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Book: The Principles of Landscape Gardening
Chapter: Chapter 4: Private and Public Landscape Gardens

The form of a botanic garden

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1600. The form of a botanic garden is a matter of very little consequence: where the extent is small, a square or parallelogram may undoubtedly be made to contain most plants; but where it exceeds four or five acres, any form will answer; and, indeed, if there is a sufficient quantity of ground, the more irregular the form, so much the more variety will there be in the circumferential walks of the garden.