14 
Annual Report 
The matter of carpet and ornamental bedding has been taken 
up in the set garden at Eden Park, and in fact carried out at all 
the parks where there is sufficient space, or where it can be 
viewed from a prominent thoroughfare. The 150,000 bedding- 
plants grown were distributed among the various parks of the 
city, and when this park planting was taken care of the residue 
was distributed among Cincinnati hospitals, the Children's Home, 
some of the fire departments, the Workhouse, and to various 
public schools that had space to use them. 
As the plants that still 
remained were of a very 
inferior quality, the head 
gardener was instructed to 
distribute them among any 
persons who might ask for 
them, as it seemed a much 
better method to give away 
such plants as could not be 
used for bedding purposes 
than to throw them on the 
dump. No doubt the few 
flowers that could thus be 
given away help embellish 
some home, and make a 
more respectable and pleas- 
ing surrounding for the 
people thus supplied. 
The limited amount of money allowed to conduct the green- 
houses makes it a very tedious task to carry on to the fullest 
extent the floricultural feature within the park department. 
