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transparent that ordinary print could be read through them. 

 They also showed a wide range of markings, and of colors run- 

 ning from creamy white to maroon. 



Aquatics. — Aquatic plants at the World's Fair were 

 shown in four places — the native species in the lagoon borders, 

 in the large tank in front of the Horticultural building 

 (described on page 99), the small collection shown under the 

 auspices of the New York Florists' Club in the Lord & Burn- 

 ham greenhouse (see last page), and the tank in the south 

 court (I) of the Horticultural Building. The last was filled by 

 E. D. Sturtevant, of Bordentown, New Jersey. The four corners 

 of this tank contained clumps of papyrus, and the wild rice, 

 Zizania aquatica, was also prominent. Clumps of Eichornia (or 

 Pontederia) crassipes and the water-poppy were used with good 

 effect. Limnanthemum Indicum bore white flowers freely, and 

 proved to be a desirable plant. Sagittaria Montevidensis was 

 long in bloom. The variegated form of Scirpus Taberncemonta- 

 nus was very effective. The nymphseas were especially good, 

 and a mere list of them is useful as an inventory of available 

 species for small ponds : Nymphcea marliacea, with its varie- 

 ties, chromatella, rosea, carnea, and alb id a ; N. Sturtevantii, N. 

 rubra, 2V. dentata, JV. Zanzibar ensis and varieties azurea, rosea 

 and superba, JV. Devoniensis, iV. pygmo3a and variety helveola, N. 

 candidissima, N. gracilis, N. Breakleyi, var. rosea, N. odorata, 

 var. sulphurea. 



3d. Interior of the Wooded Island. — The Wooded 



Island was the one free and native feature of the great Fair, 

 an emerald jewel set in the midst of a most dazzling wilder- 

 ness of architecture. As seen from the outside, one could 

 scarcely believe that it was made for the occasion within a few 

 months. The borders were as sinuous and intricate, and yet 

 as simple in feeling as those of any wild, quiet lake which one 

 may come upon in an outing. The interior portion, however, 

 was a nursery, and it had no true landscape effect. The exhib- 

 its were so numerous and unlike each other that they possessed 

 great value as mere collections; and a mere annotated cata- 

 logue of the contents is worth record. The map shows the 

 outlines of the island. The entire area is between sixteen 

 and seventeen acres. A belt about the outside, varying from 

 a few feet to a hundred feet wide, was under the manage- 

 ment of the landscape department. This is the area outside 

 the outer walk. Between these two longitudinal walks an intri- 

 cate network of cross-walks divides the space into areas devoted 

 to various exhibitors. At the north end of the island the 

 Japanese established headquarters, and the areas numbered 1, 

 % 3, 4 were garden spaces belonging to them. The so-called 



