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awards are not to be taken too seriously. The awards were divided 

 into four classes : a grand prize, the highest award made, which was 

 simply a diploma; 2nd, a gold medal worth $65; 3rd, a silver medal, 

 worth $20, and 4th, a bronze medal worth $3. These awards were not 

 prizes in the ordinary interpretation of that term in that they were not 

 exclusively conferred. They represented orders of excellence, which 

 to the uninformed, will explain the seemingly paradoxical circum- 

 stance of any article having several medals of the same rank. The 

 awards were made by two juries, the jury of recommendation and 

 the superior, or jury of appeal. The work of these juries did not al- 

 ways meet with the popular approval. One thing is certain ; the 

 millions who marched through the seven miles of aisles in the Agri- 

 cultural building, by common consent, gave Missouri many times the 

 awards she received at the hands of the powers that were — up stairs 

 in the Agricultural building. For list of awards see report of Missouri 

 Commission on another page. 



HORTICULTURE. 



The Building. — The Horticultural building was located immediate- 

 ly south of the Agricultural building. Although one of the most in- 

 accessible structures on the exposition grounds, it was admirably 

 adapted to the purposes for which it was erected. ' It was the best 

 lighted of all the exposition palaces. 



Sonic State Displays. — The Horticultural building was beautiful as 

 a whole chieiiy because the various State displays were more nearly 

 uniform than in any other building. Missouri, Mississippi and Cali- 

 fornia possessed the notable displays. The pecan horse of Mississippi 

 attracted its share of attention. California's display was elaborate, 

 costly and imposing with its many facades of Mission architecture. 

 The fine, actual picture of the Riverside Orange growing country was, 

 next to the. two farm scenes in Missouri's agricultural exhibit, the 

 linest thing in the exposition of its sort. 



The Missouri Display occupied 7,700 square feet of the building, 

 and was located advantageously, immediately in front of the main 

 entrance. The exhibit spaces w^ere surrounded by arches and facades 

 of white staff work, with fruit and flower designs everywhere. On 

 space 29 was the crov/ning feature in the building — Missouri's ex- 

 hibit. A pagoda with small fountains at the ends and center capable 

 of holding twelve stands of fruit. The name "Missouri" in gold let- 

 ters was engraved on the facades. Around the exhibit space was a 

 miniature elevated railroad track and train from the State's fruit 



