GARDEN DESIGN 239 



division of the utilitarian garden. They are used 

 for three purposes, food-stuffs, medicinal plants, 

 and cut flowers. Under the food heading will be 

 included orchards, shrubs, small fruits, and vege- 

 tables. 



The kitchen garden is a good type of utilitarian 

 garden which is often attractive in appearance, 

 for in it vegetables and flowers for cutting are 

 often grown together to advantage, thus produc- 

 ing almost the effect of a pleasure garden. In- 

 deed, for a small suburban residence this is per- 

 haps the most generally successful type. Where 

 medicinal herbs and cut flowers are grown exclu- 

 sively it is merely a question of getting the great- 

 est value out of the soil, though nowadays medici- 

 nal gardens are virtually obsolete. 



The museum garden is divisible by use into two 

 branches, the educational and the botanic: Of 

 these the first has far greater esthetic possibilities, 

 as the plants may be displayed with greater free- 

 dom in regard to appearances where their position 

 is not necessarily determined by their botanical 

 classes. 



In a botanical garden, where it is desired to dis- 

 play all possible varieties of a species, many ex- 

 amples are often present which are difficult to 



