466 Oincimiati Horticultural Society. [October, 



Ciurinnnti 33nrtirnltnrnl Inrirtit. 



ANNUAL EXHIBITION. 



Pursuant to the society's arrangements its annual exliibition was 

 pened on Vine street on the 16th. of September, and continued till 

 the 2^11. By the politeness of its efficient and gentlemanly Secretary, 

 G. Graham, Esq., we were favored with a "family ticket." And right 

 well did we use the privilege thus kindly accorded, by stealing away 

 from the bustle of the busy street at every hour in our control to re- 

 gale the senses among the fruits and flowers within the society's 

 magnificent pavilion. Nor did we refrain from exercising the tick- 

 et's "family" privilege; but took pains to escort thither our "weetod- 

 dlin' things," in order that something of the fragrance and freshness 

 of the place and the beauty of its adornings might be infused into 

 their budding sensibilities and thereby lend to the flower of human 

 life a richer luster and perfume. And we would that every child 

 and family of children in this Queen City could visit and revisit this 

 temple of taste and beauty where all is suggestive of pure emotions 

 and happy thoughts. And, in view of this, we were pleased to ob- 

 serve that the society's arrangements for the reception of the juve- 

 niles were on the most liberal scale. Invitations were extended to the 

 Public Schools of the city, the Orphan Asylums, &c., which were 

 gladly accepted and responded to by the presence of column after 

 column of joyous juvenile faces, each radiant with the emotions of a 

 heart full of glee, and all chattering exclamations of delight as their 

 eager eyes caught sight of canary or cantelope, of fruit, flower, or 

 gold-fish. While watching their child-like antics and gleeful emo- 

 tions we feel thankful that they had been invited up to this mount 

 of nature's transfiguration and we know that it was " good" for them 

 to be there. 



We think the tout ensemhle of arrangements showed to even bet- 

 ter advantage than did that of last year; though we then thought the 

 whole ftiultless. Upon entering, a wide avenue, neatly "tanned," 

 opens before the visitor, leading up to a fountain set in a most ap- 

 propriate frame of magnificent rock-work, crowned by a gigantic tow- 

 er, built of specimens of all, as it would seem, that earth can yield. — 

 This fountain and rock-work, constructed by Mr. G. M. Kern, land. 



