Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-10
OCTOBER FLOWERS.

/ Them mt the Pnn-American The
Gardens of the city of Light Are
One of Its Most Attractive Features.
Artistic scenes which the Lover OF
Beauty should Not Fail to see.
The Pan-American IS one OF the
/ greatest flower shows that ever was.
but there are SO many other things in
which 1t IS great that the rarity and
beauty of its floral features are per-
/ haps apt to be overlooked If people
/ would take more time to allow the ar
! tistlc and beautiful features of the Ex-
! position to impress their senses and
1 permeate their inmost being instead of
racing from one part OF the grounds to
another. trying 10 see every exhibit
and every show on the Midway, they
would 90 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. II
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 hyaeinths
filed the air with their dainty fra
GRANGE, 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 II by magic to take
the place of those which had done their
poisoning and served their turn in the
entertainment of the visitors TO the
City Of Light. And now one sees the
tall Gamma, the gay geranium and 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 tail and
curious looking trees. which perhaps
few in their anxiety to reach the heart
of the Exposition stop 10 notice. If
they realized that they We're century
plants just budding, a thing which. as
all know, century plants only 10 once
in a long. long time. they would doubt
less stop and look with open mouths
and wondering gaze. Ii IS 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 Won
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 It's north end, with the Mirror
Lakes aud the Triumphal Bridge and
the groups of statuary Astounding. form
a scene whose artistic aspect must APP
peal 10 even the least aesthetic visitor.
! The cannas are very effective decora-
tive plants. with their tall leaves in
green and red and brown. 4 rich Gamma
one sees here is named Governor
Roosevelt 1t would seem appropriate
now to change its name TO President
Roosevelt
on the opposite side OF the Tri-
umphal Bridge is the Wooded Island.
and here one ruams amid old fashioned
flowers. growing as though they had
sprung Up there al 10y themselves with.
out any assistance from the landscape
gardener and his corps If assistants
4 BUT Of course that ; not the case. The
studied carelessness of the gardening
Of this island is only one of the pretty
deceits employed 20 produce the i'm.
/ preston that il is all the work of Moth.
+ y Nature herself.
Have you seen the fairyllke effects
I n tile garden about the Fountain OF
+ Abundance at night? 1t Is one Of the
new things. This small garden is very
beautiful 10y day, ana at night electric
lights Of different eolors have been hid
den among the flowers and planks. 50
/ 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 10
describe. but very charming indeed 10
witness. II Is quite 2 pretty surprise
+ even 70 old Pan-American visitors.
pjd you ever notice IN crossing the
4 Court of Lilies. south OF the Machinery
building a heavy vapor arising from
the basin in the center of that court
Sometimes IL has so much the appear.
ance Of smoke that people think some
thing must be atire in the garden. hut
1t is only the steam or vapor created
BY the heatin- of the water IN that la
sin for the benefit Of the tropical lilies
which grow therein. These lilies. which
are known as the Victoria Rcgia. have
enormous leaves. some of chem three
feet in diameter.
other gardens where there are flow
ers in bloom during this month of &c
tobor are those in front Of the United
States Government building and I'd,
Horticulture group. where the gay e
raniumS and sweet petunias contrast
their colors with the green flags grow
ing I'M the basin AMI with the whit,
Statuary disposed along their slopes.
There was a floral fete NJ the ENposi
ton during the tirst week Of October
and this in lis way. OF course. was AZ