288 ]S"ew Yokk at the "Woeld's Columbian Exposition. 



of heliotropes, reminded many a gray-haired visitor of other days. 

 Columbines and Canterbury Bells, too, were there. Old Fleur-de-lis 

 guarded by bayonet-like foliage laughed at the nodding lilies, the day 

 lily, tiger lily, St. Bruno's lily, plantain lily and Ifly-of- the- valley. 

 Sweet William, wall flowers, polyanthurs, primroses and auriculas all 

 cherished acquaintances of a floral past. There were sunflowers and 

 poppies and the sea pink. Indian pinks and old clove carnations vied 

 with each other as of old. There were other old favorite garden 

 flowers, some of them unknown to the present generation. This galaxy 

 of every hue and color of delicious sweetness, garlanded as it were by 

 climbing roses and golden honeysuckles, by clematis and nasturtiums, 

 made a picture long to be remembered by the hundreds of thousands 

 who saw and admired it. 



In Front of Hoeticultueal Hall — Aquatic Fountain. 



New York made a fine display in front of Horticultural Hall, occu- 

 pying 56,000 square feet, or three-fourths of the entire lawn space at 

 that point. Directly in front of the main entrance was situated a large, 

 ornamental, aquatic tank, in which was made the principal aquatic dis- 

 play. Here we exhibited the finest collection of aquatics ever brought 

 together. They consisted of seven ty-flve distinct varieties, forty of 

 winch were nymphseas, indigenous to Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, 

 Japan, India, Mexico and the United States, but all of which were 

 raised, climatized and improved in New York. There were also splen- 

 did new varieties shown and beautiful specimens from New York 

 lakes. In the center grew beautiful groups of nelumbium with their 

 superb flowers of white and deep rose, waving above the dense foliage. 

 These were surrounded by nymphaeas, whose lovely fragrant flowers, 

 ranging through every shade of pink, carmine and crimson, the softest 

 blue to deepest jDurple, sulphur and chrome yellow, bloomed day and 

 night. 



A large lawn north and south of this was planted with a flne collec- 

 tion of selected varieties of cannas, consisting of over 5,000 specimen 

 plants, arranged in circular, oval and rectangular beds, each containing 

 100 plants of a distinct variety. Along the main walks and drives were 

 planted twelve special designs with ornamental bedding plants of every 

 description. These were surmounted by a shield of plants bearing the 

 words " New York." This was the only example of floral decorations 

 exhibited on the exposition grounds. It presented a magniflcent 

 scene. The long beds of cannas bearing masses of the mostbrilliant 

 colored flowers ranged the full length of Horticultural Hall (1,000 feet), 

 forming a striking contrast to the white buildings. The State had 

 upwards of 40,000 plants in front of Horticulturd Hall, all of them 

 brought from New York specially for the occasion. 



On the Wooded Island. 



In the center of Wooded Island New York made the finest display 

 of ornamental trees, shrubs and hardy flowering plants. Eighteen 

 thousand square feet were planted with ornamental trees of every 



