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pecan, lias a very thin, tender shell, and came from 
E. E. Estle, Carrolton, Mo. 
Beds of Tritoma Pfitzerii in the Dreer exhibit of 
plants growing outdoors were particularly conspicu- 
ous in October and called attention to the fact that we 
might have these brilliant and odd perennials in all of 
our gardens if we would. Stokesia cyanea and Lan- 
tana Craigi were noticeable in the same exhibit. 
Ornamental grasses, while not prominent in the 
landscape planting, were seen to advantage in some of 
the exhibits by seedsmen and florists. The majority 
of these exhibits were in the neighborhood of the 
Palaces of Horticulture and of Agriculture. 
Among the outside exhibits was a showy bed of 
Pentstemons (seemingly P. Cobsa), from Vaughan, 
which attracted attention to the fact that this is a 
fine, but much neglected, perennial for the home gar- 
den. 
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In the rose garden down in the valley along the 
highway known to all St. Louisians as the “Skinker 
Road,” and which forms the dividing line between 
Forest Park and the outside lands included in the 
Fair grounds, many roses were in flower very late in 
the season. Those showing the greatest number of 
blooms after the middle of October were Clothilde 
Soupert, Augustine Guinoisseau, a tea rose much like 
La France in form but paler in color, almost flesh 
colored, in fact ; Marie Van Houtte, Gruss an Taplitz, 
Souv. de la Malmaison, Helen Gould. La l*rance, white 
Maman Cochet, many buds on Meteor but mostly 
blighted ; Marie Guillot, one of the best as seen here ; 
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, very poor plants yet show- 
ing a few excellent flowers; pink Maman Cochet, 
good plants and buds; Duchesse de Brabant, Madame 
Franceska Krueger, one of the best both as to plants 
and open flowers but buds mostly inferior ; President 
Carnot, good buds on plants that have done indiffer- 
ently well ; Falcon de Neige, which looks a pale Perle 
des Jardins ; "Baby Rambler,” a new rose having color 
and habit of Crimson rambler but single and of slen- 
der growth; and Magna Frano, a deep rose colored 
tea which, according to an intelligent man in charge 
of the beds, is always in flower. He declared that if 
he could have roses in his own garden they should all 
be of this variety, and he has lived with them since 
they were set out last May. 
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A splendid mat of creeping roses exhibited In R. & 
J. Farquhar, Boston, composed of "Sweetheart,” "Deb- 
utante," and "The Farquhar,” all seeming to be of the 
Wichuraianan type, and set out in May, 1904, 
clearly demonstrates the foliage possibilities of lnbrids 
of that hardy Japanese variety. It is coming to he 
possible to use roses for landscape effects, a fact for 
which rose lovers are grateful. 
It may not he generally known that all open air ex- 
hibits of growing plants of every character at this Ex- 
position are received, planted and cared for, and, if 
not sold, will also be lifted, packed and returned to the 
exhibitor at the cost of the Exposition com pan v, the 
exhibitors paying shipping expenses only. This plan 
seems a great improvement on that practiced at the 
Chicago Fair. It is much simpler and makes the ex- 
hibits appear a part of the general gardens ; onlv close 
inspection shows the modest placards hearing the 
names of exhibitors, and these are so placed as not to 
detract from the general good effect of the grounds. 
Yet all who care to know where the plants come from, 
or what they are, may easily do so. 
Fresh Impressions of Golden Gate ParK. 
By Mrs. G. T. Drennan. 
A visitor to San Francisco, California, at first, loses 
consciousness of every surrounding but the Golden 
Gate entrance. Snch a harbor ! It transcends all 
comparisons and baffles description. The grandeur, 
the sublimity overwhelms the observer. 
The fresh impression accords with Mahomet’s when 
he viewed Damascus, in the Desert. He denied him- 
self entrance, as it was decreed that mortal man should 
enter Paradise but once. 
San Francisco has appropriately named the Golden 
Gate Park. It is one of the most beautiful creations 
of art and science that ever existed, in the midst of 
naturally grand and impressive surroundings. It is 
a model modern park. One of the fresh impressions 
is, that the immense conservatory, glittering like a 
crystal palace, in the Western sun, is w r ell placed. It 
does not obstruct the view. The scenic effect of av- 
enues of palms, pepper trees, pines (Norfolk Island), 
and bananas is not marred by the conservatory. It not 
only occupies a place in harmony with the surround- 
ings of the park, but commands fine views. This is 
not always the case. For instance, the Horticultural 
Hall in Audubon Park, New Orleans, stands midway 
in the avenue of the finest live oak trees, the writer has 
reason to believe, in the world. A magnificent struc- 
ture and well filled with plants well kept ; always invit- 
ing and interesting, the Horticultural Hall yet inter- 
rupts the very fine view between the wide-spreading, 
towering oaks, draped with long grey moss. 
Another fresh impression, created by Golden G ( te 
