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sunflowers, asters, etc. This planting was done 

 late in the spring of 1912 and will not show to 

 good advantage until next year. Another inter- 

 esting bit of planting is the iris and lily groups 

 mi either side <>t' the west approach of Baird 

 Court where American, Asiatic and European 

 irises, which have so aptly been named the poor 

 man's orchids, maintain a succession of blooms 

 until July, later taken up by the lilies. 



Of the informal or natural planting the best 

 example is found in the woodland walks of 

 Beaver Valley from the Buffalo Entrance to 

 Baird Court. Here also we have worked with a 

 definite aim in view, to restore an originally 

 beautiful forest that had been trampled and 

 picked bare of almost every native wild flower 

 and fern into the best conditions that protection 

 and care would have shown. Thousands of 



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NORTHERN END OF BRAVER VALLEY 

 Rhododendrons cover the banks and various species of water lilies till the pool 



