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the Plaisance, too, tive acres will be de- 

 voted to nursery exhibit, and Wisconsin 

 will show there a cranberry marsh. Six 

 acres in front of the Horticultural build- 

 ing will be devoted to the floricultural 

 exhibit, as will also space about many of 

 the larger buildings. 



The "wooded island," or as more 

 properly named, perhaps, the flowery 

 island, will be one of the most beautiful 

 and attractive spots at the Exposition. 

 It embraces between 15 and 16 acres, 

 and has been turned over almost en- 

 tirely to the Horticultural Department 

 for its exhibits. There, literally speak- 

 ing, will be acres and acres of flowers of 

 brightest and most varied hues and. 

 pleasing perfume. Little groves of 

 trees, clumps of shrubbery, and sinuous 

 walks will relieve the gorgeous monotony 

 of this floral display. 



On the north end of the island, Japan 

 will build its strange, antique temple, 

 and surround it with the choicest plants 

 and flowers of the island realm of the 

 Mikado. At various turns of the wind- 

 ing walks which thread this delightful 

 domain of the flowers, the visitor will 

 encounter artistic little structures of 

 the summerhouse description, within 

 which one may seat himself and enjoy 

 rest and beauty and perfume. Many of 

 these retreats — 16 or 18 in number — 

 will have thatched roofs, and be covered 

 with growing vines, and otherwise orna- 

 mented in keeping with their beautiful 

 surroundings. 



In the north pavilion of the Horticul- 

 tural building will be a very extensive 

 display of vegetables, canned goods, 

 horticultural appliances, etc. In the 

 second story of each pavilion will be a 

 restaurant capable of seating about 

 200, and profusely adorned with ferns, 

 flowers, and exotic plants. Outside will 

 be a number of greenhouses, where vis- 

 itors may see an exceptionally complete 

 collection of tropical vegetation. There 

 will also be large auxiliary greenhouses, 

 not open to the general public, where 

 plants will be brought to perfect exhibit 



condition, and where plants will be cared 

 for after their beauty season has passed. 



It may be rightly inferred that the 

 Horticultural exhibit at the Exposition 

 will be the most complete and extensive 

 ever made or attempted. It is certain 

 to attract a great deal of attention, and 

 prove to be of great scientific and educa- 

 tional interest. It will have important 

 features not specified above, as, for ex- 

 ample, a very complete collection of 

 insects, both the injurious and the bene- 

 ficial ones, whose operations affect the 

 fruits and other products of the horti- 

 culturist. It is the intention to have in 

 one place an exhibit of all of the species 

 of plants mentioned in the Bible, and In 

 others collections of almost equal his- 

 torical interest. 



Both Chief Samuels, who has general 

 charge of the Horticultural Department, 

 and Chief Thorp, who looks after the 

 floricultural division of the exhibit, have 

 proved themselves to be the right men 

 for their respective duties, and it is 

 already assured that the display which, 

 with the active generous aid of horticul- 

 turists the world over, they will furnish, 

 will be long and pleasantly remembered 

 by every one who visits the World's Fair. 



Red Raspberry for Honey. 



— Red raispberries pay well both in nectar 

 for the bees and in fruit. The drooping 

 blossoms protect the honey from moist- 

 ure, and the bees can work upon them 

 when the weather is so wet that they 

 can obtain nothing from the upright 

 blossoms of the clover. They furnish a 

 succession of flowers during more than 

 three weeks, and yield a supply almost 

 as lasting as the white clover. In favor- 

 able seasons the plants supply the table 

 with delicious berries which are more 

 easily gathered than strawberries dur- 

 ing as long a time as the plants are in 

 bloom. Where is the farm that cannot 

 afford a few rods of ground on which to 

 raise this luxury ? — Exchange. 



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