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OCTOBEB 14, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



New Store Opened by the Jones-RusscII Co., Cleveland. 



THE SEATTLE EXPOSITION. 



October Horticulture at A. Y. P. E. 



Whether or not an interested observer 

 of the A. Y. P. be an admirer of formal 

 gardening, he must admire almost unre- 

 scrveillv the thought and execution of 

 this beautiful plan. With natural advan- 

 tages of site and scene, this garden is a 

 gem with all but no blemishes. 



With the view of the cascades on one 

 side and Mount Rainier in the distance, 

 you find yourself ascending an easy prom- 

 enade from Twenty-third avenue toward 

 a distant group of buildings, the center 

 of whicli is the U. S. government exhibit. 

 On either side of the promenade are steep 

 banks sloping toward you, leading to 

 broad h'vels in both directions. On these 

 slo]ies ;ire still left a few stray poppies, 

 suggesting that earlier they were a mass 

 of thise brilliant flowers, succeeded by 

 Coreoiisis lanceolata, strangely intermin- 

 gled with red clover. We question not 

 the value of either the clover or the core- 

 opsis. Imt the combination of these two 

 stroii;:, self-suflBcient colors. 



<j'oii! inning past a long stretch of side 

 eniha; kinents, which are slowly decreas- 

 'Jig in height, till you can first see over 

 them nd finally walk on their level, 

 I'pears a streak across the path 

 amethyst ray in a sunset. On a 

 pproach, this gay coloring devel- 

 " an immense circular bed of 

 iyanthemum, with a center group 

 •f" Phlox paniculata surrounding 

 tal urn planted with a center 

 I'iilm, with the usual plant vase 

 ■iiiiment of vines, the only dis- 

 note being the dots of color of 

 -leraniums in the urn. Where this 

 "ks the straight course of the 

 'de we have the walks running 

 the bed and the grounds opening 

 "n both sides. Let us stroll off to 

 •• with the intention of returning 

 point for a start toward the upper 

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a fe?",.'"^' ^^®°' t^ t'"® ^^S^^ *°<^ taking 

 a ^.- \ ''eps upward, we find ourselves on 

 Ion ' " ■ Srass P'^* bordered at the rear by 

 t'olor ' 1 "^ ^lilox paniculata in separate 

 •'*• alternated by the same sized rect- 



angular beds of Hydrangea paniculata. 

 The varieties of phlox are happy selec- 

 tions of color in these harmonizing tints 

 and shades of lavender, lavender pink, 

 and white: Lothair, King^-of Ptirptes, 

 Stella's Choice, Richard Wallace, Embar- 

 rassment, Pantheon, Queen, Independ- 

 ence, Pearl, Madsen. At intervals behind 

 the phlox and hydrangea panels were 

 pedestaled urns with Dracaena indivisa as 

 center plants, surrounded by ivy gera- 

 niums graded from the lightest rose-pink 

 to deep magenta, with Vinca minor as 

 trailers. A few scarlet ivy geraniums 

 scattered through these urns slightly 

 marred the otherwise complete color har- 

 mony. At a short distance these color 

 differences do not appear. 



A hedge of shrubbery and pines en- 

 closes this part of the grounds. Seen 

 over their tops are scattering taller pines, 

 between which the columns of the Music 

 hall appear. This part of the garden is 



so green and restful and retired that we 

 are not surprised to find seats at regular 

 intervals, with pienty of room for every- 

 body. 



Central Portion of the Garden. 



Retracing our course to the mesembry- 

 anthemum bed,' we take a semicircular 

 course around one side of it until a wide 

 expanse of lawn turns us farther around 

 its end and back again beyond it, up a 

 few steps and facing the central and 

 most strictly formal portion of the gar- 

 den. The transition from the circular to 

 the rectangular form of beds is achieved 

 gracefully. One long side of a bed of 

 geraniums, facing the circular bed just 

 passed, is a slow curve, and the other 

 side, lying over against the rectangular 

 beds, is a strictly straight line. Each bed 

 is laid out with reference to its adjacent 

 plats and with respect to its relation to 

 the whole plan. 



With this hint as to what is coming, we 

 are prepared to find just what is now in 

 sight. Having passed the bed of scarlet 

 geraniums of various kinds, hedged in by 

 a miniature border of Berberis Thun- 

 bergii, now bearing its scarlet berries, we 

 find sectional beds with strips of lawn 

 between, grouped about a sundial as a 

 center. Nearest at hand is a bed of yel- 

 low, bordered by Calceolaria rugosa and 

 white pansies in separate lines. The same 

 color principle is carried out throughout 

 the bed in a fine lot of yellow antirrhi- 

 num, scabiosa and Gaillardia picta. This 

 last, on the off side of the bed, is a skill- 

 ful mixture of the colors to follow, which 

 are seen in a bed of assorted Marguerite 

 carnations. 



This purple principle being well intro- 

 duced in the crimson carnations, we logic- 

 ally enjoy a panel of heliotrope with a 

 border of sweet alyssum, and then one 

 of begonias in red and pink. A corner 

 panel of white Phlox Drummondi, wit)i 

 orange and white poppies, completes the 

 group of beds on this side. But still fol- 

 lowing ahead, we find an introduction of 

 blue verbenas happily placed, but red 

 and pink unhappily placed. 



The Geyser and Its Surroundings. 



We are still viewing the central portion 

 of the garden, which, still ascending over 



New Flower Store Opened by the Jones-Rusiell Co., Cleveland. 



