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CHAPTER X. 



PUBLIC PAEKS A]S"D GAEDE]S"S. 



Sect. I. The PubHc Park.— Site of tlie Public Park.— Laying-out 



of Public Parks. — ^Educational Listitutions. 

 Sect. II. Street Gardens. 

 Sect. III. Botanic Gardens. — Special Purposes of Botanic 



Gardens. — Botanical Museum. — Laying-out of tlie Botanic 



Gardens. 

 Sect. IY. Gardens belonging to Horticultural and Zoological 



Societies. — Gardens of Horticultural Societies. — Laying-out of 



Horticultural Gardens. — Horticultural Museum. — Zoological 



Gardens. 



Sect. I. The Public Park. 



Public parks are large enclosed pieces of ground in the 

 \dcinity of cities or to-vms, partly covered with trees and 

 shrubs, partly consisting of pastui-es, laTrQs_, and pleasure- 

 groimds, with their usual decorations, and provided with 

 other means and appliances for the recreation and amuse- 

 ment of the inhabitants. We adopt the common title, 

 Public Park, though some recent examples seem to 

 partake as much of the character of the pleasure-ground 

 as of the park. Their utility and importance in social 

 and sanitary points of view are only beginning to be 



