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which the Exposition will continue, or as can he hehl over In' the most efficient 

 system of cold storage. We expect tliese exhil)its from every State and Territory 

 of the United States; from the Provinces of British North America; from Mexico 

 and the Central American States; and from all the important Nations of the 

 World. The sjime classes of fruits from all the temperate climates of the glolie, 

 will be placed side by side for comparison. The Citrus fruits, and others of great 

 commercial value, will be gathered from the Gulf States, from California, from 

 the Mediterranean countries, from South America, from India, China, and the 

 Islands of the Sea. 



This exhibition will be continuous for the whole term of the Exposition, show- 

 ing every fruit in its season, and continuing many kinds beyond their season by 

 the help of cold storage. The most ample and complete cold storage facilities to 

 be found on the Continent have been placed in control of the management by the 

 New Orleans Refrigeration Companj'. 



Thus it will be seen that an Industrial Fair Association has at last been found, 

 able and willing to recognize the importance of Horticulture and the great fruit 

 interests of this country and the world ; and to provide for their exhibition in the 

 most liljeral spirit as one of the most important and attractive departments of a 

 World's Exposition. 1 can not be mistaken in my l)elief that these generous invi- 

 tations, which are wholly without precedent in the history of Fairs and Exposi- 

 tions, will be resjiondcd to by the fruit growers and the Agricultural and Pomo- 

 logical Societies of this and other countries; and that we shall see in New Orleans 

 next winter such a varied and profuse exhibition of the pomological wealth of all 

 nations as the most enthusiastic horticulturist has not dreamed of beholding; and 

 which will be of incalculable benefit to the vast interests rejiresented. 



Premium lists will be issued at an early day for distribution to all interested. 

 All inquiries and applications for space should be addressed to the undersigned, 

 at Cobden, Illinois, U. S. A. 



PARKER EARLE, 



President Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society, and Chief of Department of 

 Horticulture, World's Exposition, New Orleans. 



At thi.s (late, .lune Isl, iss^, llie (ircal liuikling for the iiccuiniiUHlatiun of 

 the Horticultural Department is rapidly approaching completion, and already 

 applications for exhibition space are in from most of the Stiites and from 

 many foreign countries. 



DEPARTMENT OF IIOUTICULTURE. 



Clii'f of Diparlmiitl Paijki:i{ Earle, Cobden, III. 



CinnmiMwncr of Foreign Exhibils P. J. 1>i;rckm.vns, Augusta, Ga. 



SujMrintendenl of the Divmmiof Pomdogy W. H. Ragan, Lafayette, Ind. 



SiijM'rinlcndeiit <f the Di rvsion of Plants and Trees S. M. Tracy, Columl)ia, Mo. 



The Premiiun I>ist in the Department of Horticulture is headed hy tlie 

 following : 



fiKNERAI, ANNOUNCE.MENT. 



The IJoard of Management of ihe World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial 

 Exposition, to !•(• bebl in New Orleans during the winter and spring of 1884-'85, 



