Zoological Society bulletin . well as in summer it was determined to useconifers to the largest extent possible; and over5,000 of these evergreens were planted. Whitepine and hemlock predominate with about 750plants of each, the remainder being white, bal-sam, Norway, oriental, Douglas and Colo-rado spruces, silver fir, Nordmans fir, red andwhite cedar, Austrian pine, Norway pine, pitchpine, Scotch pine and others. Wherever pos-sible this great belt of evergreens was frontedby a planting of flowering or berry-bearingshrubs, such as arrowwood, highbush huckle-berry, snowberry, witch hazel, suma
Zoological Society bulletin . well as in summer it was determined to useconifers to the largest extent possible; and over5,000 of these evergreens were planted. Whitepine and hemlock predominate with about 750plants of each, the remainder being white, bal-sam, Norway, oriental, Douglas and Colo-rado spruces, silver fir, Nordmans fir, red andwhite cedar, Austrian pine, Norway pine, pitchpine, Scotch pine and others. Wherever pos-sible this great belt of evergreens was frontedby a planting of flowering or berry-bearingshrubs, such as arrowwood, highbush huckle-berry, snowberry, witch hazel, sumacs, cornels,pepper bush, etc., of which about 12,000 wereused. All of this planting has done exceedinglywell, some of the white pines making an averageannual growth of over 30 inches. In a way thisborder plantation has formed a great nursery ;and many of the fine evergreens now seen at theConcourse and elsewhere have been transplantedfrom the borders. Besides formina; a shelter belt and wind- ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 903. WESTERN APPROACH TO COURTVarious species of iris are planted here break, this great mass of evergreens and shrubsmake an ideal home for nesting birds. Ourfeathered friends have not been slow to takeadvantage of it, and may often be seen feedingin great numbers on the berries of the variousshrubs. It is a fact that it is often impossible tcobtain seed from such plants as the highbushhuckleberry, arrowwood and black-haw, becausethe birds get ahead of the men. This year the border planting was augmentedon the south by a row of Norway maples on182d Street, which, for the most part, is ele-vated considerably above the Park itself, andconsequently will show off the planting to greatadvantage. Only those acquainted with the ground before1904 can realize that all of our planting re-quired an immense amount of preparation in theway of draining and filling. While it is truethat some years must elapse before the ever-greens will arrive at perfection, no one wi
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