. 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. Gardening. 1404 RAILROAD GARDENING wires and poles be interfered with, nor tbc view of the line obstructed. The danger to planting from fire can never be entirely eliminated until some nou-spark-pro- ducing fuel is substituted for coal. Can the liorticuUiiral deparfu'ent of a railroad he made parflti self-siipporfhi(j ^ T
. 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. Gardening. 1404 RAILROAD GARDENING wires and poles be interfered with, nor tbc view of the line obstructed. The danger to planting from fire can never be entirely eliminated until some nou-spark-pro- ducing fuel is substituted for coal. Can the liorticuUiiral deparfu'ent of a railroad he made parflti self-siipporfhi(j ^ There seems little doubt that by one means or another this department might be made at least partly self-supporting, but the consensus. 2070. Railroad yard in southern California. of opinion among railroad men is distinctly against the advisability of making it so, except indirectly. It is conceivable that railroad nurseries and green- houses might supply planting stock to individuals to their advantage; and possibly railway rights of way aggregating immense areas might be planted to crops, perhaps to fruit trees as is done to some extent in Eu- ropean countries (aproject which has also been recently suggested for the roads of India), but the opinion is general that legitimate railroad business is limited to the transportation of people and of freight. Even if this is true, it is still certain that the department may legitimately be made to yield substantial financial re- tiirns. This feature of the department work is as yet in a preliminary stage that makes definite conclusions as to the extent of its benefits impossible, but enough has already been done to demonstrate the usefulness of a well-conceived and correctly developed policj-- of protec- tive and economic planting. Planting for Profection. — 'PlsLnting for protection, as practiced so far, includes: (1) covering banks with vegetation to prevent erosion, and (2) planting for pro- tection from wind and snow, and from la
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