March 17, 1004. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



813 



CarDHliOD. John E. Haiuee, 



C'aination Star of Bfclliit lieiu 



Two Seedlings Raised by John E. Haines, of Bethlehem, Pa. 



THE MAUFF FERN. 



The illustration on page 811 shows 

 the new form of nephrolepis originating 

 \ntli A. E. JIauflf, Denver. Colo. This, 

 like other forms now before the trade, is 

 a sport from Bostoniensis, It was 

 shown at the S. A, F. convention at 

 Milwauliee last August and was highly 

 commended by the judges of the plant 

 display, who were A, Ferguson, Detroit ; 

 Henry Young, St, Louis ; W, L. Palin- 

 slsy, Chicago ; Harry Papworth, Xew 

 Orleans, and Otto Spiedel. Oconomowoe. 

 The plant shown is in a 6-inch pot and 

 shows the character of the variety. When 

 grown witn plenty of room each frond 

 has a graceful curve and twist, while the 

 pinnse are fluted on each edge. The 

 fronds are as soft in texture as in the 

 Boston but are twice as broad as in that 

 variety, Mr. Mauff has worked up a 

 stock of sevei'al thousand plants, but has 

 not yet named his variety. 



WORLD'S FAIR LANDSCAPING. 



[Read before the St. U.uis Florists' CIu!). 



March 3. b.v J. H. Hadkinsou, Superintendent 



of Florieultiu-e. Louisiana Purchase Exposi- 

 tion.] 



Landscape gardening, what is it ? I 

 will try to answer this question. To 

 some it implies a mansion or palace on a 

 corner lot, or surrounded with a few feet 

 of lawn, probably a terrace with a line 

 of balloon-trimmed trees along the curb 

 and another band of grass. To others it 

 means a stretch of lawn with geometrical 

 curves, angles, beds, etc., with statuary, 

 fountains and trimmed trees as adjuncts, 

 and to another class it is nature as near 

 as can be, with a little of the art of man 

 added, which very seldom improves it. 

 This latter shows the hand of civiliza- 

 tion in its progress, if so we may call it. 

 How often in this style of gardening do 

 we find trees and shrubs planted as if 

 the planter was afraid of his first at- 

 tempt and tried to hide by planting 

 others in close proximity, Wby not show 

 the characteristic growth of the plants 



or shrubs? Is it because the planter is 

 sup]dying the stock and needs to place a 

 large bill before his client? Better 

 plant to give a future effect. 



There are other questions I might ask. 

 Does a person plan a large dwelling or 

 building without consulting an architect 

 of repute? Why does this stop here? Is 

 it because the owner can get his work 

 done by men whose interests are of a 

 financial nature and end here, never tak- 

 ing into consideration the future gi'owth 

 of these trees and shrubs? TMiy not em- 

 ploy a person whcse previous training lias 

 been in tliis line and who can bring out, 

 by planting, the prominent architectural 

 features of the building and also block 

 out by planting all uusiglitly objects in 

 the distance and even close by, giving the 

 desired etfects and taking in by vistas, 

 etc., the surrounding beauty spots? Why 

 are homes crowded dose together on 

 small lots? Is it because this country 

 is small? No, I say, but why is it? 

 If I could allot this, I woidd give every 

 person at least half an acre, so their 

 families might enjoy freedom and fresh 

 air. 



However, I am leaving the part I 

 wished to speak of off, naturalistic gar- 

 dening. I can cheerfully quote the say- 

 ing of Eichard Bothe, "that the ulti- 

 mate American will become heir to all 

 tile good qualities of his ancestors," 

 therefore, as the boundless natural re- 

 sources of our country continue to guar- 

 antee prosperity there is hope that the 

 present century will yet witness the 

 dawn of a new era of triumph for Amer- 

 ican science and art. As for the art 

 of ornamental gardening, let us rejoice in 

 our progress, but let us also realize that 

 much more is to be learned in the nat- 

 uralistic than in the formal line of work, 



I cannot close my paper without a 

 few remarks on the progress of the land- 

 scape gardening at the World's Fair, 

 St, Louis, where many styles of this 

 work will be found. The English, French, 

 German, .Tapanese and even the depart- 

 ment of landscape gardening and the de- 



partment of horticultural, have their dif- 

 ferent styles, where visitors may choose 

 or criticize as they deem best. 



The landscape department has achieved 

 quite a success in the work around the 

 cascades, which ought not to pass with- 

 out a word of recognition. The sunken 

 gardens between the Mines and Metal- 

 lurgy and Liberal Art buildings, also the 

 garclens between Transportation and Ma- 

 chinery, come in for a share of praise. 

 The sites of the Agriculture atid Horti- 

 culture buildings are surrounded by a 

 tract of land given up to the department 

 of horticulture to plant with exhibits of 

 shrubs, trees, plants and grass seed, and 

 which was plotted by this department 

 and is now mostly planted, except the 

 exhibits, which are to come in seasonable 

 weather a little later. The whole tract 

 comprises seventy-three acres, the build- 

 ings covering twenty-six acres, leaving 

 forty-seven acres to be divided among 

 exhibitors and their exhibits placed in as 

 pleasing a manner as possible to give a 

 good appearance when finished. 



During the latter part of April, 1903, 

 work was commenced by this department 

 on this tract, which was then clay hills 

 and banks, to subdue it and get it In 

 proper shape for planting exhibits. This 

 was up-hill work, as engineers, contract- 

 ors, graders and others were working 

 and endeavoring to get ahead with their 

 work and ahead of each other, so each 

 could make a showing, and the results of 

 this at the present time is that everything 

 is in fine condition for the finishing 

 touches in the spring. 



Twenty thousand roses were planted 

 by this department, which made as fine 

 growth as six feet, Paul Neyron plant- 

 ed May 13 made four feet three inches. 

 Shrubbery was planted as late as June 12 

 and all has made a remarkable growth. 

 The first bed of roses, a circle of fifty 

 feet diameter, was planted when steam 

 graders were working all around, and the 

 next bed was planted a quarter of a mile 

 away. By this you will understand what 

 difficulties had to be bridged over when 



