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Louis, arranged in botanical sequence and with decorative effects the 

 balance to be afterward planted to a general flora of the world and 

 arranged in the same manner. The present arboretum contains a small 

 representation of hardy deciduous trees, also a collection of wild herba- 

 ceous plants grouped in families; a bog, ponds, and a rockery which are 

 occupied with plants suited to these varied conditions. The fruiticetum 

 contains a collection of our leading fruits most of which have been 

 planted during the last four years, these grounds having been under- 

 going a complete renovation during this period, hence only a few of the 

 tree fruits are now in bearing. At present there are about thirty -five 

 varieties of apples, twenty pears, twelve peaches, ten plums, eight 

 cherries, four quince, twenty-four grapes, ten blackberries, eight rasp- 

 berries, eight gooseberries, nine currants and fifty strawberries. Space 

 will not admit a lars'e collection of tree fruits and there are only two or 

 three specimens of each variety, while there is a greater number of small 

 fruits and the collection is constantly being enlarged. Here are also 

 grown many vegetables, especially for experimental purposes. In the 

 vegetable garden proper is grown a general collection of culinary vege- 

 tables sufficient to keep a large family in constant supply the entire sea- 

 son. Here are also forcing houses which give a constant supply of 

 vegetables during the winter months and two grape houses in which two 

 of the leading European varieties of grapes not hardy here, are grown. 

 The main part of the garden is laid out for the most part in a formal 

 manner bounded by high stone walls and marked by many geometrical 

 walks along which are arranged groups of plants for study and decorat- 

 ive effects. Many of the tender exotic plants from the greenhouses are 

 distributed over this area during the summer season. A space is given 

 to what is called "Grandmother's Garden," or a collection of many of 

 the hardy old fashioned plants; in another part is situated a number of 

 ponds in which many rare water plants are grown, and several rockeries 

 on which quite a large collection of alpine plants are arranged. There 

 are seventeen plant houses exclusive of the vegetable forcing houses, 

 having approximately 17,000 square feet of glass together with a large 

 inimber of frames and hotbeds. Two of the houses are devoted mostly 

 to palms, two to economics, two to orchids, one to ferns and cycads, one 



