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at the World's Fair in Chicago fifteen years ago. These turntables 

 were at the St. Louis World's P'air of last year also and have done 

 the state good service. 



The usual number of florists exhibited. E. Nagel & Co., of 

 Minneapolis, occupied their old stand at the north end of the hall 

 east of the main entrance, and John Vasatka, of Minneapolis, a 

 similar position west of the main entrance. The Minneapolis Floral 

 Co. were crowded out of their old place at the west end of the hall 

 by the honey exhibit and occupied a platform in the agricultural de- 

 partment between the orchestra stand and east entrance, making a 

 beautiful mound of verdure with their compact exhibit. The 

 Mendenhall Greenhouses, which with scarcely a break have ex- 

 hibited at the state fair since its inception, having gone out of busi- 

 ness, their place was taken by Mr. A. S. Swanson, who put up a very 

 handsome exhibit in the main aisle running from the north entrance 

 towards the center of the hall. 



The entire hall this year was in charge of Mr. J. M. Under- 

 wood, assisted in the agricultural department by Mr. Wyman Elliot 

 and in the horticultural department by Mr. Thomas Redpath, and to 

 their zeal and untiring work, the degree of which one must have 

 experienced to appreciate, together with that of a host of willing ex- 

 hibitors, not forgetting the many assistants in the hall, the grand 

 success of this department should be ascribed. 



The judges, in each case, were home talent alone, Mr. Elliot tak- 

 ing time from the agricultural department to judge the plums and 

 assist on the seedling apples. Prof. S. B. Green judging the pro- 

 fessional apples, Mr. W. L. Parker the amateur apples, and the 

 writer the grapes. The flowers were judged mainly by John Nor- 

 dine, of Lake City, and E. P. Holm, of St. Paul. An interesting 

 feature of the floral exhibit were the six decorated tables set up 

 by the florists on Thursday afternoon. As there were only four 

 prizes offered and two of the tables inadvertently appeared with 

 square corners instead of oval, as required by the premium list, the 

 board of management liberally created a new class for the square 

 cornered tables, and in this way each exhibitor received a nice 

 premium varying from $15 to $30, respectively. 



A number of nurseries besides the one previously spoken of had 

 exhibits in the hall. A. A. Bost, of Excelsior; W. L. Taylor, of 

 Howard Lake ; C. P. Nichols, of Northfield ; B. T. Hoyt, of Ham- 

 line ; and Mrs. N. S. Sawyer, of Excelsior, a display of her "old 

 frvshioned flowers." All of these were creditable exhibits and pleas- 

 .'ng features blending in well with the general lay-out of the hall. 



