THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



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which support the upper plateau, are eight feet high and extend 

 384 feet along the front of the building, 112 feet from it, and 

 384 feet along the east side. The smaller terraces, which sup- 

 port the lower plateau, extend 448 feet to the Kiswaukee River, 

 and are 160 feet wide. At the southeast corner a large octogon 

 harmonizes with the octogonal battlements of the building, and 

 hides the incongruity made manifest by the convergence of two 

 driveways approaching the building at right angles. 



A glimpse of the formal planting. 



Both the tipper and lower plateaus are utilized for formal 

 and natural styles of gardening combined, but no abrupt or 

 startling transition from one to the other style is discernable. 

 In front of the main building shrub beds are laid out in the 

 form of a panel garden and the selection of plants is such that 

 a pleasing effect is secured for Commencement in June. Each 

 bed is forty feet long. It may be of interest to note the choice 

 of varieties. Chief among these is Rosa rugosa which is seldom 

 out of flower, and never without beauty. Rosa nmltiflora 

 furnishes myriads of bloom, and is followed immediately by 



