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HORTICULTURE 



September 19, 1908 



those sections but our present purpose is to give just 

 a few notes cm the mosl salient forces of the permanent 

 or outdoor display-. 



Having made numerous visits during the summer for 

 the purpose of keeping one of our French contempora- 

 ries fully posted up hi vvhal lias been done, these notes 

 must be taken to include much thai we have seen at 

 different periods during the summer and not the general 

 aspect of the gardens at any one time. Otherwise we 

 should probablj miss exhibits thai were past their best 

 or else uol yet in Bow er. 



<>n entering the Exhibition we pass through the 

 of Honor with it- handsome cascade which some- 

 what reminds us of the one we saw in the Champ de 

 Mars ai the great Paris International Exposition of 

 1900. Just behind, in a large open space formed by 

 the Palace of French Applied Arts, the Palace of Brit- 

 ish Applied Arts, the Palace of Women's Work and 

 the Palace of Music is arranged what are known as the 

 Court Gardens. Apart from the general aspect of tree 

 planting, band stand and auditorium, these gardens con- 

 sist mainly of an immense display by J. Carter & Sons 

 arranged on a series of grass lawns of various shapes, 

 and two large exhibits by Sutton & Sons to the right 

 and left of Carter's. 



These two well-known firms have each contributed a 

 show of their own and we can scarcely hope within the 

 narrow scope of a newspaper article to give anything 

 like an approximate idea of the many plants and flowers 

 displayed or of the general effect which is well worthy 

 of the best traditions of British horticulture. It is a 

 handsome display of open air gardening par excellence. 

 As we wander around the many beds and borders 

 filled by ( larters we notice here and there ornamental 

 shrubs, etc., at intervals, the graceful foliage of which 

 helps materially to lend a charm to the many brilliantly 

 flowering subjects beneath. Phoenix Canadensis, Acer 

 atropurpureum, Buxus Japonica aurea, Thuja Lobbii, 

 Osmanthus ilieifolius, Taxu's baccata, Cupressus macro- 

 carpa lutea, and many others are helpful in this respect. 

 Among the flower bed's who-,- name is legion we find 

 instances of many forms, scrolls, circles, crescents and 

 atine beds of all sorts and sizes. These are tilled 

 with great taste with such thing- as Petunia Emperor, 

 purple, \ tola ' arter's White, Pansy International 

 Petunia Crimson King, Lobelia Queen Victoria, 

 etc. Zonal pelargoniums are bedded out freely. The 

 old ani ' i- well to the front. King 



of Dim. hie salmon; F. V. Raspail, a bright 



doubli Mrs. Pollock, golden tricolor; Lady 



1 Gem, Edward VII with 



others all give coin' Ml i. display. Fuchsias, 



margu rs with edgings and bor- 



display. 



, Sons urge lawns wired in with a 



light Botl i ileal in design and are 



each 165 feet lc wide. Ground each lawn, 



immense border of good width with 



front end is a small bed composed of carpet bedding 

 with the word "Sutton" boldly standing out and sep- 

 arated from the main lawn by a gravid path. We start 

 from this point and the first thing to attract our atten- 

 tion is a large circular bed filled with Giant Pink ver- 

 bena, edged with blue lobelia. Another of Perfection 

 stocks is edged with blue lobelia ami a front row of 

 .olden pyrethrum. Begonia Crimson Bedder is also 

 used. Another round bed at the corner contains 

 Sweet William. Sutton's Scarlet. In the long border 

 following on are petunias and pansies m varieties. At 

 intervals various palms and ornamental foliage plants. 

 Further on a bed of Sutton'- petunia Superb, ami others 

 containing petunias of every -hade and Pansy Sutton's 

 Perfection. Far away on the extreme right hand side 

 of the Court Gardens is another bed similar in form, 

 size and planting. 



The other floral displays in the Court Gardens are 

 just ordinary beds filled with plants by the Exhibition 

 authorities and call for no special remark. 



Notes from the Arnold Arboretum 



One of the latest trees or shrubs to bloom is Aralia 

 spinosa which now stands adorned with its conspicuous 

 large and loose panicles of small whitish flowers borne 

 at the end of the stems above the big compound leaves, 

 and if the season is favorable the flowers are followed 

 late in fall by small black berries. It is chiefly planted 

 for its very large handsome foliage borne at the top of 

 the not or very little branched spiny steins and impart- 

 ing to the tree a subtropical effect. This Aralia is not 

 perfectly hardy here, but will stand ordinary winters, 

 and if the stems are killed back, it will spring up from 

 the roots again; in fact it becomes sometimes trouble- 

 some on account of its suckering habit. 



Another closely related tree, the Japanese Acantho- 

 panax or Kalopanaa ricinifolium is flowering for the 

 first time at tin- Arboretum. It has proved perfectly' 

 hardy and has attained the size of a small tree with 

 -|iim stems and brani lies and handsome large palmately 

 lobed leaves. Ii is to be recommended for its handsome 

 foliage whii ii combined with its habit gives the tree an 

 exotic appearam different from any North Ameri- 



can tree. Its iIowit clusters are similar to those of 

 .1 ralia spinosa but smaller. 



Besides Hie species mentioned in the last issue some 

 other Euonymus are conspicuous by the pink or pinkish 

 color of their which, however, have not yet 



burst open and disclosed their scarli ihese are 



Euonymus europaeus, E. Sicboldianus and E. Hamil- 

 "v. all large shrubs, the first of more upright 

 habit and the two last-named broad and spreading. 

 which always bear- abundant 



