The Jersey City news., 1902-04-25
BEAUTY SPOT
State House Grounds Were
Never More Beautiful
Than This Spring.
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Especial to ''The Jersey City News'I
TRENTON, April 25 1902 The State
House grounds are thing of beauty just
now and the careful arrangement of the
many beds of plants is due in a great
measure to the plans of Custodian Wese-
man and the work of Foreman John Con-
nell
From the State street line to the water
power there is constant panorama of
red, white, yellow and purple and the
Delaware avenue side is frightened by
bed of many colored hyacinths and red,
yellow and white tulips,
The State street and Delaware avenue
corner is the location of the large star,
made UP of the vari-colored tulips and
hyacinths and this design succeeds the
wreath which held forth for so long
time and which SO few could understand
the meaning of unless they gave it more
than ordinary scrutiny.
In the front of the grounds, next the
Green residence, is a bed of hyacinths,
which has a purple center surrounded
by an inner ring of white and an outer
ring of pink fyacinths.
In the rear of this bed is triangle
of white tulips, partly surrounded by
crescent of red tulips, with purple and
yellow pansies on the left.
Almost directly in front of the treas
urer's office is a cross of yellow tulips.
completely encircled by a ring of red
tulips
Along the side of the State House, lead
ing from the front walk back to the Gov
ernor's office is a series of circles of yell
low tulips with white centers.
Broken circles also extend along the
same line and are interspersed with
double hoops of white tulips.
The fountain is surrounded by yellow
tulips. set outside the walk and there is
bed of double yellow and pink tulips on
the right of the walk, near the fountain.
These are of exceptional beauty and ex-
cite many words of admirati from the
visitors. Pink ard white hyacinths com
plete these beds.
There is a bed of hyacinths of all col
ors between the Governors and Comp
troller's offices, and these attract much
attention.
N front of the fountain is a bed Of
white daffodiIs and in the rear purp.e
hyacinths.
In the rear of the Governors office is
triangular bed of tulips of all colors,
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and along the walk is a solid bed of yel-
low pansies, with about half dozen
white and purple ones dropped in to give
it an unique appearance.
At the forks of the walk on the rise
above the water power is a bed of double
tulips, and on the right what is called
THE farm" This consists of a circle Of
hyaeinths, inside of which is vari-coiored
is composed of an odd looking grass
which was imported a year or so ago,
and which results in many questions
being asked as to what it is.
A rose bed surrounded by yellow daffo-
dis completes the artistic decorations OF
! the grounds together with the colorsd
lights in the fountain. Electrician Kulp
has arranged the red, white and blue
lights in a series, giving them neater,
and at the same time, more emblematic
effect than when they were mixed all up
together.
| There are many visitors to the state
House grounds these warm days and each
and al, appreciate the appearance of the
/ flower beds. The longing .oois< cast upon
these beds leads one to believe that many
| Of the visitors would Ike very much to
have specimens for themselves, but none
arc given out except in rare instances,
because of the demand that would be
made If the custom was once started.
! With the exception of the pansies. all
the plants were in the ground during the
winter and have grown up from the roots
| this spring.
A week before Memorial day the Plants
] viii be taken up and others more suitable
! to tho season set out. While the present
flowers are the prettiest that can be
| placed in the beds, they viii not last
more than a month before their season
will be spent
number of trees have been set out in
| the park, across the water power. this
spring, and there will be quite a lot Of
shade by another year. Two bushels Of
I grass seed have been sown on the ground
and an effort VIII be made to have a
good substantial sod there another year.
The placing OF the seats ana the Get
ting out Of flowers In the park will be
| left for another year, when some action
/ will doubtless be taken with this end In
view.