Among the novel features worthy of note in Fairmount Park are two beds of crotons and a bed of the bronzy acalypha. The crotons make a remarkably fine effect, as the warm orange-brown tints in so many varied shades are particularly pleasing.

The bed of acalyphas is pronounced by good judges as unique in beauty. This may have been aided by the bordering plants. The acalypha formed the main part of the mass, and then came a border of the purple eranthemum, which we have never seen used for this purpose before. The leaves are double the size of the purple irisene, so commonly used, and of the richest purple imaginable. Then followed a border of yellow coleus, finishing by one of alternanthera. Few combinations certainly could be more effective.