THE BOTANISTS OF I'l 1 1 1. A I )i;i.ri 1 1 A. -l'J'.> 



appendix v. 



Horticultural Hall, 



Fairmount Park. 



A history of the botanists of rhikKk-lphia would not 

 be complete without an account of the horticuUural build- 

 incr erected in Fairmount Park for the Centennial Exi)osi- 

 tion of 187(3. Without doubt, tlie liorticultural, botanical, 

 forestal and floral exhibits at the Pkiladelpkia Centennial 

 Exposition stimulated the scientific interests of tku country 

 and also the horticultural, lumber and florist industries 

 estabhshed in the United States. The horticultural build- 

 ing erected then, still stands, and is, in itself, a great 

 botanical institution, supported by the City of Pkiladelpkia. 

 A sketck of tke structure, written for tke "Historical 

 Register of tke Centennial Exposition,* will give a better 

 idea of its arrangement and size. 



" It is located on tke Lansdowne Terrace, a skort 

 distance nortli of tke Art Gallery, and kas, like tke kUter, a 

 commanding view of tke Sckuylkill Piver, and a portion of 

 tke city. Tke design is m tke Mauresque style of arcki- 

 tecture of tke twelftk century, tke principal materials, 

 externally, being iron and glass. Tke lengtk is 383 feet, 

 tke widtk, 193 feet, and tke keigkt to tke top of [hv lantern 



seventy-two feet.f 



" Tke main floor is occupied by tke central conservatory, 

 230 X 80 feet, and fifty-five feet kigk, surmounted by tke 

 lantern, 170 feet long, twenty feet wide, an<l fourteen feet 



*1876 Frank Leslie's Historical liegistern/ the Inited iitates Ccntennud 

 Expedition, 1876. Edited by Frank II. Mortou, New Vork, 1S77. lolio pp. oli. 



t A number of years ago this lantern was removed, au.l the entire root 

 arched over with ghiss lights for the better growth of the plants. 



