1875.] 



THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



165 



and tlu'Sd iiitiTosts, instwul of Ijowing tlicm- 

 sclvcs pnuic to till' ilust, if they iriU, mny now 

 stand I'li'it as "a man aniouK nu-n." There- 

 fore, as a powerful ell'ort is now beinj; made to 

 l.rinn; out the a,ij;ricultural results of the eotui- 

 try ill ;i Hiand display liclore the vision of 

 the assendjled coinitry and the world, woukl it 

 be amiss, in connection 

 with such an exhiliition, to 

 have a collection of male- 

 rialized specimens of its 

 litcratureV A handsomely 

 Ijound cojiy of the iircscut 

 volume of every aKricultu- 

 ral journal of every coun- 

 try represented in tlu'fj;real 

 t'entennial Exhibition, to- 

 gether with loo.se nuniluM's 

 of the pendili<i volume, as 

 far as it has advanced, 

 would be a distinguisliiuj; 

 feature, aiul add j^rcatly to 

 the interest thus represent- 

 ed. Xo matter how hum- 

 ble the publication may be, 

 or how limited its circula- 

 tion, the very fact that it 

 exists at all. <'viuces that it 

 has its friends and is read, 

 and has established ,a status 

 that cannot be ifjnorcd ; 

 moreover, there is no jour- 

 nal so insi^niticant that it 

 docs not occupy a place in 

 the world of literature 

 which no oflier coidd. If 

 the Uiiriculturists of the 

 country can exhibit a cred- 

 itable array of literatun 

 representinjj; their interests 

 and svipiiorted by their con 

 tribulions, they will do a> 

 much in support of the dig 

 nity of their craft as an\ 

 step they could possibl\ 

 take. We commend tht 

 enterprise to the considera- 

 tion of tho.se who have au- 

 thority to recommend it. 

 In these views we are in- 

 lluenccd purely by princi- 

 ple, and not by personal 

 cousiderations. 



The Centennial Ornamen 

 tal Park. 



The Centennial buildings 



and grounds ai-e now very 

 attractive. The construc- 

 tion of the edifices is near 

 to.. completion, and they 

 are of very elegant designs; 

 but it is only since the Lay- 

 ing out and ornamentation 

 of the grounds has pro- 

 gressed and been brought to 

 incturesque beauty that the 

 liandsome structures .show 

 to advantage. The plans 

 of the buildings and designs 

 of the grounds retlect great 

 credit upon the skill and 

 ingenuity of II. .1. Swartz- 

 man, es(i., the chief archi- 

 tect and engineer. Mr. 

 John Stevenson, the land- 

 scape ga rdener-in-chief, ha.- 

 shown himself highly (piali- 

 fied for his post in the ad- 

 miral)lc manner in which he 

 has worked out the ground- 

 plans. These grounds make 

 a large ornamental i)ark. 

 which is already partly laii 

 out in drives and foot- 

 walks, leading from each 

 building to all the others. They have cut the 

 groun<ls into many different figures and sizes, 

 which will be hiind.somely embellished with 

 ornamental trees and shrubbery of choice 

 species. The roads will all be made hard and 

 dry by suitable materials. There are three 

 water jiouds, already made, which will greatly 



ornament the park. Kach |iond has a small 

 island in the middle, and the largest will also 

 liave a fountain of ornament. There are two 

 substantial and ornamental bridges now in 

 ]UX)ccss of construction across a ravine, whicli 

 intersects the grounds, and the bottom of 

 which is the course of the water stream. The 



ravine is well clothed with large, old trees; 

 and the bridges, uniting the roads on both sides, 

 will be highly iiicturesciue. The landscajie 

 garden work is most beautifully executed. 

 The grounds west of 15elm<int avenue are 

 mostly finished, except near the buildings. On 

 the cast side of the avenue there are depre.ssed 



I and elevateil gardens, to be decorated, next 

 summer, with such ornaments of tloral wares 

 j as are In-st suited for them. Thet;rounils im- 

 mediately around the edKices caniiot be wholly 

 imjirovcd until the mechanics and their ma- 

 terials can be kept inside of the walls. Then 

 ! they will be ina<lc> especially iHauliful, and the 

 buildings will look the 

 nore ornamental. The 

 iMHB' II I scene will be charmingly 



fTl^ '"^ delightful. There will be 

 M~''kv -^ ""' '''""''^*' 'lower gardens 

 — imniedialely around the 

 Kxiilic ( onsi'rvatorv and 

 the .M.inorial Hall. These 

 are to remain permanent 

 buililhigs. 'i'he llowergar- 

 ilensaround them are to Ito 

 laid out and decorated by 

 Mr. Charles II. MiUer, the 

 Hipular landscape gardener 

 and nurseryman, of Mount 

 -Mry. riiiladelphia, who is 

 appointed chief of the con- 

 .scrvatory. Thou.sands of 

 citizens visit Centennial 

 jiark dailv, and tens of 

 thousands on Sundays; be- 

 sides delcLjalions of hun- 

 dreds from other jiarts oc- 

 casinn.illy. The Kxpo.silion 

 will be a grand success and 

 an in'imortal honor to the 

 nation. All hail!— AV.\L- 

 ■ri:i£ Ki.DKK, Landxeape 

 <!iirihnii\ J'tiihufii, OH. 

 :)il//i, IST.".. 



Live Stock at the Centen- 

 nial. 



A liajipy solution has 

 belli reached iif the trouble- 

 some problem how to ]iro- 

 vide ade(|uatcly for that 

 department of the Inter- 

 iKitional Exhibition which 

 comprises horses, mule.s, 

 horned'cattle, sheep, swine, 

 etc. It was manifest that 

 these could.iiot be aceoni- 

 nioilated in the vii'inity of 

 the Agricultural Building 

 of the Exhibition, or with- 

 in the Park enclosure.since, 

 in the lirst place, the only 

 available drainage of <iny 

 siii-h tract must be into the 

 Scluivlkill at a point above 

 the \Vater Works of the 

 city and of the Exhibition; 

 anil next, the area of di.s- 

 liosable ground in that lo- 

 cality is wholly uneipial to 

 the magnitude of the live- 

 stock exhibitiou to be pro- 

 videil for. 



In this emergency the 

 IJoard of Finance have 

 been fortunate ill leasing 

 Iroin the] 'Pennsylvania 

 Railroad . Company the 

 stock-yards, above twenty- 

 two acres in extent, which 

 are now used as drove- 

 yards by that company, 

 but from which they intend 

 to remove in Deceiuber 

 ni'Xt. and which are situ- 

 ated upon the south side 

 of its main line of tracks, 

 between lielmont avenue 

 and Eorty-lii-st street, with- 

 in a few" lumdred feet of 

 the jirincipal entrance to 

 the Exhibition Grounds. 

 This ground is pa.s.sed by 

 street railways on both of the bounding streets, 

 as well as by the Pennsylvania Railroad, 

 which will erect a dejiot upon it for pa.s.senger 

 accommodation, and has already sidings and 

 platforms within the enclosure for the unload- 

 ing of animals, so that these can be brought 

 by rail from any point without trans-shipment. 



