FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 
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square feet, as shown above, was set apart and consigned to the care and culture 
of plants for this great display of flowers and plants. 
At the nurseries of one of our leading firms can be seen the great array of 
Roses which have reached full growth under the most vigilant care and cod- 
dling to bring them into matured size. Clothed in their garments of glowing 
color, they simply await the day of transfer from their congenial surroundings 
to the display grounds of Convention Hall, that the public may see and com- 
pare the labyrinth of color with that of other flowers on exhibition, proving 
that the newer Roses of latter-day introduction are decked with tones of color 
far beyond even the dream of the most critical. 
One of the most novel and altogether new features of horticultural inter- 
est will be the evolution of the Fern, showing the birth of the Fern spore to its 
fructification and its transformation into the minute growth, followed by its 
development into plants which begin to show their identity, and then into 
specimens of the most beautiful and graceful forms. As an item of educational 
value this will without doubt be a most pleasing feature of the show. 
This firm, upon the first note of the advent of the National Flower Show 
to be held in Philadelphia, made extensive preparations to produce a large 
area of color in flowers growing naturally upon the plants, and to give an effect 
equal or better than one can expect only under the best outdoor conditions and 
with the best care. 
