called primarily a "green garden, " for so much of the effect is gained by shrubbery; 
just now the green is enhanced by the innumerable colors of the beautiful Cali- 
fornia wild-lilac. 
With an unerring eye for effect, Mrs. Thome is planning a wild garden at the 
foot of a long, densely green slope, shaded by twisted old live-oaks. There is a 
Rose garden at Las Tejas; and water, — pool after pool on different levels, down 
through groves of orange and lemon trees, where one finds an ItaUan "view- 
spot," where one may sit and watch the stretch of the blue Pacific on one side, 
and the snowcapped mountains on the other. 
Perhaps the right word to use after all is "item, " for I have told you but a tiny 
part of the beauty of Las Tejas garden, so beautiful in its beginnings and holding 
promise of a growing lovehness with the coming seasons. 
Clara Sherwin 
Calendars 
Spring Flower Exhibitions in New York 
May 14 and 15, Saturday and Sunday, at the New York Botanical 
Garden, Bronx Park. Exhibition of Plants and Flowers, in co- 
operation with the New York Botanical Garden. Open from 2 to 
5 p. M., on Saturday, and from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. on Sunday. 
June (date to be announced later), at the New York Botanical 
Garden, Bronx Park. Exhibition of Plants and Flowers in co- 
operation with the New York Botanical Garden, Open from 2 to 
5 p. M. on Saturday, and from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. on Sunday. This is 
primarily a Peony and Rose show, and due to the uncertainty of the 
weather at that time it is not possible to announce the exact date. 
It will, however, be on Saturday and Sunday. 
Sweet Pea Society Show 
The date of the Sweet Pea Society Show is June 25 and 26, 
at the Museum of Natural History, under the auspices of the Horti- 
cultural Society of New York. 
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Exhibitions for 1921: 
May 25: Spring Show of Out-of-Door Flowers; 
June 7: Rose and Peony Show; 
June 21: Sweet Pea Show; 
Sept, 27: DahHa Show. 
All of the above to be held at Masonic Hall, Ardmore, Pennsyl- 
vania, nine miles from Philadelphia. 
The opening and closing dates of the tourist season in the National 
Parks for 192 1 were announced recently by Secretary Fall of the De- 
partment of the Interior as follows: 
Crater Lake Park, Oregon: July i to September 30. 
General Grant Park, California: May 24 to October 10. 
Glacier Park, Montana: June 15 to September 15. 
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