New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-06-07

the mountains covered with rich flora, here
represented by such spiky plants as the japanese
primrose, the columbine Himalayan variety.
Behind, again, is a small rock garden. Here is
a real Alpine garden with edelweiss, in its
strange. cold wilderness; anemones. charming,
bright pink danthus, lifting its perky little face
from the stone; saxfrage. sedum, with feathery
flowers, all looking as If they had just been
lifted bodily from zermatt. The section made
a very attractive picture, of which no one
seemed to tire. 1t was set in a frame formed by
a border of blue starry centaurea and bright
golden gamoiepis.
Elsewhere, admirably displayed in a series Of
tanks was a very remarkable collection of water
lilies, drawn from all parts of the world and with
of the handsomest of arrowheads it Is pos
sibe to imagine in full flower. There are reaches
on the Seine in which this fine plant may be
found-in quiet baCkwaters, chie1y-but this
gigantic specimen is an importation from Monte
video The lilies were of all colors; the bright
yellow one of France, just you may see it
the Seine and other rivers; a curious deep
red from Zanzibar, exquisite pink, called the
Marie Lagrange, and pale mauves, rich whites
and delicate blues. All these exotics and others
kept house happily il a circular pool with white
plaster figures. after the style of those in the
Versailles park.
was that in which was an exhibit of sweetpeas.
This flower is little cultivated in France, and
this collection had been brought from the other
! side of the Channel. They were all cut blooms,
having been grown, of course, under glass-the
time for sweetpeas being not yet--and they in
Guided some half dozen and very lovely
tints. There rich scarlet with q dash
of orange in the lobe called the st. George. and
another equally vivid pink of different tone
called the Henri Eckford These two, in partic-
ular. attracted great interest. and orders for
seeds to be delivered in the autumn were being
booked all day long. The sweetpea lends itself
to lovely effects if properly treated.
new and charming idea for what is, after
all, the most interesting part of any garden
the herbaceous border, to which you may go at
any time of the year and be of finding
bouquets suggested by bed at the show filled
with bugloss. This bold, deep blue flower on it's
tall stalk is well known the edge of woods
and meadow land. but this bugloss is a new
plant, called the "bugloss of Italy A hand
some well shaped plant, 1t formed in conjunc-
ton with a border of rich yellow calceolaria
fancy bed that would look we'll on lawn to
break the line and the bugloss itself would
stand out well in a border.
/, An old-fashioned flower, treated in a new way
at the show was the sweet smelling stock. 1t
was used at the exhibition massed and alone
with happy effect and some fine varieties of
color were to be seen. Nasturtiums, too, were
treated with some originality for bedding out, u
splendid mass of color being obtained by using
alternately climbing and dwarf plants in a large
fancy shaped bed, The climbing plants were. of
| course, a frame.
Among.the vegetables were some impressive and
| tempting exhibits. Asparagus, like young oak
! saplings, tied in mammoth bundles; radishes
| larger and rounder than anything in that direc-
| ton one had ever dreamed of; Cucumbers, that
| took you aback by being either white or yellow.
but certainly never green; leeks. that quite
| obese. and lettuces that purple and curly
| these were only few of the varieties displayed
They created an appetite in the spectator that
| could be Immediately assuaged by hot "gauf-
| fres" made by a couple of white capped cooks
hard by, and after the crisp and dainty wafer
one felt strong enough to go and examine
the latest innovation in the shape of perma-
nent mushroom nursery, installed in the very
bowels OF the greenhouses Of COurs-la Refine.
Here are banks of spawn in every stage of de-
velopment that promise entirely adequate
supply for all the ''omelettes aux champignons"
that even Paris require. Thus treasured as
by the floral panorama tired Parisans allowed
themselves to be chased out of the building, and
the gates shut. c. /. B.
A travelling salesman was thunderstruck upon
being presented with telegram which ran:
Twins this morning-rnors later. Sadie Judge.