ful consideration and discussion, its major portion has 

 been approved, in principle, as a guide for future devel- 

 opment. It points out that the area occupied by the 

 Garden, with its unusual natural features, some of 

 which have been sadly mistreated or neglected in the 

 past, can be made an area of superior beauty, superior 

 interest to visitors and inspiring to lovers of flowers and 

 gardens and all the amenities which living plants have to 

 offer to the life of man. The automobile is one of the 

 enemies of beautiful territories and — what was not fore- 

 seen when its present road-system was planned — the 

 Garden has now become one of the great highways of 

 motor-car through-traffic. Making the Garden merely a 

 convenience in enabling the motorist to arrive at his 

 destination is wholly contrary to its spirit and meaning, 

 and through-traffic should be either excluded from it al- 

 together or relegated to its extreme borders. Interior 

 roads are necessary for the convenience of visitors, but 

 certain of the existing interior roads may well be elim- 

 inated and the ground now occupied by them be restored 

 to its original natural beauty. Some modifications and 

 extensions in the system of paths should be made for the 

 purpose of distributing the many visitors who come to 

 see the Garden on foot and leading them on from one 

 feature to another. By skilful planning and planting, 

 the western portion of the area, lying near the entrances 

 through which come most of its visitors but now one of 

 its least attractive parts, should offer welcoming and 

 enticing features. More might be made of the oppor- 

 tunities offered by the Water Gardens northeast of the 

 Museum building. The great collection of shrubs near 

 the northern end should be partly rearranged with a 

 view to better esthetic effects without diminishing their 

 scientific value. The Horticultural Garden in the south- 

 western section should be extended and intensified by 



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