4380 TRANSACTIONS OF THE HORTICULTURAL 



ments used directly and indirectly in this business; flowers, 

 shrubs, trees and other plants used in landscape gardening, and 

 so arranged in the grounds, which were already a park, so as to 

 present the best display; as soon as a showy bed of flowers was 

 past its season, it was immediately replaced by another of equal 

 or prettier colors or design; the magnificent rustic forestry 

 pavillion, built of branches or roots of all the varieties of wood 

 grown in France, and containing inside a sawmill at work, 

 panoramas of various forest sceneries of France, and a display 

 of numberless wooden articles. 



This pavillion was certainly worth several days studying it 

 thoroughly. In short, it may be said that on these grounds 

 could be found about all what is common and what is rare in 

 the horticultural line. Giving credit to whom credit is due, the 

 French people do certainly know how to tastily arrange an hor- 

 ticultural exhibition. 



Notwithstanding that such a large and magnificent site was 

 devoted to horticulture, including forestry, each nation had its 

 •own horticultural and forestry exhibit in its division or special 

 pavillion. What could not keep fresh in its natural state, was 

 either canned in glass jars, or imitated by wax models or plaster 

 •casts, a brief description of which would be even too elaborate. 



A machine which I believe there are none like it yet in the Unit- 

 ed States, and which would prove of considerable use to some 

 market gardeners, and to canning factories, is a green pea- 

 •sheller manufactured by two firms of France. The first having 

 heard of it directly through a standard authority as being suc- 

 cessfully used in some large canning factories of Paris ; but, 

 owing to the fact that at several times workmen have broken 

 them to pieces on the ground that they take away the work of 

 the poor, it is kept out of view of everybody, although it would 

 not be a difficult matter to procure one. This shelier is made 

 ■entirely of wood, and does not corrode the peas. 



Those manufactured by the other firm were placed on exhibition 

 .and could be found at work every day, but as it is a new invention 

 and owing to the fear of imitation the working parts were kept 

 out of view. While it does not do perfect work yet it is practical ; 

 but very few peas remain in the pods and but a small number are 

 broken. The machine sorts the small peas from the large ones 

 and each sample is delivered through different spouts in separate 

 measures as clean as can be done by hand. From what I saw 

 these shellers do and from notes furnished by the exhibitor, their 

 •cost at Paris, and capacities are as follows: 



First. Small size shelier about three quarts per minute. Price 

 160 francs, about $30. 



Second. Medium size shelier about twelve quarts per minute. 

 Price, 850 francs, about $165. This machine shells about as 

 fast as seventy women could working by hand. 



