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the expectations with which it had been awaited. Mrs. 
Harding and Commonwealth and a few blooms of the pure 
yellow Claudius Pernet were seen with pleasure from Totty 
and others; and Sweet-peas of course from Burpee, etc., etc. 
Yet another phase of the show worthy of passing mention: 
From a small beginning ten years ago, when the makers of 
garden accessories timidly ventured, trade exhibits have now 
assumed proportions of real importance. It is significant, for 
example, to see the various lawn mower exhibits. Remarkable 
changes come about in both size and design of lawn maintaining 
equipment in a decade. Hand mowers have largely given way 
to horse-drawn vehicles, and these in turn are beginning to play 
a minor role to the elaborate power-driven machinery that will 
mow acres of lawn under the guidance of one man whereas it 
took twenty men with hand mowers to do the same work per 
day, just as the power cultivator has come to have a recognized 
place in the garden equipment. 
The question of garden houses too is proving sufficiently 
encouraging to their makers to put out quite creditable exhibits. 
The portable type of garden house, or even summer home, so 
well demonstrated by Hodgson, created as much interest as did 
the various exhibits devoted to bird baths, sun dials, urns, and 
other furnishings designed to make the garden truly a practical 
and livable part of a summer home. One novelty was the glass 
substitute, cello, a translucent material on wire or cotton mesh, 
very light in weight, for frame sash, etc. It is easily repaired 
by flowing a liquid over the injury. 
