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more or less park-like general treatment, and 

 they then combine with the condensed 

 nursery or school garden a considerable 

 area of woodland, shrubbery and flanking 

 or interspersed herbaceous planting, giv- 

 ing a natural effect far more pleasing in 

 some ways than can be had from condensed 

 beds. Very frequently, too, strictly decor- 

 ative bedding is resorted to in some part 

 of the grounds, as a means of displaying 

 florists' plants as such, or of carrying 

 out architectural ideas connected with 



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the plant-houses and other buildings (see 

 Fig. 10), or of appealing to popular expec- 

 tation of pleasing effects in form and color 

 design. Our experience in the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden has led as far as possible 

 to the separation of these various kinds of 

 gardening — all of which have proved 

 necessary. The park effect, with tree 

 and shrubbery flanked by herbaceous plant- 

 ing, is sought in limiting masses, and has 

 been secured in a twenty-acre section de- 

 voted to a representation of the North 



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American flora. See Fig. n. Better than 

 anything else it gives the restful effect of 

 nature and avoids an inevitable result of 

 bedding in any of its forms, bare ground in 

 winter; though even here it is far from 

 perfect, and when native plants are used 

 exclusively, it is found hard to secure a 

 satisfactory persistence of color through 

 the season under our conditions of soil and 

 climate. 



Space is found for a very limited area 

 given over to bedding proper — chiefly 



9. A portion of the grass garden, showing small rectangular, raised beds, the 

 most economical and satisfactory way of cultivating small numbers of a great 

 variety of plants. especiaUy if they are unsightly, and can be screened from 

 general observation. It is easy to keep each brd free from weeds 



10. A formal garden of straight lines seems necessary here in order to har- 

 monize with Mr. Shaw's old plant houses. The central building is the sort of 

 thing that was used in the Victorian era to shelter bay trees, hollies, and 

 other nearly hardy plants that require little light and heat 



11. The park-like portion of Mr. Shaw's garden, where trees and shrubs are 

 arranged according to botanical relationship, but always with an eye to land- 

 scape beauty. Nine times out of ten what a beginner really ought to have is 

 shrubbery, instead of bedding 



12. Illustrating the value of seclusion. The people would not enjoy these 

 flower beds half as much if they were visible from the street. That belt of trees 

 is an invaluable enclosure. You rest your eyes by looking at the greenery, and 

 when you look at the flowers again they are bright r by contrast 



13. The sunken garden, which was Mr. Shaw's delight, and the pavilion, a 

 curious survival of Victorian taste. The foreground illustrates the one-kind- 

 ln-a-bed treatment. In the background is a general view of the hedged-in 

 beds, shown larger in the next picture. 



14. This is one of the largest collections of hedges in the world. The hedg- 

 ing is part of the geometrical plan of the garden. The flowers are arranged 

 by families for educational purposes, but look exceptionally well because every 

 bed has a green background 



