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PLATE No. 369 

 NEW PLAN FOR THE BOTANIC GARDEN OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY 



(Landscape Architecture, Vol. XIV, No. 3, April 1924, pages 180-185 inclusive.) 



"In this reconstruction, the old plan of the grounds will be little modi- 

 fied. The existing fine old trees and shrub groups will serve as a background 

 for the herb plantings, or offer shade to those species requiring it. The 

 first labors have been directed to the central beds (see numbered beds on 

 plan) for a thorough preparation of the naturally heavy clay soil, and a 

 resetting of the herbs in the order of Engler & Prantl. While this scientific 

 order is of the first importance, the planting in each bed will be staged for 

 artistic effect. The numbers in the key show the sequence of families in 

 the beds. The annuals will be in the two central beds about the water lily 

 pool, following the same order, but reducing upkeep by putting annuals 

 and perennials separate. Hardy orchids and ferns are in the shade of the 

 group of large trees, the lily family in wild garden arrangement under tall 

 trees, and the iris in a long border for convenience of study. In all groups 

 the staging is more pleasing than the plan would indicate. In all cases the 

 plants most similar are planted close together, so far as soil conditions will 

 allow. The greenhouses, as indicated, are in ten sections, giving conditions 

 from tropical to cool and unheated. There is ample supply of frames to 

 carry seedlings and half hardy plants over winter. 



Besides this general plan, there is made a detailed plan of each bed 

 showing the position of every plant, making the plant identification not 

 wholly dependent on the labels. Each plant species, as existing on the 



