LIBRARY 



BULLETIIV BorZr*;^ 



GARDEN. 

 OF 



THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM 



Vol. 6 CHARLESTON, S. C, FEBRUARY, 1910. No. 2 



PLANTING THE MUSEUM GROUNDS 



The planting of the Museum grounds is a subject that has 

 greatlv interested the members of the staff; and it has been 

 thought that a brief statement of the plan on which it is proposed 

 to work, and which has already been begun, will be of interest 

 to the people of Charleston. 



There were already in the grounds, and in the adjacent little 

 park, a number of rather small oak trees, of several species, 

 especially live-oaks, and some good palmettoes. The Park 

 Department has also set out recently a number of young pal- 

 mettoes, which it is to be hoped will live and prosper. 



The general idea favored by the Museum staff aims at a {plant- 

 ing of the grounds in such a way that they shall be both attract- 

 ive and instructive, combining the aesthetic and the scientific 

 elements, as appropriate to the surroundings of a Museum. For 

 the former, it is intended to introduce as much as possible the 

 evergreen trees and shmbs, which will render the spot beautiful 

 all thro' the winter, the time when visitors and tourists come 

 South, to whom the evergreen foliage of this region offers a 

 peculiar charm. For the latter, the plan is to secure trees and 

 plants that have special interest, whether evergreen or not, 

 from either a botanical or an economic point of view. 



The first step was taken last spring, when Dr. D. S. Martin 

 procured from Washington, as a special favor, twelve young 



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