Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-24

Exhibit Buildings Will Be i'm Readiness

the common honeysuckle all Of which
grow in luxurious abundance every.
where about here? For ground
s cover, II would be very difficult to
/ get Il better one than the vinca minor
or vinca major-more commonly call
ed periwlnklc-which also grows In
abundance about this section The
very material which one buys from
the nurseries is collected wild. and
= then rcsold TO the consumer. The
y successful landscape designer uses
tho native stock In preference TO
foreign-brcd plants for the very rca.
\ son that 1t Is already acCimatcd and
4 will do 50 much better when trans.
planted The same may be said
about the local trees, and IL there is
any doubt in ones mind concerning
this matter Ii may be seen cXcm.
plificd upon the Exposition grounds,
as over $500 trees OF various kinds
have been transplantcd thereon"
\ Water System Practically Completed.
Mr.. Pratt said % per cent of the
4 drainage system on the grounds had
been completed, 9S per cent of tho
water works and 9S per cent of the
:
have been finished by this time II he
had bocn able to make connec.
tons with all the buildings
Another interesting announcement
made by Mr.. Pratt was that every
tree, vine and pieco of shrubbery
would DO labelled.
Il The General Scheme.
Nature assisted, is the feature
of tho landscape work. Ma
tive plants are almost entirely used.
Mr.. Warren II. Manning, who is II
master of the art of landscape archi-
lecture, of Boston. Mass, Is the dc.
\ signer aud III giving to the world one
OF the best examples OF landscape
work for natural effects, that has
ever been given Before. Dismal
swamp, about ten miles from Norfolk
iE his principal natural nursery, hun
dreds of thousands of native plants
OF all kinds, many of which are not
hardy north os Virginia have been
collected from this famous swamp
and planted along the streets and
4 avenues, massed about the founda-
tions of the buildings, and grouped
about the park AREAS, 50 that beautiful
Z effects are produced.
Among the native trees ana
shrubs We see things, which ave of
great interest to lovers of plant life
One of the finest trees on the ground
is the Historic Powhatan Oak, which
is hotanically known as Qucrcus Vir.
sinianu, or Evergreen Oaks, and is
placarded Powhatan Oak. because, 1t
is said, that on this spot ana near
this tree took place the historic meet
Ing Of PoCahontas and Capt John
Smith. There are large numbers OF
: small trees of Quercus Virginiana and
Quercus Phcllos scattered throughout
the grounds, but this old tree is well
worth seeing.
Hex opaca, Hex slabra, Magnolia
grandflora, Pcrsea borbonia, Persca
!. pubseccns, ana many other very in.
feresting trees are found in abund.
ance throughout tho grounds. grove
OF the fine old Beech trees bear the
subscriptions cut by the soldiers while
i encampcd on this ground during the
war, and are still lesible. One inter.
esting tree that attracted by atten.
ton was Nyssa sylyatica full Of mis-.
tletoc.
How Shrubs Arc Massed.
very pleasing feature of the
1 landscape work is the massing Of one
KIND OF shrub, or plant, on street;
by these large masses. ii is shown
what can be done with our native
! plants For street trees I.ocusts urc
used principally, which, are also In.
. ken from the woods. Planted in large
groves are Cornus Florida, Juniperus
SsVlrginiana and Locusts, large trees
being used, they will produce very
pleasing effects this large tree NOV.
! ing has been carried on very success.
RfnllS by the contractors, who
have had their machines and men on
the work for over one year.
& On Bacon street and Evergreen
avenue between the sidewalk and
D gutter, space about twelve feet has
been planted solid with Myrica ceri.
fera, which is evergreen in Virginia;
y planted with this to produce the nat