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tinctly the bark, flower, leaf and tiny buds. In even 

 so small a garden the flowers blooming in each month 

 could be collected in groups. Of course the spring 

 flowers of the home region and the characteristic plants 

 of the plain must find careful nurture, even in the very 

 smallest school garden. A happy collection of the most 

 characteristic home plants can form a little jewel box 

 of a garden! So in an alpine region, the most charm- 

 ing alpine plants placed together in an artistic rock- 

 work in natural groups, make a true feast for the eye of 

 old and young. A tasteful collection of living mosses 

 for autumn is a never to be forgotten delight to behold. 

 When the garden attains the size of 200 square metres, 

 the woody growths may be collected together in family 

 pictures. If there is more room still, the plan accom- 

 panying this pamphlet can be used essentially for the 

 laying out of a city school garden. This plan has al- 

 ready been used for a most interesting garden that has 

 been arranged by Mr. C. Kunze, in Chemnitz, Saxony. 

 It is 11,000 metres in size; the ground stock cost 

 19,000 thalers ; the whole garden 36,000. This crea- 

 tion is for the gymnasium and object school, but it 

 serves at the same time as a botanical garden for the 

 public. The gentleman who planned this garden is 

 such a lover of his kind, that he contemplates making 

 still another. 



A GARDEN IN SAXONY. 



In this garden are to be seen statues, a large rockery 

 for the alpine plants, a pond which furnishes the pupils 

 with marsh and water plants, a building which serves as 

 a lecture hall, from whose platform the whole garden 



