"J^atUTe has glorified tfie romance of the s\y and 

 the earth and given us her flower gardens." 



FOREWORD 



^Sk^^-^TN"^^ IFE minus its aesthetic values would be barren indeed. 

 '1^^ Though we may often forget the fact, beauty is as essen' 

 tial for our well-being and happiness as are food and 

 shelter and clothing. Fortunately, beauty appears in 

 many forms — in music, in painting, in sculpture, in Ht- 

 erature, and in a thousand glories of Nature. Not only 

 are we moved at twilight by the rose colors of the western sky, or by the 

 sparkling stars that sprinkle the vault of heaven at night, but deep in our 

 beings there is a love for growing things, for living objects that in grace 

 ful forms and lovely colors and with sweet odors spring miraculously 

 from the warm bosom of the soil. Even a single blossom, growing in a 

 clay pot on a window sill, has opened to a weary soul a glimpse of 

 heaven. 



In the exhibition of A Century of Progress, there is an unparalleled 

 display of the advancements in architecture and the triumphs of science, 

 not only in their physical forms but also in their varied apphcation to the 

 arts of living. But these things do not compass man's interests or en- 

 tirely cover the fields of notable progress. 



The Horticultural and Floricultural Exhibition measures up to the 

 very high levels attained by science, invention, engineering and industry 

 as exemphfied at A Century of Progress International Exposition. This 

 great exhibition is dedicated to the Horticultural Industry in all its 

 branches. 



Here have been gathered the choicest blossoms, finest trees, shrubs 

 and accessories, weaving them together into a dehghtful picture designed 

 to give you something to take away with you as an enduring possession, 

 that intangible something, not of leaf nor of bud, but the infinite happi- 

 ness which comes in an association of these things. If it shall have added 

 this to your life, if it shall give you enjoyment and inspiration, then our 

 efforts shall not have been in \-ain and the objective and ideals of this 

 Exhibition shall remain monumental to its accompHshment. 



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