Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - Philadelphia Flower Show

At the center of Thomas W. Sear's central feature is a circular pool with Beatrice Fenton's nereid fountain. 6 x 9.5 inch b&w photograph. Philadelphia Flower Show 1935 album.

Description of central feature from Horticulture, April 1, 1935, p. 174: "The Philadelphia Flower Show, held as usual in the capacious Commercial Museum, during the week of March 25, was voted unanimously, by the vast crowds which thronged the paths winding between the endless displays, the most distinguished show the city has ever witnessed. For several years an outstanding attraction has been a superb collection of acacias, possibly the finest in the East, from the estate of Joseph E. Widener. This year these fine plants took their place with brilliant effect in the keystone landscape arrangement. A serene canal ran through the large center aisle of the hall, on either side of which wide beds of hyacinths glowed in two colors of blue. From these delph carpets, the dazzling acacias, in full flower, raised their soft plumes and were reflected in the silver mirror of the canal. The waterway was broken in the center by a circular pool, where a Nereid fountain by Beatrice Fenton held the place of honor. The fountain and pool were flanked on four sides by low flights of steps which joined the flagstone walks dividing the two small canals running at right angles to the pool. The center exhibit was walled in at either side by tall continuous hemlock hedges which lent seclusion to the scene. Immediately before these, the motif of acacias and hyacinths was repeated. More than 20 works of sculpture, the product of Philadelphia and New York artists, loaned to the show through the instrumentality of the Philadelphia Art Alliance, were placed at accent points in this display. The 20,000 hyacinths woven into the picture were especially imported from Holland for the show, and forced in local greenhouses. " Penciled on verso: 1935-14