The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

Of May. Next are taken out the $4,000
geraniums.
The seventy eight varieties of peren-
malls thus maintained through the
winter at Lake Como include 1000
fuchsias, 5000 daisies and fully 3d.
600 cannas.
Tropical plants are transferred bod
fly from the parks to the hothouses at
the end of September and from the
dollhouse to the parks again at the
end of June. Among these valuable
grOWths are the palms, the bamboos,
the banana trees, the rubber trees, the
acaliphaS, the Silk-O oaks, and specimens
of the araucaria excelsa.
Of the seeding flowers to be plant
ed within a few weeks there are up
wards of 10000 plants; the best known
varieties of which are the asters, the
marigold, the candytuft, the carnatiOn,
the cOxcomb, the poppy, the four
O'Clock, the mignOnette, the lObelia, the
verbena, the petunia, the morning
glory, he phlOX, the salvea, the sweet
pea and the sweet william.
Seeds, too, are used to supply the
most striking plant in the popular lily
lily from Central Africa. A few of
the lilies are grown from bulbs.
Concert Season Is Planned.
It will be May day before the sum-
mer crowds begin to seek the local
parks; it may be later should the
weather prove unfaVorable. The big
gest crowds, of course, will not ap-
pear before the middle of June. 1t
is then that the concert season will
begin at Como park. The Minnesota
State band will play again this sea-
son. SiXty-fiVe concerts will be given
between the middle of June and the
close of August. Beginning with Sun
day concerts only, the programme will
be made daily soon after the first of
July.
The opening Of the parks-already
frequented by occasional lovers of the
early spring-should remind st. Paul
of its exceptional good fortune In the
matter of park improvements. In his
annual address, delivered a few months
ago, President ]. A. Wheelock, of the
park board, reviewed, with compre-
hensive and accurate appreciation, the
parks and parkways Of this city. He
said:
The diversified topography of ST.
Paul teens with a wealth of natural
beauties which has made it famous
among American cities. Its site en-
folds the elliptic arch formed by the
Mississippi, when, after receiving from
the southwest the tributary waters of
general southerly to a northeastern
course, and then, while still within the
city limits, as abruptly resumes its
usual southerly direction. BY the
forces of denudation which have sculp-
tured the hills and valleys and gorges
and their castellated bluffs, through
which the winding river runs, nature
has lavished it's choicest gifts of river
scenery upon st. Paul, and marked out
in advance the destined seats of parks
and parkways along it's river front.
In the beautiful lakes on its northern
borders with their charming landscape
environments, she has equally set the
seal of her authoritative dedication
to park purposes.
1T was the inspiration of a larger
view Of the park requirements of a
growing and ambitious city that, in
1928, during one of ST. PauPs boom
periods, prompted the purchase of 256
acres for park on the western shore
of Lake Como. 1t was made by a com
mission of leading citizens appointed
by the district court under the au-
thOrity of a legislative act authorizing
the issuance of city bonds in the sum
Of 100000 for the purchase of land for
park purposes. There was no cues
ton Of any other site. A unanimous
public sentiment approved the selec-
ton. 1t was a liberal and far-sighted
initiative for a young city having then
but a little over 10000 inhabitants;