El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-20
By
Frederic
J. Haskin

given on the growth of different trees
and shrubs showing the result of prop
erly applied efforts. In the rural high
schools, which are becoming so nu-
merous. especially in the middle west,
landscape gardening is taught IN
practical manner. The United States
department of agriculture is aiding in
this work, and this year is putting
forth a greater effort than usual.
While even 10 years ago a landscape
gardener Of any ambition felt obliged
to go to Europe to secure his educa-
ton, quite as good facilities for study
ing this profession in his own land
are now being provided. The best
ideas Of Europe have been brought to
America and have been enlarged and
improved by the versatility of the
American workman
Calls for New Machines
New machinery has been invented
for us in American landscape garden
ing which has never been called for
In Europe. Improved sprinkling ma
chimes, labor saving cultivators and
similar implements are being put upon
the market to secure maximum results
with minimum effort. Perhaps the
most important machinery used by the
American landscape gardener is the
large tree excavator. by means OF
which large forest tree may be
tTansplanted without injury At first
the transportation Of a large tree
seemed an impossibility but now, with
the improved machinery, it is being
done each day with good results. The
creation of artificial forests in Amer
lea is no longer experimental The
Rockefeller estate at POcontico Hills
shows fine example Of artificial for
estry. The woods there. all of which
have been created by a landscape ar
list are equal to the finest hunting
preserves of old English estates which
have been centuries in the making,
although these have been produced
within a few years The same is true
of the Hartman estate in the Adiron-
dacks
The reproduction of foreign land
scape and garden designs is each year
becoming more popular. The italian
garden with its pergola. fountain, mar
bic seats and statuary- may now be
seen in various parts Of America Per-
haps the most ambitious attempt TO
reproduce European effects in this
country is being made in Florida by
Mrs Potter Palmer, who is securing
the effects Of the Bay of Naples in its
scenic beauty, on the estate she is ar
ranging for herself at Sargosa Bay,
Florida In connection with the re-
Of Italian gardens quite
trade has developed among American
pottery makers in the manufacture of
their ornaments. The great marble
urns. vases and columns. which add to
the appearance OF the old Italian gar
1ens, are being reproduced in Ameri- /
can pottery at comparatively low
prices These are receiving so much !
popularity that in some places the |
landscape gardener is compelled to pro- |
test against their being used insult /
ably
Japanese Gardens Reproduced.
The reproduction of japanese gar
lens is also popular and is especially /
n favor in California. The quaint. /
Iwarfed, gnarled old trees. which make +
he Japenes garden so effective have
been imported 10 America in large /
Quantities Some Of these have requir-
d many years to produce their growth. i
Ind their production has long been
considered japanese secret. Ameri- i
an foresters, however, are acquiring
'reater skill in pruning and tree surg
.ry so that they have almost mastered 7
he japanese secret
The result OF landscape gardening is
'ecoming so widespread that within
he next quarter of a century Europ-
ans will visit the United States as
much for the beauty of the scenery as
or other reasons. This year. miles of
'eauty will be created from what has
cen -squalor and uglineSs. Every large
manufacturing interest is becoming
eenly alive to the need Of identifying
heir grounds. The great railroads are
Employing landscape gardeners to re-
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