AUGLAIZE GARDENS 
VAN WERT, OHIO 
sons for the selection of this particu¬ 
lar place was the quality of its soil. 
Little had to be done in the way of 
fertilization. Additional drainage was 
required. 
The Lincoln Highway runs east 
and west and the farm lies to the north 
of the highway. There were cultivated 
fields next to the road and to the north 
of them a woods of native forest trees. 
We made a macadam drive back to 
the woods and under the trees built 
an office building with walls of creamy 
stucco and a roof of colored slate. An 
artificial stream was made through the 
woods to add beauty and more par¬ 
ticularly to carry off surplus rain in 
spring and fall. 
Transplanting of stock from the 
original garden was started in the fall 
and was not completed until three 
years. 
During succeeding years many 
changes and additions have been made. 
A barberry hedge grows around the 
outer edge of two sides of the garden. 
Wide paths between the field plantings 
were sodded. A gate house was built 
at the entrance. A rear wing of this 
building houses the power pumps 
which take water from wells for the 
Skinner irrigating system. 
Two years ago a wing for a dis- 
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