34 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
the garden for accent. The seed—both flower and vege- 
table—for planting this garden would cost about four or five 
dollars, while the dwarf trees and a proportionate share of 
the hedge would amount to about thirty dollars. With the 
continuous succession of crops the vegetable garden should 
yield for the table material having a retail value of from 
twenty to twenty-five dollars. 
The shrubbery and perennial garden attempts more in- 
formality than the others, though this is difficult to attain 
with success in a space so small and so formal in outline. 
Once established, this garden would require much less main- 
tenance, and would be much more permanent, than any of 
the others. The shrubs used_are mainly low-growing types, 
and the few taller-growing ones could easily be kept under 
8 feet in height by judicious pruning. The perennials will 
border and intermix with the shrubbery, the taller kinds 
in the background and the smaller ones at the border. 
As is desirable in this type of development, as much space 
as possible is devoted to open lawn. The 1 is in the cen- 
ter again and seats are placed at either side. If fairly large 
shrubs and plants and a large apple tree are used, the cost 
of planting this ae including a proportionate share of 
the hedge, would be about sixty dollars, hedge and apple 
tree being estimated at twenty dollars, the shrubs at fifteen, 
and the cost of perennials making up the remainder. 
The rose garden differs materially from the others in 
design. The pool in this case is at the end, on the long axis 
of the garden, and there is a seat against the shrubbery in 
addition to those on either side. A large part of the space 
is devoted to lawn, and the roses are confined to the border, 
standard varieties being used for accent, as shown on the 
plan. Including the purchase of a large apple tree and a 
proportionate share of the hedge, ninety dollars would cover 
the cost of planting this garden. This is considerably more 
than the preceding, but the roses alone would cost in the 
neighborhood of seventy dollars. 
iy for the hollies and junipers, the subtropical gar- 
den is devoted almost entirely to types of plants that are not — 
indigenous to St. Louis and yet which thrive magnificently 
in our summer climate. Used with native shrubbery and 
perennials, this material usually produces the most incon- 
gruous and inharmonious effects, but when grouped with 
others of their kind, striking and beautiful results are pos- 
sible. Again the plan is formal in design, with the pool in 
the center and seats on either side. The cost of the plants, 
trees, and hedge for this garden would be about one hun- 
