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rock garden near the house, from which steps led into the rose 

 garden at one side, was a delightful feature. On the other side 

 was a miniature water-garden with water trickling into it from 

 the rocks in a most convincing manner. 



The garden of Julius Roehrs & Co., Rutherford, N. J., was 

 called "The Idle Hour," and, with its inviting stone seat and 

 restful planting, seemed to justify its name. The entrance was 

 at one corner, and a curving pathway led the visitors past the 

 superb specimens of Blue Spruce, Junipers and other conifers, 

 the groups of Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Japanese Holly and 

 Magnolias, past the outcropping stone set with Iris pumila, 

 violets and lilies-of-the-valley and the tall clumps of lilac, into 

 a small greenhouse filled with choice flowering and ornamental 

 plants, and so to the outside world again. 



Last but not least comes the garden of Bobbink and Atkins 

 of Rutherford, N. J., and theirs was still a different conception, 

 in fact it would be difficult to find four more different gardens 

 than the four staged at the Show. This garden featured a 

 brilliant display of Azaleas posed against a background of Cedars 

 and Rhododendrons, which formed an excellent foil for the gay 

 colored fore-ground. A footpath led to a Wistaria covered 

 arbor at the back and the remainder of the garden was filled 

 with beds of Lilacs, Deutzias, Kalmia Latifolia, Pyrus Japonica, 

 Polyantha and Hybrid Tea Roses, forming a pleasing effect. 



The display staged by the Department of Parks, N. Y., was 

 also one of the features of the Show, with tall palms and ferns 

 forming a back-ground for the masses of lilies, azaleas and 

 cinerarias, daffodils and hyacinths. 



Another especially good exhibit was that of Wm. Boyce 

 Thompson, Yonkers, N. Y., which included Dracaenas, Calad- 

 iums and other semi-tropical plants, showing some of the finest 

 Crotons ever staged in New York. 



BIRD BATHS 



The Bird Bath Competition, open only to the Garden Club 

 of America, was a most interesting and original exhibit, nothing 

 like it having been seen at any former Show. Some eight or 

 nine Clubs competed, each one having a distinctive arrange- 



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