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THB CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



ration so charming as the wreathing 

 and bordering of the pulpit and altar 

 of a chapel decorated almost exclusively 

 with the pendant racemes of this species 

 intermingled with green leaves. When 

 well grown it will attain to the height 

 of three feet, with nearly as great a 

 breadth. 



These are the species most commonly 

 grown, and they are well worthy of a 

 place in any selection of choice flower- 

 inw shrubs. There is a white double 

 flowering variety of Deutzia crenata, 

 known as D. crenata Jlore alba pleno, 

 which has not any pink or rose color 

 upon the outerside of the petals. This 

 variety is also very handsome, making 

 a pleasing contrast when planted near 

 its rose-tinted relative. Johnson's 

 gai'dener's dictionary mentions a red 

 flowered species under the name of 

 D^Mtzia sanguinea, but we have never 



seen it, nor do we ever remember seeing 

 the plant ofiered for sale in any nursery 

 catalogue. 



These Deutzias have a good reputa- 

 tion for hardiness, but we can not yet 

 say how far to the north in Canada they 

 can be successfully grown. Quite a 

 number of the D. crenata were dis- 

 seminated by the Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation to its members last spring, and 

 we hope that before long they will report 

 through the Canadian Horticulturist 

 whether they endure our climate in the 

 sections that are colder than the county 

 of Lincoln. 



NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION. 

 This promises to be one of the 

 greatest Expositions that has yet been 

 held. We give a description of the 

 main building, with a cut showing the 

 front and one side. 



MAIN BU 

 The main building is the largest ever I 

 erected. It is 1,378 feet long by 905 feet 1 

 wide, without courts, and has a continuous j 

 roof composed largely of glass so arranged | 

 as to afford an abundance of light without : 

 subjecting the interior to the direct rays of 

 the sun. Within, the view is unobstructed. 

 From one side or corner of the building to its 

 opposite, the interior showing all the pliases 

 of industrial activity is seen. There are no 

 partitions, and the lofty pillars, wide apart, 

 supporting the roof structure, present no 

 impediment to one's vision, but only serve 

 to assist the eye in measuring the vast ex- 

 panse. The interior is surrounded by wide 



ILDING. 



and spacious galleries, twenty-three feet 

 high, which are reached by twenty elevators 

 having the most approved safety appliances, 

 and by convenient stairways. 



The machinery department occupies a 

 space of 1,378 feet long by 300 feet wide, 

 within the main building, and has an exten- 

 sion added in iron 3.50 feet long and 150 feet 

 wide for heavy machinery, described under 

 the heading of Factories and Mills. From 

 the galleries overlooking more than two 

 miles of shafting can be seen driving every 

 known character of machinery. 



Music Hall, with a seating capacity, in 

 commodious chairs, for 11,000 people, a plat- 



