. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . come blackened wastes fromaccidental or intentional fires. Year by year this mourn-ful program is repeated. Railway officials offer no practical objections to the useof small trees and of shrubs between stations that applywhen they are placed with discretion; viz., on the outerboun
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . come blackened wastes fromaccidental or intentional fires. Year by year this mourn-ful program is repeated. Railway officials offer no practical objections to the useof small trees and of shrubs between stations that applywhen they are placed with discretion; viz., on the outerboundaries of rights of way that are 100 or more feetwide, on straight stretches, or on long tangents, and noton short curves or near grade crossings. The tracksshould never be menaced by the danger of trees fallingacross them in wind storms, nor should the telegraph 1494 RAILROAD GARDENING RAILROAD GARDENING wires and poles be interfered with, nor the view of theline obstructed. The danger to planting from fire cannever be entirely eliminated until some non-spark-pro-ducing fuel is substituted for coal. Can the horticultural department of a railroad bemade parth/ self-supporting ? There seems little doubtthat by one means or another this department might bemade at least partly self-supporting, but the consensus. 2070. Railroad yard in southern California. of opinion among railroad men is distinctly against theadvisability of making it so, except indirectly. It is conceivable that railroad nurseries and green-houses might supply planting stock to individuals totheir advantage; and possibly railway rights of wayaggregating immense areas might be planted to crops,perhaps to fruit trees as is done to some extent in Eu-ropean countries (a project which has also been recentlysuggested for the roads of India), but the opinion isgeneral that legitimate railroad business is limited tothe transportation of people and of freight. Even ifthis is true, it is still certain that the department m
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