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plants, including a very large collection of Begonias, some South Americs 
kinds qI f osi high and v/ell loaded with flowers. In a special part of 
the garden is a large collection of Day-lilies, which are being hybridized 
and interesting nev; forms produced. 
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A most striking feature of the outskirts of New York the new 
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parkv;ays, arterial roads for fast non-stop private motor traffic, with 
wide verges so planted with trees and shrubs that one appears to be driv- 
ing through extensive park land. Grass verges are of varying width, 
backed in most cases fey groups of shrubs, and behind them trees, many of 
the latter being the remains of former planting or woodland. The road 
itself is not often quite straight; even a gentle curve adds to the effect 
of informality. The bridges at cross roads are each carefully designed^ 
to fit with their surroundings, and most are faced with local stone. The 
total result is motoring efficiency combined with natural beauty to a 
degree hardly believable. 
Washington is famed as a city planned to display its noble public 
buildings and memorials, and the view down the ### immense vista from the 
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Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial is^impressive. There are some beautiful 
and unusual trees on the slopes of the Capitol hill; and the various 
avenues and rows of trees set off the vista magnificently. 
At Chicago I w'as impressed with the miles of well -planned parks along 
the shore of Lake Michigan, largely on land reclaimed from the lake, and 
wide enough to be in proportion to the vast buildings of the city. The 
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parks consist almost entirely of grass and trees or shrubs; there seemed 
little planting of flov;er beds. Perhaps I was unfortunate, but I did not 
see anywhere in America displays of flowers comparable to those in our 
English public parks; nor, except in Berkeley, private gardens as well 
kept and full of flowers as one commonly sees in England. 
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona is stupendous, but 
its unique character has nothing to do with plants or gardens, so we need 
not dwell upon it here. The dry country bordering the southern rim of the 
