Zoological Society bulletin . Bamboos and banana plants, cannasand great palms were affording nesting sitesand shelters for the herons and ibises. Cormo-rants and pelicans were harmlessly diving andsporting among water-lilies that matched thegorgeous hues of the mandarin ducks. Thegreat Victoria regia spread its immense leavesfor the support of the dainty gallinules andegrets. So far so good. Everything was providedand planted to produce this picture; the birdswere awaited and peace reigned supreme. The great day came. The birds were turnedloose, and—but let me draw a veil over therecord of th
Zoological Society bulletin . Bamboos and banana plants, cannasand great palms were affording nesting sitesand shelters for the herons and ibises. Cormo-rants and pelicans were harmlessly diving andsporting among water-lilies that matched thegorgeous hues of the mandarin ducks. Thegreat Victoria regia spread its immense leavesfor the support of the dainty gallinules andegrets. So far so good. Everything was providedand planted to produce this picture; the birdswere awaited and peace reigned supreme. The great day came. The birds were turnedloose, and—but let me draw a veil over therecord of the next agonizing day and the credit of the winged destructors I willadd that we did recover, perfectly uninjuredand as good as new, several palm tubs andflower pots. So much for what might have been. In planning the planting of the New YorkZoological Park, the Executive Committee andits advisors early adopted a definite policy, andhas adhered to it as strictly as possible through- 902 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY WESTERN APPROACH TO BAIRD COURTRhododendrons and German iris out the progress of the work. This policy was topreserve as nearly as possible the wild characterof the park, to establish an adequate boundaryshelter, to provide sufficient shade in all coralsand alone; all walks, and to confine all formalplanting to the immediate vicinity of the largebuildings and to Baird Court. The general re-sult appears to have given general of the planting in the Zoological Parkmay, like omnia Gallia of old. be divided intothree parts, according to its primary use,namely: shelter or protective planting, shadeplanting and ornamental planting. On the southand west the Zoological Park is hounded bystreets that are or ultimately will be occupiedsolidly by large apartment houses, which if notshut out will obtrude most unpleasantly into allthe views from within, as do even now, by reasonof their higher ground, certain existing build-ings that in some instances ar
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