. General View of Our Exhibit of Bedding Plants and Lawn Grass on the Plateau Between the Agricultural and HOKTICiILTURAL BuiLDINGS. OUR EXHIBITS RECEIVED THE FOLLOUVING ATVARDS: Silver fledal for Crimson Fountain Grass. Silver Hedal Silver Hedal Silver fledal Tritoma Pfitzerii. Petunias and Phloxes. Ornamental Grasses. The Qrand Prize for Water Lilies and Aquatics. Gold riedal for Exhibit as a whole. Silver fledal " Caladiums. Silver fledal " Salvia " ; Silver fledal " Zinnia Jacqueminot. While no doubt many of our customer=; visited the great Exposition, held
. General View of Our Exhibit of Bedding Plants and Lawn Grass on the Plateau Between the Agricultural and HOKTICiILTURAL BuiLDINGS. OUR EXHIBITS RECEIVED THE FOLLOUVING ATVARDS: Silver fledal for Crimson Fountain Grass. Silver Hedal Silver Hedal Silver fledal Tritoma Pfitzerii. Petunias and Phloxes. Ornamental Grasses. The Qrand Prize for Water Lilies and Aquatics. Gold riedal for Exhibit as a whole. Silver fledal " Caladiums. Silver fledal " Salvia " ; Silver fledal " Zinnia Jacqueminot. While no doubt many of our customer=; visited the great Exposition, held at St. Louis the past season, and saw for themselves our exhibit in the Horticultural Department, it is more than likely that a great many did not go at all, or w ent early or late in the season, and not when the Horticultural Section was looking its best, which was from July until the end of Oclober. For such the notes and photo reproductions on this and the next page may be interesting. Our exhibit, by far the largest and most comprehensive in the Horticultural Department, occupied a space of 175,000 square feet, or a little over four acres, and was located between and to tne east of the Agricultural and Horticultural Buildings. The plateau directly between the buildings was laid out with ornamental beds, filled with a few of our leading Sjecialties, of which a list appears on the next page. The slope to the east of the buildings was planted with Petunias and Nasturtiums, which made a glorious show during their flowering season. At the foot of the slope were our Lily Ponds, over an acre in extent, filled with a complete collec- tion of both Hardy and Tender Nymphseas, Victorias and other Aquatics, most of which did splendidly, and the verdict of the Jury of Awards (a copy of which appears on page J20), as well as that of the general public, was that it was the finest feature in the Horti- cultural Section. The plantings around the margins of the ponds included such moisture-
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