HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1915 
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gardens will be pools clothed with lotus 
pads, and winding stretches of still waters 
with an effulgence of water lilies, beneath 
which gold fish sport and play in the sun¬ 
light. 
At this time, nearly two years before 
the opening date of the fair, practically 
all the plans for the floral decorations of 
the Exposition grounds are completed, 
and the thousands of trees and plants are 
ready for transplantation from the 
nurseries and green houses, which have 
been especially erected at the San Fran¬ 
cisco Presidio by the Exposition Com¬ 
pany. 
Six green-houses have been built, each 
150 feet in length, and another block of 
glass-covered hot-houses is now under 
construction. Near by is a ten-acre tract 
of especially prepared ground, where 
millions of cuttings and seedlings have 
been planted. More than 600,000 flowers 
and shrubs have been raised in the green¬ 
houses, and many times that number will 
be raised under roof during the next few 
months. Special nurturing plots have 
been laid out under glass roofs for the 
tropical plants and trees too exotic to 
thrive in the open. It has taken months 
to install into these tender specimens of 
ornamental vegetation the life necessary to 
make them thrive and blossom in their 
new climate. 
The flowers and plants which are now 
thriving and flourishing in the Exposition 
nurseries and which will later become in¬ 
tegral parts of the floral decorations of 
the fair, include floristina, escalonia, 
eunoymus, honeysuckle, bougainvillea, 
santolina, geranium, marguerite, clematis, 
sclanum, plumbago, bigonia, calianthus, 
arbutus, salvia, fuschia, muelenbeckia, 
streptsolon, aralia, and hydrangea. There 
are thousands of other perennials and the 
larger growths of shrubs. 
The trees for the Exposition include 
many of Australian origin, brought to 
San Francisco during the past year. They 
stood their journey across the line well, 
and are thriving much better than was 
expected. 
The flowers will be planted in the Ex¬ 
position grounds and gardens according 
to their seasons of bloom, and removed 
when their blooming period passes. Then 
other varieties, budding and breaking into 
flower, will take their place. There is not 
a month of the year in California which 
does not have its plentiful supply of 
flowers. This arrangement of rebedding 
and transplanting all through the year 
will give to the Exposition an effect of 
continuous brilliancy. There will be no 
fading, yellow autumn tints in the gar¬ 
dens of the Panama-Pacific International 
Exposition. It will be springtime all the 
year round. 
Aside from what the Exposition will do 
in floral decoration through its own land¬ 
scape gardening experts and in the mar¬ 
velous exhibit promised under the roofs 
of the horticultural buildings, where 
The Trenton Potteries Company 
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The Trenton 
Potteries Company 
The ancient art of the potter 
is combined with modern 
science in making 
LAVATORIES 
Modern science has made them as sanitary as a dinner 
plate and you can select designs which will harmonize per¬ 
fectly with the architecture and furnishings of your home. 
Real Vitreous China, of which they are made, is white 
through and through, cannot rust, cannot change color, nor 
lose its satiny sheen. Nothing short of actually smashing 
it will injure it. 
Architects and plumbers everywhere will assure you that there is 
nothing better. Remember, the installation work costs the same 
whether you buy cheap fixtures or the best. 
Write for Booklet L- 8, “Bathrooms 
of Character ” 
The Trenton Potteries Company,Trenton,N. J.,U.S. A. 
Makers of the Silent SI-WEL- CLO Closet 
Country Club, St. Joseph, Mo. Stained with Cabot's Stains. 
Roof Red (Mottled Tile Effect), Trimmings Dark Brown. 
Walter Boschen, Architect. St. Joseph 
Country Club Houses 
should fit into their picturesque surroundings as harmoni¬ 
ously as possible, and suitable coloring does more than any¬ 
thing else in accomplishing this. The soft natural tones of 
Cabot’s Creosote Stains 
in browns and grays to match the bark and rocks and 
weatherbeaten wood, greens to match the moss and foliage, 
dull reds for autumn effects, etc., make the buildings blend 
with the landscape and look like a part of it. Low cost, 
easy to apply, lasting, and the Creosote preserves the wocd. 
You can get Cabot's Stains all over the country. Send 
for stained wood samples and name of nearest agent. 
SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., Manfg. Chemists, 11 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. 
Cabot's Stucco Stains—for cement work. 
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