The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10
m THB GIFTS GREENHOUSES
TBOI SINDS 90 PLANTS READY
To BEICTIFY TRg PARMS.

An the TIs~srs Thaa seen wm No On
VIsw Arc 0rO~a ~ ths Ctay lasels
NanaaIlsm ths Greatest Ensaay
win whsra ne GaFarnssS Coatsua.
these are busy days &c tho green
hous~a 90 iO6ah street and Hfth avenue
"a central Park. for they supply from
,bers tho towering plants and shrubs.
naIns and vines which win make FOR
reous al tho parks Of the city. and the
tre % the decoration u at hand.
No part Of thu city 10 overlooked In the
hsautfying process. The records for lem
show that 5000 plants bloomsd In beds
N The parks below Fifty-ninsh street
water lilies especially for Union Square.
Washington square. stuyVesant Parh.
Torrpkina square and Bowling Orssn.
While one Of the most effective horaI dis
riavs IN the city was that In City Hall
Pars where innumerabl0 largo palms
were banked AZ q background for myriads
Of smaller towering plants
Nlstaria. Virginia creoper. dolichos and
rlsmatls vines clambering over tho walls
Of rustic summer houses. brilliant beds Of
rhododendroRs, phlox. ssdum and aaalsas
have delighted the eyes % thousands %
daily visitors who dld noe know that the
civ wa its own Eardsnsr and did not
o., out one plant that WA not propaGatsd
In It's own greenhouse. Even the plants
which bring about the pleasing effects
IN winter spruce. juniper. arbor vita
and other evergreens belong to this great
and distinct municipal family.
II - great family. which last year
furnished 5000 plants for bedding pur-
roses IN the parks. Only in 1877 were
the two propa @ ton houses built. az q
cost Of 81 OO0. which have supplied tho
demand formerly met ivy purchase On the
cpen market mostly plants and flowers.
contributing ia .O0O plants that year. in
chdinR 5000 geraniums. 5000 coliIses,
y ~ roses. primroees, coxcomb, SALIVA.
petuniaS outdoor plants OF every variety
Last wear 1900 alternantheraa we're
propa gated. $1,000 begonias and 1900
Iannas
Although IL IL the big show houses OF
the conservatory. veTttably hlaKing with
beauty that are now attracting the
attention OF visitors, Il h the propagation
houses and what they contain that arouse
the 'enderest care Of the GARDENERS
Tapls after tAbls n flied with row
after row of ugly httle pots and equally
ugly little plants. carefully graded ~ 90
site The eyes OF the EarIianers go into
the future. though no spectacle could be
more uninsptring 20 the average visitor
unl-ss t 10 the boxes on boxes Allied with
sa-'h and tiny seedlings which have not
vet arrived to the dignity even Of pots.
IN the propagation houses IS .OOO Rera-
NUNS are nov passing through tho inter
mediate stages. In the nearby hotbeds
plants 81 many varieties are being hurried
and coaxed along.
\ family 90 largo and so care sxactinR
naturally necessttates q large forcO 81
attendants under expert supsrviaion
Superintendent Of Greenhouses Olson
directs fourteen experienced Earieners.
Who are assisted by ten or twelve Others
IN the greenhouses. The conservatory
and propagation houses give constant
employment.
In the decorative work outside the
greenhouses forty-elGht gardener are
Kept busy rs well a. four ArboFiculturists
forty fOrensen In charge OF s7i climbers.
pr1Iners. helpers from the laboring classes
all working under Landscape Archltect
ParrOns AZ present the complete forCr
numbers st1-caring for plants. flower
h@sts. grass rlota.