Fig. 2017. Horticultural Building. 



OUR FRUIT AT THE PAN-AMERICAN. 



>UR readers will be pleased to learn 

 ^hMHi that the request of our Association 

 for a good exhibit of our fruits to 

 be shown at Buffalo this summer 

 has been granted. Mr. C. C. James, De- 

 puty Minister of Ag-riculture, Toronto, has 

 been constituted honorary Commissioner for 

 Ontario, and he has already in cold storag"e 

 in Buffalo 180 bushel cases of choice Ontario 

 apples, in readiness for the opening- months 

 of the exhibition. He has also secured a 

 liberal amount of space, and the officers 

 and members of our Association, desiring- to 

 furnish fruit for this exhibit, will have every 

 opportunity during" the summer. In this 

 connection our readers will be interested in 

 a view of the Horticultural Building-, which 

 is truly a fine work of architecture. 



The Pan American Magazine speaks of 

 this building- as follows : 



Horticultural exhibits at Buffalo will have 

 a beautiful setting- in and about an exceed- 

 ingly handsome building 220 feet square. 

 The height of the building is 236 feet to the 

 top of the lantern, and the general propor- 

 tions are of commanding grandeur. Situ- 

 ated in a position of great prominence on 

 the western side of the ground, the approach 

 from the east is through the esplanade, past 



the basins of aquatic plants, the fountains 

 and the great urns containing beautiful tro- 

 pical foliage effects ; up the curved incline 

 which is bordered by many odd varieties of 

 fruiting trees and shrubs, to the magnificent 

 doorway which is the subject of the accom- 

 panying illustration. Probably no horticul- 

 tural exhibit has ever had such elegant and 

 appropriate surroundings and no former dis- 

 play has been so well worthy of it. 



The Horticultural Building is connected 

 by semi-circular conservatories with the 

 Graphic Arts Building to the north and the 

 Mining building to the south. These con- 

 servatories are themselves very beautiful 

 architectural features of the Exposition and 

 the fine floral displays in them will enhance 

 their attractions to visitors. They connect 

 the three buildings in this group but are dis- 

 tinct and separate buildings, having their 

 own individual style and their exhibits ot 

 entirely different character. The court upon 

 which the three buildings of the group face 

 contains one of the superb Esplanade foun- 

 tains. 



Fruits of all kinds will be placed on ex- 

 hibition during the summer. Much of the 

 fruit will be preserved in cold storage^ 

 thout^h the exhibit will chans^e as the sea- 



