Elvery text is constructed as a mosaic of quotations, every text is absorption and transformation of another text."8 Despite the ability of stories to carefully position their meanings in relation to a context, stories are necessarily related to aspects outside their control.The devices used in a story to bring closure-metaphor, metonymy, etc.-also have the potential to open other associations, references and codes beyond the intentions of the author. Metap hors have "entailments" or extra connotations that come inadvertently with theirusage. In addition, multiple authorship of landscape narratives increases the pluralityand complexity of meaning. The Crosby Arboretum is shaped by the collective work of thedesigner, consultants, a board of directors (both local and national, and from different professions), the Crosby family, marketing, and an implied public audience.