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Copyright, 1898, by 

 FL.ORISTS' PLIBL.ISMING CO.. 520-333 Caxton Building. CHICAGO. 



Vol. n. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, AUGUST 4, 1898. 



No. 36. 



WASHINGTON PARK, CHICAGO. 



We present in this issue a number 

 of exterior and interior views of the 

 new conservatory at Washington Park, 

 Chicago. This noble building is 420 

 feet long. The square central dome 

 is SSx59 and 4.'5 feet high, the end 

 domes each G3x52 and 32 feet high and 



especially noticeable being of Pteris 

 cretica albo-lineata and Anthericum 

 vittatum. 



At present fancy caladiums, gloxi- 

 nias and blocks of brilliantly colored 

 crotons are making a fine display in 

 one of the curtains, and among bego- 

 nias and other plants rise many hand- 

 some flowers of Agapanthus umbella- 



now massed in front of the conserva- 

 tory and is seen in the picture. In the 

 immense arabesques seen on the lawn 

 are combined santolina. achyranthes 

 metallica and Lindenii, Centaurea 

 gymnocarpa. and Coleuses Her Majes- 

 ty, Acme, Firebrand, Admiral, Golden 

 Bedder, Black Bird and Verschaffelti. 

 At the edge of the walk are beds of 



The New Conservatory at Washington Park, Chicago. 



the connecting curtains each 39x114 

 and 25 feet high. 



The interior views show to advan- 

 tage the splendid collection of decora- 

 tive plants, most of which are planted 

 out in rather rough sandy soil. Bare 

 spots are covered with a free growth 

 of lycopodium and there are occasional 

 borders of various plants, two that are 



tus. Rex begonias are exceedingly well 

 done here and a large number massed 

 together make a beautiful show. Cas- 

 sia corymbosa is now in bloom and its 

 yellow flowers show to excellent effect 

 at the end of one of the curtains. The 

 festoons of vines seen in one of the 

 views are Cobaea scandens. 



geraniums bordered with Tom Thumb 

 alyssum. At the front along the drive 

 are some very effective oval beds of 

 solid lobelia and Begonia Vernon. The 

 carpet beds on the slope of the terrace 

 are of echeverias and alternantheras. 

 The bed of geraniums on the terrace, 

 better shown in the smaller picture, is 



The main bedding at this park is 400 feet long and six feet wide, and is 



