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PARK AND CEMETERY 
are in flower when put out. This group is merged 
into the lily show and are in perfection by the time 
the lilies are taken out. The flaming red of the Lo- 
belia and the daintily marked bells of the Foxglove, 
which grow to a surprising height thick with bells, 
attract much attention. Up to this time the tropical 
plants have been pressed into service, doing' temporary 
duty in different parts of the garden awaiting their 
permanent placing in the beds which does not come 
until well into July. The display of decorative palms 
is the last effort of the year, and necessitates a great 
sured success will make one anxious to extend the 
operations to greater lengths. 
Each year about 1,500 Cotton plants are grown and 
are used in large beds by themselves. During the 
summer season they thrive and make healthy plants, 
with hundreds of bolls, which, however, do not wholly 
mature out of doors. They are matured in the green- 
houses, and are then sent to the different schools, 
where they are much appreciated. The cotton gath- 
ered is not sufficient to affect the market conditions, 
but it is cotton to the amount of several pounds and 
PROGRESS OF THE FLOWER DISPLAY IN BOSTON PUB LIC GARDEN. 
No. 1. The stock brought from the greenhouses. No. 2. Arranging the hyacinths between the tulips. No. 3. Every bed 
is changed at once. No. I. Hyacinths and narcissus. No. 5. The same beds shown in No. 4, showing foxgloves among 
the roses. 
amount of labor in placing them, as they are very large 
and difficult to handle. The beds are afterwards 
edged. This is an attractive operation in itself, _ re- 
quiring many thousands of plants, particularly Eche- 
verias. The border of dwarf Coxcomb both in the 
dark crimson and bronze color, with the heavy large 
combs many inches long, is one of the most remarked. 
All the plants for these successive shows are grown 
at the City Nurseries in Dorchester, and carted into 
the city a distance of two and one-half miles. This 
method of continuing the displays after opening with 
the early bulb show can be followed in large or small 
places with equal success, and once attempted the as- 
Northern grown cotton. An interesting group is the | 
coffee bed, where about one hundred plants are grow- j 
ing, and the border of dwarf Coxcombs, with flowers | 
measuring from eight to twelve inches, make an in- . j 
teresting exhibit, particularly to the children. | 
A bed of Pineapple plants, another of Peanuts, Ba- | 
nanas and Sugar cane are little sidelights to the larger i j 
scheme, which are interesting object lessons. | 
The season ends as suddenly as it begins. At the ■ 
first indications of a cool snap all hands are busy; a ; 
dozen teams go back and forth with their loads, and ' J 
the result of the activity leaves the beds empty air^ i' 
the garden in its winter dress. ■ | 
