258 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



saw it will recall, was probably the most beautiful sight of the 

 kind, up to that time, that any one had ever seen, but you will 

 remember that it was all on a flat surface. Not so at St. 

 Louis. The Festival Hall at St. Louis, which corresponded 

 to the Administration Building, and the Colonnade of States, 

 which corresponded with the Peristyle at Chicago, was ele- 

 vated. The same difference would exist if our beautiful 

 Capitol yonder on the hill, instead of surmounting the crest of 

 the hill it should stand upon a dead level. How much more 

 beautiful it is elevated upon that crest. The Festival Hall at 

 St. Louis was situated very much the same. On either side 

 was the Colonnade of States, representing the states carved 

 out of the Louisiana territory. Twelve states and two terri- 

 tories were formed out of that single tract of land. This 

 colonnade extended a quarter of a mile from the beautiful 

 central piece. Festival Hall, located on this eminence of 52 

 feet, rose above it for 200 feet more, surmounted by a beautiful 

 dome. The Colonnade of States extended about a quarter of 

 a mile, ending at each end in a beautiful structure surmounted 

 with a circular dome, which corresponded in architecture to 

 the main dome in the center. These colonnades were sur- 

 mounted with statuary symbolical of the states which they 

 represented. From a point in front of the Festival Hall the 

 Cascades flowed down over the stair work into the Lagoon, 

 which passed on through porches and under bridges and 

 arches clear down through the grounds. So that on a fine 

 evening one could get into a boat, and going up past the Cas- 

 cade, from which the full beauty of the waterfall could be 

 seen, passing up under the arches and under the bridges, up 

 and down the Lagoon, one could see the white light, and red 

 and green lights alternating. No sooner did one fairy scene 

 burst upon you than in a moment it was changed to something 

 almost equally beautiful. It was indeed a fairy scene. The 

 curved lines of the colonnade suggested the majestic approach 

 of St. Peter's at Rome. As you passed down to the right and 

 to the left there extended the large buildings, which were 

 built for exhibition purposes. There was but little difference 

 between those and the ones at Chicago, except that they were 

 very much larger. 



The real genius of the St. Louis Exposition, however, was 

 in its landscape gardens. This country has never seen such 



