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freely moving vertebrates, would be more naturally dis- 
posed in the mode common in foreign gardens. 
3. Long Crouch Woods, then, would be par excellence 
a New England exhibit ; and such a display would naturally 
lose much of its interest in the winter time. If, however, 
we could combine with this a Winter Garden situated in 
Sargent’s Field, adjoining, cost alone would prevent it from 
becoming so attractive as to make it a constant place of re- 
sort at all times, and particularly during the colder months 
of the year. Here, in a large but simple structure of glass 
and iron, handsome rather in its proportions than through 
decorative attachments, warmed so as to have a very con- 
stant but not too high temperature throughout the winter, 
one would walk upon the unfrozen ground in a garden where 
varied and luxuriant vegetable forms would enable him to 
imagine himself in the midst of the tropics. The loftier 
vegetation, like the bamboos and certain palms, could be 
grouped in a higher central portion; while miniature ponds 
and fountains, reached by winding walks, would everywhere 
afford special nooks for aquatic or spray -loving plants. We 
could enliven this still further with a very few of the more 
brilliant-plumaged birds and songsters in aviaries, aquatic 
birds on the ponds, and with here and there an enclo- 
sure containing some small creature, specially pleasing by 
its form or attractive by its habits, — a gazelle, a jerboa, 
perhaps a spider monkey ; a chameleon, a Surinam toad,' 
or a garter snake. The possibilities of such a scheme are 
fascinating; and the structure should be so arranged and 
situated that extensive additions could be made to it, and 
that it could be approached directly by conveyance to the 
door. An ordinary greenhouse would, of course, be ne- 
cessary as an adjunct of the Winter Garden for forcing 
plants for ornamental purposes. 
4. An Insectary should be built; and both for econo- 
