The Canadian Horticulturist. 235 



THE WORLD'S FAIR HORTICULTURAL BUILDING. 



MAGNIFICENT preparations are in progress at Chicago for the 

 World's Fair of 1893. No money is being spared by our Ameri- 



can friends to make this exhibition equal, if not surpass, the 

 famous Paris Exposition of 1889. Already more than $10,000,- 

 000 have been subscribed by the various States of the Union, 

 besides which, as much more is expected from gate receipts and 

 other privileges. A vast extent of land has been devoted to the 

 purposes of the fair, including several parks, such as Washington Park and Jack- 

 son Park, the latter of which has a frontage of two miles on Lake Michigan. In 

 all, there will be nearly one thousand acres set aside for the use of the exhibition. 

 Artificial canals and lakes are also being made, which will add very much to 

 the landscape effects. 



The directors are already well assured of a grand success, so far as the dis- 

 play is concerned, as some twenty-one foreign nations have already accepted the 

 invitation to participate, including Chili, Turkey, Denmark, etc. 



We have no room in this journal to speak of the great Machinery Hall, 

 costing some $450,000 ; or the great Administration Building, the architectural 

 gem of the exhibition, costing some $750,000, and, strange to say, made of ma- 

 terial which will only last for about two years ; nor of the great model of the 

 battle ship, " Illinois," which to all appearances will be genuine, made at a cost 

 of $100,000, and an exact model of a ship costing $3,000,000. 



It is more in our line to speak of the Horticultural Hall, a building designed 

 by a Chicago architect and to cost some $400,000. It is 1,000 feet in length 

 and 286 feet in its extreme width. The plan is a central pavilion with two end 

 pavilions, which connect with the central by front and rear courts, and these are 

 decorated in colors and planted with ornamental flowers and plants. In the 

 centre there is a crystal dome 187 feet in diameter and 113 in height, in which 

 will be exhibited the tallest palms, bamboos and tree ferns. Here will be 

 exhibited all varieties of fruits, plants, flowers, wines, «eeds, horticultural imple- 

 ments, etc. 



The accompanying engraving represents this buildmg and is one which 

 appeared originally in the Scientific American. 



It has not yet been decided as to what extent the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Association will take part in the fruit exhibit, but it is most desirable that a large 

 and creditable display of Canadian fruit should be made at this fair, and there is 

 no other organization in Ontario so able to take it up as our Association, provid- 

 ing that the necessary funds are provided. 



