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PARK AND CEMETERY 
In the Sunken Garden all of the outer lines of beds 
are edged with tiny hedges of clipped African tama- 
risk. These miniature hedges are twelve inches high 
and six inches wide and make an attractive finish that 
have preserved a good appearance throughout the en- 
tire season. The beds that they enclose so neatly are 
about three feet wide and of various lengths, and filled 
with cannas, while between the beds, on strips of in- 
tervening turf, stand compact, formally trimmed, speci- 
men Arbor vitaea trees some four and one-half feet in 
height. The central space, separated as shown in the 
cut by walks, is occupied by a series of beds of clipped 
foliage plants, geraniums, tall 
crotons, etc., all having grass 
borders, level with the walks, 
from eighteen inches to three 
fe^t wide, according to the size 
of the bed. Bay trees mark the 
corners of the central part of the 
design, which is, as a whole, 
highly effective. Some of the 
details appealed to me as being 
especially good and novel, and 
one or two produced the most 
charming color schemes I have 
ever seen in carpet bedding. Two 
of the best of these, in my opin- 
ion, were fieur de lis-shaped beds, 
one of cuphea bordered with al- 
ternanthera tri-color and A. 
rosea, — a single line of each ; the 
other of acalypha tri-color ( the 
variety commonly seen, Bailey 
gives it as A. Wilkesiana var. 
Macafeana), and A. Godseffiana, 
a lovely shade of green with creamy margin, and bor- 
dered with the same varieties of alternantheras as the 
first. 1 he plants in both beds were pruned to simulate 
raised embroidery, — higher toward the center of each 
petal of the design, and all so perfect in line that not a 
leaf seemed out of place. The cuphea plants were 
crowded with bloom, making a very dainty bit of col- 
oring, while nothing could surpass in refinement the de- 
lightful color scheme of the acalypha combination. 
Ageratums, geraniums and lantanas (especially L. 
Craigi) deserve credit for their share in the fall garden 
effect. , 
Vines that looked thin and unpromising in June 
against the stucco-covered parapets and columns, filled 
out attractively and did noticeable service in redeeming 
the bareness of the great stairways to Festival Hall 
and the colonnade of states. These vines were chiefly 
wistarias and honeysuckles, but the annual cypress vine 
gracefully wreathed with carmine-starred garlands, the 
pedestals of the large vases that were placed on the 
parapets. 
WORLD’S FAIR NOTES. 
Tamarisks, cut back to the ground to produce new 
shoots, were distinctive as low, single plants at various 
points where their plumy foliage was needed for an all- 
summer effect. 
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In the shrubbery borders Ailanthus shoots, Ricinus 
and Aralia spinosa showed dark, rich green when 
nearly everything else was changing color from frost 
or the waning season. 
In Fair Japan, on the Pike, variegated vinca was 
utilized in a novel way by training its long, trailing 
lengths over willow twigs stuck in the ground to form 
a succession of low arches to inclose tiny lawns outlin- 
ing a miniature stream and lake. 
The columns of the Press building were concealed 
by festoons of the variegated Japanese hop, one of the 
best annual vines, quite the best where shade or bulk 
of drapery combined with grace is desired. It is far 
more attractive in form and in coloring than the heavy, 
shapeless mats of “moon” vine seen so generally on 
residences in St. Louis, although the “moons” them- 
selves are quite stunning against their dense green 
background and it is doubtless an excellent choice for 
certain purposes and places. . 
Late in October a novelty in the shape of a new nut 
was received and put on exhibition in the Missouri 
section of the Horticultural building. It is a hybrid 
procured from a cross between the hickory and the 
FORMAL SUNKEN GARDEN BETWEEN MINES AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILD- 
INGS, U. S. GOVERNMENT BUILDING CLOSING THE VISTA. 
