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All these ixses promote a market for horticultural products, 

 and encourage advanced taste of both palate and mind, which 

 helps to promote the Society's chartered object. 



The halls are well lighted from outside by day and by electricity 

 at night, and are well ventilated. I have said that the building 

 is rated as fire-proof. 



At the west end of the large hall is a platform, below which, 

 and upon a level higher than that of the first floor, are six small 

 rooms. In the front part, and on the same level with the large 

 hall, is a suite of rooms consisting of a small hall and two supper 

 rooms, where suppers can be served when entertainments are in 

 progress in the large hall, or all can be used in connection with 

 the large hall. Serving-rooms are in the front part of this floor 

 under a convenient balcony, which, by elevators, connect all of 

 this floor with the kitchens, pantries, and china closets on the 

 third floor. 



While all that is thus described can add to the income and 

 promote horticultural aims, the opening into one extensive prom- 

 enade of all the space on the second floor, by a system of sliding 

 partitions or folding doors, makes a superb opportunity to display 

 plants, flowers, fruits, vegetables, etc., in a most complete way. 



An elevator, the floor of which can form a section of the floor 

 of the large hall, delivers plants of any reasonable height, and 

 all other exhibits, conveniently. Eubber-tired cars can be used to 

 bear them to any part'of the first or second stories. 



A basement that is largely above ground affords ample accom- 

 modation for floral and other horticultural business, and also 

 for the Society's storage, dynamos, boilers, etc. 



The Pennsylvania Society's Library appeared to be smaller than 

 ours, but a new building, whether on this site or some other, or 

 our present building remodelled, can always be planned to meet 

 the needs in this direction. 



Whatever may be done in the future to improve our home 

 facilities, may we be able to secure as useful a home for our 

 chartered purpose as has the society to which I have been calling 

 your attention secured to promote Pennsylvania horticultural 

 interests. 



Are we now, by the liberal expenditure for prizes, advancing 

 the science and business of horticulture as much as in our power? 

 is a subject that we should all take into serious consideration. 



