August, 191. 5 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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The Horticulture Building is appropriately framed in a setting of trees and shrubs that have all the appearance of 



permanent growth. Yet all are planted in boxes 



In front of the Tower of Jewels with beds of rhododen- 

 dron in full flower. The large flowered variety Pink Pearl 

 is a favorite 



as the Bottle Brush (Metrosideros) are 

 grown in a small pot to meet the same thing 

 in California in gigantic plants, six or seven 

 feet through and laden with flowers. The 

 same thing on an even larger scale applies 

 to Acacias. 



Shrubs that particularly attracted my at- 

 tention were Escallonia rosea, and the White 

 Rock Rose used for hedging. Another 

 shrub I noticed was labeled Veronica chath- 

 amica, and had very pretty blue flowers in 

 bloom. Another very attractive plant was 



Lotus tetragonalobus , whose brilliant scarlet 

 flowers were rambling over a mass of rocks. 



A visit should by all means be made to 

 the Golden Gate Park which contains a won- 

 derful collection of plants, many of which are 

 never seen on the Eastern Seaboard. Here 

 it is that the convention of 

 the Society of American 

 Florists will be established 

 by the time these notes are 

 before the reader. 



On a smaller area down 

 in San Diego is another ex- 

 position. The buildings 

 are a creamy white in tint 

 and the architecture is of 

 the Spanish Mission style. 

 Over these buildings are 

 large plantings of climbers, 

 and one of the most won- 

 derful to my mind was 



Bougainvillea spedabilis var. lateritia. Most 

 people are familiar with the old glabra, but 

 this one produces flowers of a bright, 

 vermilion scarlet. Another charming note 

 of color was given by plantings of blue 

 Lobelia, Lantanas and California poppy. 



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One of the wonders is the wall of ice plant enclosing the Exposition grounds, 

 irrigation system on the top 



Watered by an 



An orchid display, one of the permanent exhibits indoors. The arrangement is 

 an effort to reproduce each plant's natural environment 



