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CHAPTER X. 



PUBLIC PAEKS AliJ) GAEDE]S"S. 



Sect. I. The Public Park. — Site of tlie Public Park. — Laying-out 



of Public Parks. — Educational Institutions. 

 Sect. II. Street Grardens. 



Sect. III. Botanic Gardens. — Special Pxu'poses of Botanic 

 Gardens. — Botanical Museum. — Laying-out of the Botanic 

 Gardens. 



Sect. IV. Gardens belonging to Horticultural and Zoological 

 Societies. — Gardens of Horticultural Societies. — ^Laying-out of 

 Horticultural Gardens. — Horticultural Museixm. — Zoological 

 Gardens. 



Sect. I. The Public Park. 



Public parks are large enclosed pieces of ground in the 

 vicinity of cities or towns^ partly covered with trees and 

 shrubs, partly consisting of pastures, lawns, and pleasure- 

 grounds, with their usual decorations, and provided with 

 other means and appliances for the recreation and amuse- 

 ment of the inhabitants. We adopt the common title, 

 Public Park, though some recent examples seem to 

 partake as much of the character of the pleasure-ground 

 as of the park. Their utility and importance in social 

 and sanitary points of view are only beginning to be 



