An International Exhibition of Horticultural Products. 263 



hereby announce to all persons interested in Horticulture and Pomology through- 

 out the world, that they have organized a Department ok Horticultuke, for 

 the purpose of making the most comprehensive possible exhibition of the vahuiMe 

 fruits and plants of all nations. 



The organization of this exhibition has been placed in the hands of a committee 

 appointed by the Mississippi Valle}' Horticultural Society, consisting of Mr. Par- 

 ker Earle, of Illinois ; Mr. P. J. Berckmans, of Georgia ; and Mr. Chas. W. Gar- 

 field, of Michigan. The schedule of premiums herewith ofl'ered has been prepared 

 by this committee. The complete organization and management of this depart- 

 ment will be under the control of the officers named above. 



The management expect to secure an International Exhibition of Fruits and 

 Plants, which will be of the greatest value to all of the vast interests connected 

 with Horticulture. To provide proper facilities for so important an exhibition, 

 they are now erecting a large and beautiful Horticultural Building, or Conserva- 

 tory, the walls and a large portion of the roof of which will lie covered with glass, 

 and specially adapted to the exhibition of both fruits and plants. This building 

 will be six hundred feet in length, and with an average width of one hundred and 

 fourteen feet. It will furnish table room for twenty-five thousand plates of fruit, 

 and forty thousand feet of space for the exibition of plants. Apartments with 

 suitable heating arrangements for the care of green-house ami stove-plants will lie 

 provided. 



Extensive space has also been assigned to this Department in the beautiful 

 grounds adjacent to the Horticultural Building, for the planting of large exhibits 

 of trees and plants. The Government of Mexico will fill five acres or more of this 

 space; the States of Central America, the State of Florida, and it is hoped, many 

 other States and Nations will here occupy liberal grounds in the exhibition of 

 their sylvan and floral wealth. 



The management submit herewith a varied and liberal schedule of premiums 

 for Fruits and Plants, and tender their assurance to exhibitors from every State 

 and Nation, that this exhibition will be managed throughout in tiu- most lilicral 

 spirit, and with the earnest desire of securing an unprecedented opportunity for 

 the exhibition, the study, and the comparison of a wider range and a greater 

 wealth of horticultural products than have hitherto been gathered together. 



All communications and enquiries should l)e aildressed to the (:hief of this De- 

 partment, or to his assistants, as announced above. The exhibition will open De- 

 cember 1, 1884, and continue not exceeding six months. 



E. A. BURKE, Director General. 



This General .Vnnouncement is followed by specific niles and retiuliitions 

 governing the exhibitions in the Divisions of Pomology iind Plants and 

 Trees, closing with the accompanying : 



SUGGESTIONS TO EXHIBITORS. 



All apples, pears, and similar fruits intended for this exhiliition. should be gath- 

 ered as soon as fully grown and fairly colored, and while yet as firm a.s possible. 

 They should be gathered with great care and laid in cushioned baskets with some 

 soft bit of blanket between the lavers. They should not lie chafed or pressed in 



