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Title: The San Diego garden fair; personal impressions of the architecture, sculpture, horticulture, color scheme & other aesthetic aspects of the Panama California International Exposition
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Neuhaus, Karl Eugen, 1879-
Subjects: Panama-California International Exposition (1916 : San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: San Francisco, P. Elder and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ue. Infront of the colonnade a hedge of Coprosma, withits waxy green leaves, continues the effecttoward the building. It covers densely the ironrailing between the posts of the arcade and it isrefreshing to the eye from within as well as fromwithout. From behind its shadowy foliage allsorts of vines rise to climb gracefully and luxu-riantly over the arches of the arcade into theroofs and from these over the adjoining building,away up where the eaves and domes begin andwhere the mission bells swing in their belfries.It is difficult to describe the colorful beauty ofthese vines, particularly of the Bignonia, of avivid terra cotta yellow, contrasted with thecrimson vermilion of a rare Bougainville a. Theyall sweep over the walls in great streams ofcolor which do not seem to be afraid to reachto the highest points. The fascination of thesespectacular flowers is so great that one almostoverlooks the many more intimate garden feat-ures which the careful visitor will discovereverywhere. (62)
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IN THE PATIO OF THE SCIENCE AND EDUCATION BUILDING THE GARDEN ASPECTS Adjoining the California Building on thesouth side of the Prado a shaded stairway leadsunder an arch into the Montezuma Garden.Los Jardines de Montezuma is the pompous titleof this retreat. There is, however, nothingpompous about this sheltered spot. It is mostsuccessful as a fine flower garden, embracing allthe plants one finds in many climes in the well-kept garden. It is a typical Spanish formalgarden, sheltered on all sides, a veritable retreat.On three sides buildings, including the PradoColonnade, furnish the enclosing sheltering walls,while on the south a pergola almost invisible inthe surrounding shrubbery divides it from thegently sloping park. As if the solid frames ofthe buildings were not enough, rows of Euca-lypti, of Pittosporum, and Blackwood Acaciahave been set all around, outdoing each otherin setting a new record of annual growth. ThePittosporum, with their heavy orange-coloredclusters of berries,

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