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These buildings consisted chiefly of four which were each one 

 hundred feet long by thirty feet wide, for exhibition halls. Smaller 

 buildings were erected for business and committee rooms, an office 

 for the sale of tickets, for the exhibition of the magnetic telegraph, 

 and other purposes. 



FLORAL HALL. 



Upon entering the enclosure, the first object which attracted the 

 attention, was the hall designated " Floral Hall," and chosen for 

 the reception of the horticultural productions, wdth admirable taste 

 in those of the officers of the society upon whom devolved the duty 

 of selecting the location and directing the arrangement of the grounds. 

 This building was placed upon a slight eminence, sufficiently elevated 

 to overlook the entire preparations contained within the surrounding 

 enclosure, and commanding a most extensive and enchanting prospect 

 of the surrounding scenery : in the distance the blue hills of Oriskany 

 and Trenton lifting their broad shoulders to the clouds, w^hile their 

 extended ridges and wide-spread slopes, sprinkled with patches of 

 forests and cultivated fields rose like an amphitheatre around the city 

 of Utica, with its spires and tow^ers and spacious avenues and shady 

 streets lying at their feet. Directly in front of " Floral Hall," and 

 removed but a short distance, stood a beautiful decahedral temple, 

 its columns and pointed arches wreathed and encircled with ever- 

 greens, and its frieze and dome richly wrought and interwoven with 



