Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17

would take more time 10 auow inc aT- tistic and beautiful features of the Ex- position to impress their senses and permeate their inmost being instead of racing from one part of the grounds to another. tssing to see every exhibit and every show on the Midway. they would go home feeling greater benefit from their stay in the Rainbow City.
 The Pan-American Is full of gardens which tempt the visitor to rest awhile and drink in the beauties of nature. It may seem surprising that in the month of October there are flowers worth looking at, but such Is the fact. The rains of the past few weeks have kept the landscape as fresh and beautiful as in May and June. and as one flower goes out of the scene another takes its place. On opening day the hyacinths filled the air with their dainty fra grance. in June tulips lifted their proud heads. later in the month of brides and sweet girl graduates came roses, with their rich perfume, and as the summer passed the other flowers in their sea son sprang up as If by magic to take the place of those which had done their blossomlng and served their turn in the entertainment of the visitors to the City of Light. And now one sees the tall canna. the gay geranlum aud such old fashioned flowers as grandmother's garden had-the phlox. the pink. the begonia, the petunia and other posies which are no less beautiful because they do not happen to be novel
 In entering the grounds by the Elm. wood gate visitors pass two tall and curious looking trees. which perhaps few in their anxiety to reach the heart of the- Exposition stop to notice. If they realized that they were century plants just budding. thing which, as all know. century plants only do once in long, long time. they would doubt less stop and look with open mouths and wondering gaze. It Is a sight which one cannot see very often any where else. One of these century plants is nearly forty feet in height.
 The Rose Gardens around the Wom- ans building. having for their back ground the outlines of the Spanish renaissance buildings about the main court and the Electric Tower looming up at its north end. with the Mirror Lakes and the Triumphal Bridge and the groups of statuary aboundlng. form scene whose artistic aspect must ap- peal to even the least aesthetic visitor. The cannas are very effective decora- tive plants. with their tall leaves In green and red and brown. rich canna one sees here is named Governor Roosevelt. It would seem appropriate now to change It's name to President Roosevelt.
 On the opposite side of the Tri- umphal Bridge Is the Wooded Island. and here one roams amid old fashioned flowers, growing as though they had sprung up there all by themselves with out any assistance from the landscape gardener and his corps of assistants. But of course that Is not the case The studied carelessness of the gardening of this island is only one of tue pretty pression that 1t Is all the work of Moth CT Nature herself.
 Have you seen the fairyllke effects in the garden about the Fountain of Abundance at night? It is one Of the new things. This small garden Is very beautiful by day. and at night electric lights of different colors have been hid den among the flowers and blanks. so that one sees the surface of the ground dotted with these little spots of light. bringing out the beauty of the flowers. and all forming a scene impossible to describe. but very charming indeed to witness. It Is quite pretty surprise even to old n-American visitors
 Did you ever notice in crossing the Court of Lilies. south of the Machinery building. heavy vapor arising from the basin in the center of that court? Sometimes it has so much the appear ance of smoke that people think some thing must be afire In the garden. but it is only the steam or vapor created by the heating of the water In that ba- sin for the benefit of the tropical lilies which grow therein. These lilies, which are known as the Victoria Regia, have enormous leaves, some of them three feet in diameter.
 othCi StihuNhS " hNlS lutfc dEc uO"- CTS In bloom during this month of Oc- tober are those In front of the United States Government building and the
 Horticulture group. where the gay ge-
 raniums and sweet petunias contrast
 their colors with the green flags grow
 ing in the basin and with the white statuary disposed along their slopes. There was floral fete at the Exposi-
 tion during the first week of October.
 and this in its way, of course was an
 affair of much beauty and magni1- cence; but, as a matter of fact. there
 have been floral fetes at the Pan-Amer-
 ican since opening day.
 KiIburn VIII Not Resign. | State Superintendent of Banks Fred. erick D. Kilburn has refused to accept | the presidency of the reorganiZed Sey. 1 enth National bank of New York city | He says it will be impossible for him I to accept the presidency, as it would
 necessitate his resignation as superin tendent of banks, position he has
 held for five years. It is said that Mir l Kilburn, whose term of office expired : about seven months ago, has beeI
 promised reappointment by Governor
 Odell. The salary is $7,0O0.