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A Symphony in Green and Gold. 



exhibitions, concerts, etci, and temporary 

 structures adjoining same, covering' about 

 two and a half acres. Prizes, amount- 

 ing to $10,000 are offered in 760 classes 

 and 247 jurymen will be called in to 

 make the awards. A spacious temporary 

 building, covering 6,000 square yards, 

 will contain the exhibits of azaleaa and 

 rhododendrons, in the cultivation of 

 which the Belgians excel. The hall for 

 the reception of orchids is 33x375 feet 

 and within its beautifully decorated walls 

 the cream of all the leading European 

 collections will find a home during the 

 exhibition, and connoisseurs from all con- 

 tinents will assemble and admire and 

 discuss their merits. 



The first exhibition of the society oc- 

 cupied about seventy square yards of 

 space and from this small beginning 

 the present gigantic proportions have 

 been attained. It tvas held in Frascati 's 

 cafe, a rendezvous for gardeners of 

 that day, and it stood not very far from 

 the site of the Casino. The cafe and 

 the original exhibition will be repro- 

 duced life-size as near the original as 

 possible, with the old-fashioned plants 

 then cultivated and in the styles of 

 growing them then in vogue. What a 

 i-ontrast there will be between the old and 

 the new! ' 



The jury of 247 eminent horticul- 

 turists is composed of representatives 

 from America, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, 

 J^enmark, England, Egypt, France, Ger- 

 many, Italy, Kussia, Spain, Sweden, 

 Switzerland, etc. The American repre- 

 ■sentatives are P. J. Berckmans and 

 Julius Roehrs. I may also mention a 

 few others well-known in the world of 

 'lorticulture: F. Benary, Erfurt; J. Lam- 

 oert, Treves; W. Pfitzer, Stuttgart; J. 



Backhouse, York; Thos. RochfirftiliOn- 

 don ; F.' Sander, St. Albans ; H. J". Veitch, 

 London; Stuart H. Low, London; R. 

 Findlay, Glasgow; Eugene Draps, Brus- 

 sels; L. GentiT, Brussels; Lucien Linden, 

 Brussels; A. A. Peeters, Brussels; L. 

 Pynaert, Ghent; P. M. Binot, Brazil; 

 J. Barbier, Orleans; Maurice L. de 

 Vilmorin and Phillipe de Vilmorin, 

 Paris; E. Lemoine, Nancy; A. Truflfant, 

 Versailles; J. B. Blaauw, Boskoop; E, H. 

 Krelage, Haarlem; B. Ruys, Dedems- 

 vaart;Jean Soupert, Luxembourg. These 

 and many others of the leading lights 

 of horticulture constitute the jury, and 

 in a week or two I hope to tell you some- 

 thing of the awards and certificates which 

 they gave. Bee. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



Free Beauty Spots. 



In a recent issue of the Review I no- 

 ticed an item regarding an offer by the 

 florists of Springfield, O., to donate 

 plants to beautify the city's streets. This 

 calls to mind the pretty little town of 

 Garrett 8 ville, O., thirty-five miles south- 

 east of Cleveland. Two years ago S. C. 

 Templin started in business there, and, 

 being of generous make-up, offered to 

 plant, free of charge, any and all beds 

 the village might prepare at intersections 

 of streets and other available places. The 

 offer waa accepted and as a result there 

 were prepared about fifteen beds of va- 

 rious sizes and shapes. 



When I first saw them, in 1906, these 

 beds were planted in caunas, coleus, sal- 

 vias, geraniums, etc., in all, I should 

 judge, upward of 1,000 plants. The ef- 

 fect was most striking and beautiful. To 



ihe the idea was new. It spoke much to 

 the stradger. It showed a pride in the 

 town that was most commendable. In- 

 deed, I could not help wishing that I 

 lived in Garrettsville. These beds were 

 the pride of the town. Visitors were 

 driven about town to see "the beauty 

 spots," a name given them by some ad- 

 mirer. The beds were cared for by those 

 living near, and they vied with each 

 other to see whose bed would be the 

 nicest. Woe be to the careless driver 

 who would run over a plant! Every cit- 

 izen took as much pride in the "beauty 

 spots" as though they were his own 

 property. 



I am an allied-trades man, and a florist 

 in sentiment only, but an admirer of all 

 things for the betterment of society, and 

 these "beauty spots" seem to me to be 

 a long step forward — a step hundreds of 

 small towns might take to their advan- 

 tage. This is a practical, cheap park sys- 

 tem, within the reach of the smallest vil- 

 lages. All such villages may not be as 

 fortunate as Garrettsville, in having a 

 Mr. Templin, but a united effort in any 

 town will work wonders. A small amount 

 of money will purchase a lot of suitable 

 plants and the effect of such "beauty 

 spots" is truly wonderful. 



In this connection I want to say that 

 many florists, in fact any florist, can get 

 some free and very desirable advertising 

 by following Mr. Templin 's idea. All 

 will agree that the more flowers planted 

 this year the more there will be planted 

 next. This is one way of educating the 

 people in floriculture. 



As I understand the Garrettsville idea, 

 Mr. Templin reserved all plants for 

 stock. Certainly not all were used for 



