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lo the proper preservation ami (Jisplay of the plants. On the top of the roof, run- 

 ning from one end of tlie Iniilding to the other, will be an iron cresting three feet 

 higii, and api)ropriutel_v ornamented, whiiii will give a highly finished appearance 

 to the hall. 



Mr. Kendle's contract with the J>oard of Management calls for the completion of 

 the Imilding by the loth of September, so he will begin work about the first of 

 March, and push tiie constrni'tion vigorously. He is very enthusiastic over his 

 work, and said to a reporter of this paper that in all his experience he had never 

 seen such a perfect site for a horticultural liall, and that he intended giving the 

 citizens of New Orleans one of which they could have every reason to feel prouil. 

 In case the city finds, after the Exposition is over, that the building is too large the 

 building is .so constructed that l)oth its wings can be taken down and the central 

 hall left standing, it of course being necessary to close up the gaps thus made. As 

 all the perishable materials to be used in the work will be completely covered by 

 the glass the system of glazing may fairly be described as indestructible. 



The selection of Messrs. Parker Earle, P. J. Herckmans, W.'H. Ragan and Pmf. 

 Tracy to have charge of the horticultural display has inspired horticulturists and 

 pomolog'sts all over the count rv to make active lucparations for the Exposition, 

 and it is safe to say that this department alone will attract thousands of visitors to 

 New Orleans during the winter of 1884-5. 



There are seven humJreil and nine preniiiinis oflercd un fruits, aggregat- 

 ing in value $18,000, and two hundred and seventy-four in the division of 

 Plants and Trees, amounting to $7,000; a sunt total heretofore unknown in 

 the historv i>f horticultural exhibitions. 



