interpretation of john bartram's garden by - University of Delaware ...

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visitor. The plants, as primary interpretive materials of
the garden, should be clearly identified with labels giving
both their scientific and common names. For trees, the en-
graved laminated plastic labels supplied by the Fairmount
Park Commission are recommended. These labels are incon-
spicuous, though easily read even when placed high on the
trunks of trees out of the reach of potential vandals. For
shrubs and very small trees, small metal embossed labels,
available from the Morris Arboretum, are recommended. These
are relatively inexpensive and can easily be replaced if
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Because of their high cost and vulnerability to
vandals, story labels should be given low priority. Though
these are an effective means of interpretation, resources
can be better utilized by publishing a self-guided tour
pamphlet which would be available to the visitor from the
house guard at low cost. Plants and various points of inter-
est throughout the garden could then be code-numbered with
small plastic engraved labels which would correspond with
numbers on the map and guide. In the guide each plant
species or point of interest would be described in a con-
cise, interesting, and informative manner. Priority should
be given to the interpretation of those species which best
fulfill the selection criteria previously listed, and the
interpretation should stress those points which caused the
species to be included in Bartram's Garden. In the future