12 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
since by Messrs. Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot. In the 
grading, which involved the moving of 48,878 cubic yards 
of earth, two rather large ponds, connected by a meander- 
ing brook, were made, and the ground was given an easy, 
somewhat undulating and varied fall from the streets to 
these bodies of water. Along the streets, the border, 
averaging about 55 feet in width, has been planted closely 
so as to secure immediate effect, but necessitating subse- 
quent thinning, with a skilfully arranged mixture of 30 
species of trees and 100 species of shrubs (to which 8 addi- 
tional species of shrubs remain to be added). Well grown 
nursery stock of good size was selected, so that evenin the 
first year it is believed that the masses of foliage will be 
striking and attractive, while they will increase in effect- 
iveness and beauty each year as the trees grow. 
All of the material used in this border plantation is 
representative of North American plants, and it is proposed 
as rapidly as the funds at the disposal of the Board permit, 
to provide suitable drainage and water supply for the 
recently graded tract, on which will then be planted, in 
accordance with the plans of the landscape architects 
above named, a collection of 181 arborescent, 269 fru- 
ticose, and some 1,400 herbaceous species, representative of 
the North American flora, and arranged essentially in the 
familiar sequence of families of the «‘ Genera Plantarum ”’ 
of Bentham and Hooker.* The woody plants needed for 
this synopsis, tothe extent of 139 trees and 204 shrubs, are 
already in the nursery. Before the tract is opened to the 
general public, the unplanted areas will be converted into 
lawn, and the whole will be provided with suitably arranged 
paths, —a result that will probably be achieved within 
five years, by which time the trees and shrubs are expected 
to have reached a sutfticient size to make this one of the 
most beautiful 7 Ats of the entire Garden. 
* Report. 8:38. 
