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universal popularity in Europe, and in the chief cities of our 

 own country. Derived originally from Italian sources, and par- 

 ticularly from the later edifices of the Venetian Republic, it has 

 now been so successfully naturalized elsewhere as to have 

 become the prevailing manner for most of those important pub- 

 lic edifices, which are destined to be regarded as the best archi- 

 tectural records of our time, by posterity. A situation so 

 prominent as that of the Horticultural Hall, certainly demands 

 a graceful and harmonious style of design, and it is hoped 

 that the building now in process of erection will stand as a 

 fair memorial of our present advancement in architectural 

 knowledge and taste. 



Messrs. G. J. F. Bryant and Arthur Oilman, architects, and 

 superintendents of the erection of the building, are so well 

 known, as gentlemen of experience and taste, that any commen- 

 dation would be superfluous. They have made all the internal 

 arrangements, agreeably to the views and requirements of the 

 Committee, and the external character of the edifice will show 

 their taste in harmony of details, beauty of proportion, and 

 general expression of design. 



