The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



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East Front of Horticulture Building at the left and Temple of Music at the right. 

 PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 



PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 



We recentl\- spent a few days at the 

 Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, and 

 must say we were very agreeably sur- 

 prised at its beauty and magnitude. 



Of course, the buildings are not so 

 large as those at the World's Fair in 

 Chicago, but the Buffalo Exposition is 

 a good deal more than a small edition of 

 the World's Fair. Even more effort has 

 been I \|iriiilid upon the ornamentation 

 of ii • l.r.Miiiiiil liuildings, and the color 

 sclHiiir. wliili \Mj feared would detract 

 ratlicr tli:iii add to the general beauty of 

 the scene, has been so artistically han- 

 dled that it is a pronounced success. It 

 is truly a rainbow city and a dream of 

 beauty. 



The grounds lack a reposeful wooded 

 island, but it is difficult to conceive of 

 anything more beautiful than the grand 

 court at night with the magnificent dis- 

 play of electric lights on the buildings, 

 that noble tower rising heavenward at 

 the end with the opalescent water gush- 

 ing from its base and the many-colored 

 lights rising from the water in the cen- 

 tral lagoon. Sitting in 'a comfortable 

 seat at one end of the court on a perfect 

 summer night listening to Sousa's music 

 with the beautiful buildings and stat- 

 uary as a setting and the glittering tower 

 of fire at the other end, we decided that 

 never before had we seen any work of 

 man so entraneingly beautiful. It is 

 something that no one should miss who 

 can possibly get to Buffalo this summer. 



We present in this issue engravings 

 from photographs of a few of the arch- 

 itectural features, including one of the 

 tower at night, which though a good 

 photographic reproduction naturally falls 

 a great deal short of the reality. One of 

 the greatest beauties of the tower, to our 



mind, is the waterfall at its base, upon 

 which lights are directed in such a way 

 as to make a continually changing color 

 effect that is wonderfully soft and pleas- 

 ing. 



The display of florists' plants on the 

 grounds is not only extensive but the 

 plants are all in fine condition. We will 

 • not attempt to go into details as these 

 are covered each week in Mr. Scott's 

 notes and will only say that we were con- 

 tinually surprised by the shortness of 

 time in which many apparently finished 

 effects had been created. It shows what 

 can be done with such a thorough and 

 able gardener as Mr. William Scott in di- 

 rect charge of the work. 



In the Horticulture Building the dis- 

 play of plants is not as extensive as it 

 should be, though good as far as it goes. 

 The best feature in flowering plants at 

 the time of our visit wn^ n cnllcr-tinn of 

 pelargoniums by the intiiij,. Cm, Ions, 

 Queens, N. Y. There i- an . At. n-nr dis- 

 play of fruits, especially a|i]il('-, lait that 

 is out of our department. Several huge 

 cocoa palms in fruit attract much at- 

 tention, as do a lot of fruiting pine 

 apples in the conservatory. 



There are numerous restaurants on the 

 grounds. We found the Wellington cafe 

 the most satisfactory, the quality good, 

 prices fair and service all that could be 

 wished. We cannot say a- iinili f.ii the 

 Bailey Catering Company, wlii, h lia~ nu- 

 merous restaurants in AMrinii- (laiis of 

 the grounds. In none did we get satis- 

 factory treatment, and dried-up sand- 

 wiches and slops of coffee seem to be 

 prominent features of their service, al- 

 though good prices are chargpd. In Alt 

 Nurnburg, the German Village, the qual- 

 ity was strictly first-class, but prices 

 decidedly steep. If you want a first-class 

 meal you can get it here, but you must 



be prepared to pay a dollar or more for 

 your meal after paying a quarter to get 

 in. For a lunch on the Midway Pabst's 

 is all right, but when you want a square 

 meal you will have to go to the Welling- 

 ton or in the German Village. 



We visited a few attractions on the 

 Midway and found the Philippine Vil- 

 lage decidedly the most interesting and 

 enjoyable. It is all that its name im- 

 plies and the show in the theater is good. 

 The Hawaiian Village is not a village 

 at all. There is simply a theater when 

 you get in. But the show is a good one 

 and well worth seeing. Darkest Africa 

 was decidedly dark when we visited it 

 one evening. Though the lights were 

 aglow outside and the "barker" was 

 using his lungs to the limit there was 

 no light at all inside. When spoken to 

 the manager said it wasn't his fault. 

 But a man who will take your money 

 when he knows he hasn't any light to 

 enable patrons to see anything, is pretty 

 apt to be running a fake. The Cairo 

 street is all right and as bright and en- 

 tertaining as the one at the World's 

 Fair. The camels and donkeys and 

 EL'vptian sirls and street fakirs are all 

 tlnir, Thi' Indian Village is fairly in- 

 tri'-iini.'. Init I he show will be very flat 

 aial weal in.; to anyone who has seen Buf- 

 falo Hill's braves whoop things up. The 

 infant incubator was very interesting, 

 and the institution is exactly what it 

 purports to be. There are other good at- 

 tractions, and quite a few where there 

 is more to be seen outside than inside, 

 but their "barkers" help to swell the 

 noise in the street and make things in- 

 teresting. 



One thipg of which Buffalo may well 

 be prou4 Is its magnificent street car 

 service. It is decidedly superior to that 

 of any other city we have ever visited. 



