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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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In srite of the height and breadth 

 of the roof span, so skilfully and 

 attractively was the frame work 

 worked out, that the structural parts 

 became ornamentaL This, to our 

 notion, is architecture at its best. 



All photographs and draw- ' ■ * 1^ 1% yT * 



ings loaned by Pierson U-Bar 1 llG iVllSSOUr. 



Co.. New York. 



The Lengthened W 



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WITIIJX the environ.s of Paris, is the wonderful 

 cemetery of Pere Lachaise. Here lie many 

 characters famed in history and art. 

 Of all the graves and tombs visited by countless 

 thousands each year, none is frequented quite so much 

 as that of Abelard and Heloise. the \vt)rld's famous 

 lovers. Separated in life but united here in death ; they 

 stand for the love there is 

 in Hunianitv. 



In the Alissouri Botanical 

 Gardens at St. Louis, is a 

 choice grove of trees, in the 

 midst of which is a beauti- 

 ful classic structure of 

 stone. 



The main entrance, facing 

 Floral Avenue. Across the 

 formal gardens, directly op- 

 posite, is the Horticultural 

 Building. 



This fU- 

 definitfiflf- 

 Palm ^« 

 111 fe'6 

 HnusesA - 

 wide I '98 

 Right «1- 

 each ; ff 

 feet Ic. 



