The aisle between the Educational Palace and the Palace of Food Products
is called The Aisle of Spring, tho the name will probably not be applied
very often, as the aisle is not important.
The flora seen here is eucalyptus, acacia, laurestinus with its white
bloom, and veronica decussata with its purple flowers.
The border is cistus.
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The Aisle of the Setting Sun is between the Court of the Universe and
the Court of the Four Seasons.
The Aisle of the Rising Sun is between the Court of the Universe and the
Court of the Ages.
These two aisles are very much alike, the great difference being in the
flora used.
The style is Italian Renaissance and should not be called Venetian, as
many have named it.
The walls are covered with a diaper design of ochre, pink and
travertine.
Blue rondels are used with telling effect. They give a delightful touch
of color and have a fine Italian feeling. These rondels have no special
meaning, being purely decorative.
The coupled columns with different decorations have their prototypes in
the columns of the churches of southern Italy.
The arched windows have interesting grotesque keystones.
Notice that the spirals of the great Siena marble columns turn in
opposite directions. Think how they would appear if they all turned the
same way!
Notice also the beautiful manipulation of color on the Triumphal Arches.
The latticed windows are strongly suggestive of Mohammedan work and are
a beautiful turquoise green. They are among the many Oriental touches at
this splendid Exposition. The area of deep pink and the burnt orange
medallions must be seen to realize their beauty.
No wonder Pegasus is seen in the spandrels! Who would not mount Pegasus
at such a glorious Exposition?
In these aisles are many remarkable conifers. Yews from many different
countries, junipers of various kinds, pines, firs, spruces, cypresses of
countless varieties, many thuyas, beside euonymus, holly, datura, India
rubber, aralias, the beautiful nandina domestica, a most lovely foliage
massed in the corners of the west side of the Aisle of the Rising Sun.
In March and April these courts receive glorious rich coloring from beds
of California poppies and anemones, bordered with creeping juniper.
The gay spring flowers will be followed by summer annuals, and later by
our autumn blossoms,