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the scene of some of the pleasantest entertainments of a bygone gen- 

 eration of St. Louisans. 



Adjoining the arboretum and vegetable garden is a pasture area of 

 some eighty acres, of which one fourth has recently been graded, drained, 



Modern Houses. 



supplied with water, and partially planted to a synopsis of North 

 American plants arranged in the familiar sequence of families adopted 

 by Bentham and Hooker, while the remainder will shortly be molded 

 and planted to a general synopsis exemplifying the more modern 

 arrangement of Engler and Prantl, on plans already largely prepared. 



A Cactus House. 



Gardening within doors was not a large part of the art as formerly 

 practised, and the plant houses are far from meeting the wishes 

 of the gardeners, even to-day. The earlier of these were built before 

 the days of light and airy steel construction, and to grow symmetrical 



