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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



on the rim of the Grand Canon in Arizona, and so linked with 

 the memory of a certain noteworthy outing, and interesting in 

 a more general way because the plant's shredded bark has been 

 used from time immemorial by Navajo Indian mothers for 

 padding the cradles of their babies. In a sunny corner there 

 flourishes a plant of the classic acanthus, whose leaf thousands 

 of years ago suggested the design of the Corinthian capital; 

 there is the rosemary of Shakespeare, the proverbial herb of 

 remembrance; and there is true myrtle, sacred to love since 

 history began, and still twined into wreaths to crown the heads 

 of Bavarian brides. The Franciscan ^Missions, California's 

 most famous antiquities, are represented in this quiet garden of 

 memories, by a white oleander raised from a slip obtained in 

 the old padres' garden of San Juan Capistrano, and a tamarisk 

 from the less frequented Mission of San Antonio de Padua. 



There are many more that might be noted, but this much 

 will perhaps serve to illustrate the plan. It will be observed 

 that regard has been had to beauty as well as to historic import 

 or personal association. From time to time additions are made 

 tO' this notable fellowship, and as thinning- out becomes needful 

 — for the plot is only about 85x100 feet, and the temptation to 

 set young plants too close together is the universal failing of 

 amateur gardeners — the elimination is of the more con- 

 ventional. 



