The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-25

are gwen on Ii 81"
trees and shrubs. showing the result
of properly applied efforts. In the
rural high schools, which are becom-
ing so numerous, especially III ire
Middle West, landscape g~&rdefuhs -
taIght in q practical manner. Inc
United States Department OF AsItcut-
tIrc is aiding in this work, and TINS
year is putting forth a greater e1ort
than usual. While even ten years 8
a landscape gardener OF any amor
ton felt obliged to go to Europe 10
secure his education, quite. as soou
facilities for studying this profession
in his own land are now being pro-
yided. The best ideas Of Europe nave
been brought to America and nave
been enlarged and improved by the
versatility Of the American Workilah-
New machinery has been
for use in American landscape garden
ing which has never been called LOT
in Europe. Improved sprinkling ma
chimes, labor-SaVing c~u1tlFatofs anu
similar implements are beng put upoH
the market to ecure re-
suits with minimum effort Perhaps
the most important machinery used by
the American landscape gardener IS
the large tree e~XcaVatOr, by means OF
which a large forest tree may
be transplanted without injury:
AT first the TRANSFORMING o.
IL idISc Itte ttlliC K" A
possib lity, but now, with the
improved machinery, it is being done
each day with good results. The crea-
ton of artificial forests in America Is
no longer experimental. The EOcke-
Teller estate at Pocontico Hills shows
a fine example of artificial forestry.
The woods there, all Of which have
been created by q landscape artist,
are equal to the finest hunting pre-
serves of old English estates which
have been centuries IN the making. al
though these have been
within a few years. The same Is true
of the Hartman estate III the Adiron-
dacks.
The reproduction Of foreign land
scape and garden designs is each year
becoming more popular. The Italian
garden. with its pergo1a. fountain,
marble seats and s~tatuary, may now
be seen in various parts of America.
Perhaps 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 it's
scenic beauty on the estate she is ar
ranging for herself at Sargosa Bay,
Florida. In connection with the re-
| production of Italian gardens, quite a
trade has developed among American
| pottery makers in the manufacture Of
tItSil 4 SICdt II<I ~
urns, vases and columns, which add to
the appearance OF the old Italian gar
dens, are being reproduced in AIneri-
can pottery at comparatively low
prices. These are receiving so much
popularity IA in some places the
landscape gardener is compelled to
protest against their being used un-
suitably.
The reproduction of Japanese gar
dens is also popular and is especially
in favor in California. The quaint,
d~arfed. gnarled old trees which make
the Japanese garden SO effective have
been imported to America In large
uuired many years to produce their
growth, and their production has long
been considered a Japanese secret.
American fOresters, however, are ac-
curing greater skill in pruning and
tree surgery, 50 that they have almost
mastered the Japanese secret.
The result of landscape gardening is
becoming SO widespread that within
the next quarter Of a century Euro
peans will visit the United States as
much for the beauty of the scenery as
for other reasons. This year, miles Of
beauty will be created from what has
been Squalor and ~ugliness. Every
large manufacturing interest is becom-
ing keenly alive to the need of beauti-
flying their grounds. The great rail
roads are employing landscape gar
deners to remove unsightly landmarks
and make each mile beautiful to the
traveller. In railroad gardening the
planting of trees is an important mat
ter. Large trees serve a. storm-breaks
and are most effective in protecting
the tracks. The Northwestern rail-
roads are cuitivating hundreds Of acres
of trees, which are being transplanted
as rapidly as possible along their
tracks. AS these grow in size. they
will lessen the destructive powers OF
the wine and shield the roads from
the heaviest snowfalls. In this way
their utilitarian value in labor-saying
becomes an economic feature. In ad-
dition to this. the long miles of tree1ess
nous to the traveller across the CONT
nert. viii be greatly varied, for Scien-