The prairie spirit in landscape gardening; what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty . 31. The Original Woodland BorderNot like the stark southern pine forests where there is no undergrowth tosoften the abrupt descent from tall trees to flat meadow. The transition fromforest to prairie made by haws and crabs should be the motive of our hardy borders. 33. The Primitive Glade in a Middle-Western ForestHalf-close the eyes, and the hard brick walk becomes the winding trail thatleads to woodland mysteries, hin
The prairie spirit in landscape gardening; what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty . 31. The Original Woodland BorderNot like the stark southern pine forests where there is no undergrowth tosoften the abrupt descent from tall trees to flat meadow. The transition fromforest to prairie made by haws and crabs should be the motive of our hardy borders. 33. The Primitive Glade in a Middle-Western ForestHalf-close the eyes, and the hard brick walk becomes the winding trail thatleads to woodland mysteries, hinting of primeval campfires, council rocks, andplayers greens. Forest and prairie subtly connected by stratified 33. The Beginning of a Prairie BogHere are water hyacinth, cardamon, umbrella plant, and the palm-like cur-culigo. In modern bogs grow orchids, pitcher plants, and Jrijige^ gentian Shallwe save no moist spot near each community where futurcTsnreniiknsaBatr eyithe unique flowers of bog gardens? t^iyili^v^v^ KJ^ 34. The Margin of some Ancient Lake Illinois When tropical plants arched over the bank, as do these tree ferns, carda-mon, and Njighiolepis. Let us put this grace into hardy water gardens bytjus stolonifera, Typha angustifolia, and Calamagrostis of the lO THE PRAIRIE SPIRIT IN LANDSCAPE GARDENING
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