the custom house in New York last week
 The shrubbery and trees have been ordered, and they are expected to be shipped from Dresden in about ten days. At the outset a good part of the planting will be in dwarf shrubs. Fruit trees also will be put out, on a number of which MT. Heurich hopes to have fruit next summer.-Washing Post