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although not as comprehensive as those connected 

 with great arboretums, will nevertheless be seen by 

 many persons who have not time to travel far from 

 their own homes and will lead to that ideal enjoy- 

 ment in life that accompanies an acquaintance with 

 the beauties of nature. 



BOTANIC GARDENS 



Supplementing the arboretums, there should be 

 botanic gardens. Such gardens exist in many places. 

 The Kew Gardens at London, the Jardin des Plantes 

 at Paris, and the New York Botanic Garden in the 

 Bronx may be mentioned as examples. There are 

 many smaller gardens and these should be even more 

 numerous than the smaller arboretums that have 

 been mentioned. Many schemes might be followed 

 in designing a botanic garden. It might be arranged 

 to show the native flora, each plant being seen in 

 its favorite situation as to soil, shade, and moisture 

 and accompanied by its usual neighbors. It might 

 be planted to represent all hardy herbaceous plants, 

 those that are introduced as well as indigenous. It 

 might be arranged with regard to classification, all 

 the leguminous plants being in one locality, all with 

 composite flowers in another, and so on. There 



