Walking beyond the office building, passing the battery of 

 coldframes, where young perennials are cared for, we come to 

 the flight of steps pictured above. 



As an example of tasteful planting, these steps deserve 

 special study. They are so skilfully constructed of flat 

 native rock and so carefully planted that they seem a part 

 of the original landscape. This kind of stonework immeasur- 

 ably excels in picturesque beauty the ordinary type of 

 masonry with tight mortar joints utterly unfitted for planting. 

 A skilled mason experienced in laying up stone without 

 mortar is a part of our organization. The sides and ends of the 

 steps are flanked with the spreading Waukegan Juniper 

 (Juniperus horizontalis Douglasi), Juniperus squamata, Dwarf 

 Mountain Pine, with the keen spikes of Yucca filamentosa for 



accent points. Closer to the ground, 

 and nestling in nooks and crannies of 

 the stones, are several kinds of 

 Euonymus, while numerous dainty 

 rock plants, such as native Cacti, 

 Rock Cress, and Stonecrop, mantle 

 the ground, and Columbines flutter 

 over them like flocks of dancing 

 butterflies. 



