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sunflowers and similar composites, Boltonia glastifolia, Gaillardia 

 grandiflora, Coreopsis lanceolata, Hibiscus Moscheutos, var. albus, 

 and masses of datura, phloxes, asters, zinnias and pinks. The 

 firm occupied a portion of plot 12 and all of 16. Area 17 was 

 taken by B. A. Elliott Co., of Pittsburgh, with beds of strong 

 plants, like native sunflowers, Sedum spectabile, Monarda didyma, 

 delphiniums, peonies, perennial phloxes, Hibiscus Californicus, 

 dahlias and eulalias. Wahlenbergia grandiflora was one of the 

 pleasing plants in this exhibit. George Achelis, of West 

 Chester, Pennsylvania, showed a clump of ornamental nursery 

 stock here, comprising some excellent dwarf thuyas. Nos. 18 

 and 19 were small areas, occupied by Jacob W. Manning, of 

 Reading, Massachusetts, with choice native and other flowers. 

 Here were excellent plantings of Helenium autumnale, Aster 

 Novce-Anglice, Veronica spicata, Eupatorium ageratoides, Coreopsis 

 lanceolata, Boltonia latisquama, and other self-colored flowers. 

 In plot 18, W. C. Strong, of Waban, Massachusetts, showed 

 Dawson and Wichuriana roses, and Dennis Zirngiebel, of 

 Needham, Massachusetts, had an excellent display of pinks of 

 the carnation type, many of which were single. Plot 20 was 

 the rose-garden, which is described in the following pages. 

 When the rose-bloom began to fail, China asters, balsams, snap- 

 dragons, gladioluses, coreopsis and other annuals filled the 

 spaces and borders of the garden. 



Plot 21, alongside the rose-garden, was occupied with Ger- 

 man exhibits, including tea roses, dwarf and other dahlias, 

 cannas, and the Japanese climbing cucumber, the only kitchen- 

 garden vegetable growing at the Fair. In groups 22 and 23 

 New York exhibitors showed, among some nursery stock, a col- 

 lection of Japanese irises and other plants. No. 24 contained 

 plantations of Hibiscus Californicus and peonies, the exhibitor 

 being W. F. Bassett. No. 25 was given to the displays of the 

 Kissena Nurseries, Flushing, Long Island, containing chiefly 

 American grown azaleas and rhododendrons. In No. 26, 

 Anthony Waterer showed the excellent azaleas described in 

 succeeding pages; and here, also, was a large rhododendron 

 exhibit by Fred Kelsey. Plots 27 and 28 were sodded areas sur- 

 rounding the garden tool-house, and they contained various small 

 plantings of rhododendrons and some specimen plants. Pitcher 

 & Manda occupied No. 29 with rhododendrons and beds of 

 lilies, gladioluses and tigridias. Plot 30 was given to azalea 

 displays of Joosten & Co., representing Dutch growers, and to 

 various exhibits of nursery stock and roses by Joosten, Dekker, 

 and the Phoenix Nursery Co., of Bloomington, Illinois. Plot 

 31 was also devoted to Dutch azaleas and bulbs. Vilmorin 

 Andrieux et Cie., of Paris, and Cannell & Sons, of England, 



