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S U B S C R I B E T O D A Y C a l l 4 2 7 - 7 0 0 0 75 C e n ts E S T A B L I S H E D I N 1 8 7 4 w w w .L o n g 1 s l a n d e r N e w s . c o m LONG ISLANDER NEWSPAPERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS /MEDIA BUSINESS OF THE YEAR B Y <3 E O R G E W A L L A C E o s t p e o p le w fio v is it C e n tra l Park in N e w Y o rk C ity w ill th in k of it as a la n d s c a p e cre a te d u tiliz in g Rom antic-era p rin c ip le s that create a ca re fu lly co n s tru c ted sense o f gracefu l natural setting. Few e r p e o p le w ill be aw are that it also, c o n tain s a v e ry fin e ‘form a l gar d e n ’ - the C o n s e rva to ry G a rden, O n Saturday, Ju l 9 at 11 a.m ., and w e e k ly th e reafter through; O c to b e r, the C e n tra l Jark .C o n s e rvan c y w ill o ffe r guided tours o f th e 'fo rm al gar den. V isito rs are asked to m eet at the V a n d e rb ilt G a te (105 th St and F ifth A ven u e ). Le d by C o n s e rva to ry G a rd e n sta ff, visito rs w ill be in tro duced to exuberant p e ren n ial and annual beds, and delight in an abun d a n c e o f co lo r and fragrance w h ile learn in g about the G a rd e n ’s h isto ry and design* C o n s e rva to ry G a rd e n began as a large, E-shaped greenhouse, o r co n se rva to ry in 1898. It featured an in d o o r w in ter garden o f exotie tro p ica l p lan ts and outdoor d e c o rative V icto ria n flow e rb e d s. In 1937, th e d e terio ratin g stru ctu re w a s dem ol- , ished an d th is six-acre fo rm al gar d e n was d e sig n e d in its p lace. C o n s e rva to ry G a rd e n Is d ivid e d in to th ree d istin c t style s - Fren c h , Ita lia n , and En g lish . T h e n o rth e rn French-styie gard e n features an e llip s e o tiiie a n d e r in g boxw o o d and p a n sies, and show cases sp e c tacu lar seaso n a l d isp lays o f tu lip s in sp rin g and ch rysan th e m um s in autum n . In th e cen ter is the U n term eyer fountain* w & ich is sur rounded b y th e ch a rm in g T h ree D a n c in g M a id e n s scu lp tu re b y G e rm an a rtist W alte r Sch o tt. The “cen tral Ita lia n garden featu res a w iste ria pergola, a large law n sur rounded b y clip p e d hedges o f yew s, a 12 -foot-high je t fc ’ exquisite allees O: crab a p p le trees, u n d e r th e w iste m e d a llions inscribe o f the o rig in a l th irl the gravesite of Fiances Hodgson Burnett in Foslyn is not the only local remembrance of the famed English author - a bronze statuary in Central park’s Conservatory Garden depicts a figure drawn from herweH-known tale Hie Secret Garden it is the same sculptor - and same con ception - as the little fountain in the TR Bird Sanctuary in Oyster Bay The cen terp iece o f the southern En g lish garden is a b ro n z e sta tu a ry fo u n ta in m em o rializin g ch ild re n ’s w rite r Fran c e s H o d g s o n Bu rn e tt* author of L ittle L o rd F a m tle ro y and Se c re t G a rd e n — an E n g lish author w h o lived fo r m a n y ye a rs in R o s lyn and is b u ried th e re, in the sam e graveyard as W illia m C u lle n B rya n t. The B u rn e tt Fo u n tain d e o icts a ! b irds, S 6 1.£-892 1 1- AN Id O d H ltiO N ’ . 3 A V 1 3 y n V ll5 t A y v a a n o n a n d ± yodH ± a o N w o o *,vw o o ioi d sum- pees. . 'th o s e in terested in L o n g Isla n d h is to ry is the fa c t . th a t the scu lp to r o f the B u r n e tt F o u n ta in is th e sam e w o m a n w h o scu lp ted the little fo u n ta in a t the T h e o d o re R o o s e v e lt B ird S a n c tu a ry in O y s ter Bay. T h a t w o u ld b e B e s s ie Po tter V o n n o h , b o rn in S a in t L o u is, M isso u ri a n d an acco m p lish e d A m e rica n scu lp to r w h o stu d ied in C h icag o , F lo re n c e and P a ris b e fo re settlin g in th e N e w Y o rk M e tro p o lita n area. In 1925 V o n n o h scu lp ted a group o f ch ild re n fo r a fo u n tain at the R o o s e v e lt B ird San c tu a ry a t O y s ter Bay, Lo n g Isla n d . S im ila r in co n c e p tio n to th e B u rn e tt M e m o rial, it d e p icts in bronze a stan d in g g irl h o ld in g a b o w l, a b o y p layin g a flu te re c lin in g b e s id e h e r, an d sw a llow s. Based o n the ch a racters o f M a ry and D ick o n from B u rn e tt’s T h e Se c re t G a rd e n , the f igures relate to several other versio n s o f the su b ject in p riva te co lle c tio n s . A c c o rd in g to the N e w York C ity D e p a rtm e n t o f Parks, at the d e d ica tio n o f th e m e m orial on M a y 28,1937, M a y o r F io re llo LaG u a rd ia recalled th a t as a ch ild h is m o ther m ade him w e a r a “Lo rd Fau n tlero y suit” w h en he p layed in the lo c a l orchestra.
