THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



out before yon. At present the main walks have been outHned 

 by sod borders, making quite plain the general plan. The area 

 not occupied by these main walks and the beds has been sown 

 with grass, which will soon add greatly to its appearance. But 

 this is the garden as you see it now. Picture it as it will appear 

 when some good friend has supplied the funds necessary to con- 

 struct the enclosure. This, as planned, is to be an open-work 

 iron fence, something over nine hundred feet long, completely 

 enclosing the garden, with three arched entrances. Upon this 

 fence and the entrance arches will be trained the rambler roses 

 in many kinds, a large collection having been already donated 

 and ready as soon as the fence is constructed. Upon the sum- 

 mer house, which is to occupy the center of the garden and from 

 which radiate many of the walks, ramblers are to be grown also. 

 This summer house, as well as the posts and chains to which al- 

 lusion has already been made, await funds for their construc- 

 tion. When these important features are provided the garden 

 can take on its final appearance, and stand before the public as 

 one of the largest rose gardens in this country. May this happy 

 result be not long delayed. 



THE INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



The Fourth International Flower Show, given by The Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York in cooperation with the New York 

 Florists' Club, was held in the Grand Central Palace, March 15 

 to 22. The American Red Cross, as in the two previous years, 

 added to the attractiveness and success of the show^ by the Tea 

 Garden conducted by the organization on a larger scale than ever 

 before. The exhibition was artistically and financially a success, 

 the arrangements of the exhibits under the direction of ~Slr. Ar- 

 thur Herrington. 



The general arrangement of the exhibition was similar to that 

 of the previous year. At the head of the stairway on each side 

 was a group of flowering plants and bulbs, as was the case the 

 previous year. The rose gardens also occupied the same location 



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