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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION FLORAL 

 WALL. 



Few of the details of the Panama-Pacific Interna- 

 tional Exposition are more remarkable than the great 

 "flower garden on edge" or floral wall, 1,100 feet long, 

 20 feet high and six feet thick, extending from the 



l-"illm(ire street entrance westward to a point oppo- 

 site the crystal dome of the Palace of Horticulture. 

 This floral rampart, absolutely unique, was the inven- 

 tion of John McLaren, superintendent of gardening,, 

 who spent a year in experimenting with sundry vines 

 and flowers, before deciding on employing the many 



MESEMP.RYANTHEMUM WAI.l. :-l|ii\\L\(; Ml IKnii OF 

 CONSTRUCTION. 



A GIANT PAI.M Rl Al)\ II' i;l. I'l.ACKU IN' THE GROUND. 



I - f^iiipriini 



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MESEMBRY.\NTHEMUM llEDS BEFORE I'.EIXC, RAISED TO ri.ACE. 

 PALACE OF HORTICl'I.TURE IN THE BACKGROUND. 



AVENUE Ol-^ PALMS. IN FRONT OF HALL OF EDUCATION. 

 THOUSANDS OF LARGE PALMS HAVE BEEN PLANTED. 



