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WATER EFFECT AND SHORE PLANTING IN THE PALM ENGARTEN, FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN. 
Shore Plantations In German ParKs. 
By Richard Rothe. 
Among the chief beauties of the parks are the shore 
plantations of pond, lake and river. In this instance I 
shall not consider the swamp and bog-plants, nor the 
magnificent, but more transient display of the lily-pond, 
but the permanent growth of trees and shrubs along the 
shore line. 
Within our latitudes Nature, when unrestricted, 
brings her tree growth down to the water’s edge, as 
near as flood or running course will permit. The con- 
tours of shore planting give the lake-scenery its char- 
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acter and stand out in relief against the sky. The nat- 
ural brook, or creek, is a priceless gift. We should 
consider not only the guidance of its course, the possi- 
ble extension to pond and lake formation but the ar- 
rangement of shore plantations as well. 
Park and Cemetery has pictured a number of beau- 
tiful water efifects from American parks and these ex- 
amples of artistic German efifects may have some sug- 
gestive features. In general principles, the German 
ideas dififer very little from the American and they have 
WATER VIEW IN CITY PARK AT BREMEN. 
