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by various kindred institutions throughout the country. 

 Of course, in all these cases the accommodation for 

 the animals has been the main object, and the garden 

 only an accessory appendage; but neatness and clean- 

 liness are the qualities which we niost desire to find in 

 menageries, and M'ith these the trimness of gardens 

 sufficiently accords. Let the necessary buildings be 

 tastefully and conveniently arranged, and we can not 

 conceive a more appropriate filling up of the jjicture 

 than that supplied by lawns, flowers, shrubs, and trees. 

 For holiday folks, who probably form a majority of 

 those who frequent zoological gardens, the promenade 

 afforded by the neat gravel walks and well-shaven 

 lawns is an agreeable addition to the other pleasures 

 of the visit. Certain it is, at least, that these gardens 

 have been among the most popular places of amuse- 

 ment that have lately come into vogue 



It will be apparent to slight consideration that the 

 proper style for a zoological garden is a medium between 

 a pleasure-ground and a flower-garden ; it may partake 

 of the characters of both in difierent places, or rather 

 it may be described generally' as a highly ornamented 

 pleasure-ground. It hardly belongs to us to say any 

 thing about the arrangement of the buildings for the 

 use of the animals, except that they may be easily 

 combined so as to form picturesque groups. Of course, 

 certain roads must be formed from the exterior of the 

 garden and between the several buildings, so as to 

 facilitate carriage and transit. Plantations and shrub- 

 beries should mask these roads and vail other deformi- 

 ties. Pieces of artificial water may be constructed 

 both for ornament and for the use of aquatic fowls. 



