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were already upon the Exposition site, have 

 been preser\'ed by transference to places 

 where their stately shafts of green would 

 heighten the color effect in contrast with the 

 brighter hues of the buildings. 



The building to be devoted to the Depart- 

 ment of Horticulture, of which Mr. F. W. 

 Taylor is chief, is 220 feet square. It has 

 two arcaded wings sweeping from the north 

 and south facades to the eastward and con- 

 necting with other buildings to form a semi- 

 circular court. West of these arcades are 

 the conservatories, in which will be displayed 

 the palms and other plants of tropical origin. 

 The arcades leading from the main building 

 will be kept gay the entire season with flow- 

 ering and ornamental plants. The large 

 building will be used for the display of fruits 

 and various other exhibits pertaining to hor- 

 ticulture. It is expected that the state of 

 New York will spend at least $10,000 in 

 aiding the horticultural societies of the state 

 to extend and replenish their exhibits during 

 the season of the Exposition. The Horti- 

 cultural Building will be one of the most 

 picturesque of the entire group of large 

 Exposition buildings. The loggias which 

 form the eastern entrance will be richly 

 adorned with frescoes. Two of these com- 

 positions will represent Ceres, the goddess 

 of the harvest, bearing in her arms a sheaf 

 of wheat, her chariot drawn by three lions 

 led by Flora and Primavera. 



The exhibits to be made by the leading 

 florists of the United States will be situated 

 south of the Horticultural Building. To 

 these displaj's some six or seven acres of 

 land will be devoted. William Scott, of 

 Buffalo, a prominent florist and well-known 

 contributor to literature upon flowers, will 

 have charge of the floral exhibits. Several 

 prominent horticulturists have already en- 

 tered for the competition of 190 1. In these 

 displays there will be over 500 beds, in which 

 will be shown every popular flower known, 

 from the low-growing verbena to the stately- 



dahlia and hollyhock. There will be large 

 exhibits of hardy perennial plants, such as 

 Delphinium and Helianthus, Phlox, Tritoma 

 and other leading hardy flowers. Of the 

 hardy annuals there w^ill be many examples 

 of choice varieties that do so well in our 

 summer months. There will be numerous 

 specimens of the summer climbers, conspic- 

 uous among which will be the new varieties 

 of the gorgeous Clematis. The water gar- 

 dens, of which there will be a number in 

 various parts of the grounds, will be import- 

 ant and attractive features which will include 

 in their displays besides the mammoth 

 Victorian Regia of the Amazon and the 

 Nilumbiums of the Nile, many Nymphaeas 

 never before exhibited. When at their best 

 there will be special exhibitions of roses, 

 dahlias, gladiolus, sweet peas, chr\-santhe- 

 mums and other peculiar flowers. Exhibits 

 from all the large grow^ers of the countr}- are 

 assured. 



Horticulture has made wonderful strides 

 within a very few years, and many of the 

 floral specimens which will be seen at the 

 Pan-American Exposition w^ere not in exist- 

 ence at the time of the World's Fair at 

 Chicago. The displays of the now popular 

 canna will surpass anything yet seen either 

 in America or Europe. One may therefore 

 confidently expect this Exposition to be, 

 from the view point of the horticulturist, the 

 most brilliant ever held. 



The gates of the Exposition will be opened 

 on May i, 1901, and closed on November 

 I of the same year, giving six full months 

 for the enjoyment of the wonderful displays 

 there to be assembled. The buildings of the 

 Exposition comprise more than 20 large 

 architectural works, and the smaller build- 

 ings are numbered by the hundred. The 

 largest of the buildings are those devoted to 

 Machinery and Transportation and Manu- 

 factures and Liberal Arts, each covering 

 about four acres. The Agricultural Building 

 will cover nearly two acres, and the Electric- 



