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HORTICULTURE 



February 22, 1908 



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THE ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EX- 

 POSITION. 



The next great world's fair, the 

 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, will 

 be held at Seattle, Washington, open- 

 ing June 1, and closing October 15, 

 1909. This exposition will be held in 

 a section of the country where world's 

 fairs are new, and for that and many 

 other reasons it is'expected to be a 

 success, beneficially, educationally, 

 artistically and financially. 



Work on the grounds and buildings 

 of the exposition is well under way. 

 and the management is determined 

 to have everything in readiness by 

 opening day. This has been written 

 al)out all expositions in late years, but 

 the promise has never been completely 

 fulfilled. The officials of the Alaska- 

 Yukon-Pacific Exposition, however, 

 have started out with a completed-on- 

 opening-day idea above everything 

 else, and if they do not carry out their 

 plan it will not be because western 

 energy has not been expended in the 

 task. 



The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposi- 

 tion promises to be different from 

 former world's fairs in many ways, 

 but one policy stands out so far above 

 any of the rest that the entire press 

 of the country is commenting favor- 

 ably about it. No money will be 

 asked from Uncle Sam to carry on the 

 work. That policy must be conceded 

 as original. 



All the management desires is for 

 the United States government to par- 

 ticipate in the same manner as for- 

 eign countries, and the different 

 States, by erecting buildings and in- 

 stalling exhibits therein. Former ex- 

 positions have been aided by the gov- 

 ernment in many different ways. Out- 

 right gifts of large sums of money 

 have been made by Congress to some 

 world's fairs, while others have nego- 

 tiated loans from Uncle Sam, some of 

 which were paid back and some of 

 which were not. Some expositions 

 have received both donations and 

 loans. As stated before, the Alaska- 

 Yukon-Pacific Exposition will ask for 

 neither. A clause pledging this policy 

 has been inserted in the congressional 

 bill making provision for participation 

 only by Uncle Sam. 



Since the United States govern- 

 ment began to patronize expositions 

 down to the Jamestown fair. Congress 

 has appropriated a total of $28,752,251 

 for world's fairs. Only $485,000 of 



this money has been spent west of the 

 Rocky Mountains, the Lewis and 

 Clark exposition, one of the most suc- 

 essful ever held, receiving the benefit 

 of that amount. 



The bill that has been introduced at 

 the present session of Congress pro- 

 vides an appropriation of $1,175,000. 

 to enable Uncle Sam to take advant- 

 age of the opportunity for effective 

 advertising. The money will be ap- 

 portioned as follows: 



Building. Exhibit. 



(Jorernnieiit $200,000 $350,000 



Alaska 100,000 200,000 



Hawaii .50,000 75,1X10 



I'hilippines 75.000 7.5,000 



•I'-i.slieries 50,000 



•The fisheries exhibit is included in the 

 sionerai government display. 



On June 1 last before a crowd of 

 fifteen thousand persons ground break- 

 ing ceremonies were held, with many 

 prominent men making addresses, 

 among whom was Hon. John Barrett, 

 director of the International Bureau 

 of American Republics, representing 

 President Roosevelt. From that date 

 to the present time work has been go- 

 ing on rapidly upon the exposition 

 grounds. Most of the grading and 

 clearing has been finished. All of the 

 principal roadways, avenues, circles 

 and plazas have been completed. The 

 Administration Building has been 

 erected and occupied by the executive 

 force for several months. Contracts 

 have been let for the construction of 

 five large buildings and several small 

 ones. Among these are the Manu- 

 factures Building, Agriculture Build- 

 ing, Auditorium, Palace of Fine Arts, 

 and Machinery Hall. The three latter 

 buildings will be permanent struc- 

 tures, built of buff brick with terra 

 cotta trimmings. The "A-Y-P," as it 

 is sometimes called in Seattle, will 

 differ again from some former fairs in 

 that some of its exhibit palaces will 

 be permanent structures. The grounds 

 are located on the property of the 

 Washington University, a State in- 

 stitution, and after the exposition is 

 over the permanent buildings and 

 those substantially built will be taken 

 over by the college, to be used for 

 educational purposes. 



The purpose of the exposition, 

 which is to exploit Alaska and Yukon 

 and the countries bordering on the 

 Pacific ocean, is receiving muh favor- 

 able comment throughout the country. 

 FRANK L. HERRICK. 



FIRE RECORD. 



The boiler house and potting shed 

 connected with the greenhouse of J. 

 T. Fuller. Bryantville, Mass., were 

 completely destroyed by fire on Feb. 

 11. The entire stock of his three 

 houses was killed by the cold. Loss is 

 estimated at $1,000; small insurance. 



A rather serious fire occurred in the 

 boiler shed of the American Rose Co.'s 

 place on Bladensburg Road, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. The fire is supposed to have 

 been caused by a stray spark. Damage 

 amounted to about $1,000. Fortunately 

 the houses were intact, the only in- 

 .iury being done by the smoke, and 

 damages were repaired sufliciently to 

 fire the boiler in the open and thus 

 save the house from freezing. 



A colored plate of blooms of azalea 

 Etoile de Somergem was sent out 

 with a recent issue of La Tribune 

 Horticole. The flower is large, 

 double, and the color as shown in the 

 plate is a bright deep crimson. 



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