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Tlie Floral Hall. 



The internal deoorations of tlie Floral Hall were simple, but 

 »-ery chaste and efiective. The ceiling, or rather roof, appeaj'ed 

 to be one mass of the delicate foliage of the hemlock, varied 

 «»ccasioiiallj witli festooas of sDver jx>plar and the red berries of 

 the mountain asL The introduction of a fountain in aetiv^e play 

 during the exhibition, was a pleasing novelty, and greatly con- 

 tributed to the numerous attiactions of the Floral HalL We are 

 indebted to the Fam'tly Herald for the subjoined brief sketch of 

 the contents of the Hal). Entering by the western door, on the 

 right hand, the firet disjslay consisted of a lai-ge assoi-tment of 

 grapes, pears, peaches, plums, a few specimens of winter apples 

 and a variety of greeu house plants, from Judge Campbell of 

 Niagai-a. A little farther om were a beautiful specimen of the 

 Ale.\ander apple from Mr. Farrow, of Yorkville, some fine speci- 

 mens of Hothouse grapes from W. H. Boulton's garden, and 

 some very fine specimens of open air clingstone peaches from J. 

 F. Smith of Yonge Street The centre tier of the table and two 

 adjoining shelves were covered with greenhouse plants and exotics, 

 sent in by Mr. Fleming, Yonge Street. Mr. G. Leslie, Toronto 

 Nui-sery, made a veiy fine disjJay of apples, pears and plums, 

 most of them only as specimens of the kind of trees they are 

 cultivating, and are for disposal in their nureery. They exhibited 

 70 different varieties of apples, although they did not compete 

 for so man}', 30 varieties of different kinds of pears; 12 varieties 

 of plums, one of which got the prize for the best variety. There 

 were some beautiful coxcombs from Mr. Lewis of Yorkville, 

 large and finely formed. Mr. Watson, farmer, Yonge Street, 

 sent in a pretty plant of the Jerusalem cherry. Rev. Mr. Harris, 

 of Yonge Street, exhibited some very good apples and peal's, and 

 Mr. Silas Snider, of Yonge Street, had a large collection of 

 apples and pears. In the centre of this table there were some 



pretty bouquets by Mr. Fleming, and a collection of annuals in 

 bloom from Judge Campbell of Niagara. Captain Dick had a 

 very fine dish of pears, Flemish Beauty ; and Mr. Bamhart of 

 Streetsville, exhibited 40 varieties of apples and 20 varieties of 

 pears. The opposite side of the hall was nearly all devoted to 

 foreign fi'uits and flowers. There were fine verbenas from Pro- 

 fessor Croft, and two collections of dahlias, from Mr. Barnet of 

 Niagara Falls, and Mr. Fleming. From the Mount Hope Nur- 

 series, Rochester, 40 varieties of verbenas, 32 varieties of Roses 

 and bouquets of flowei^ 26 \'arieties of pears, 22 varieties of 

 apples, and a large specimen of onions aud tomatoes; from 

 Ryan's Flank Road Nui-series, Rochester, 75 varieties of dahlias, 

 31 varieties of apples, 21 varieties of peare and 6 specimens of 

 quince, from Donnellan's Nursery, Rochester, 16 varieties of 

 peai-s, 37 varieties of apples; large specimens of musk and 

 water-melons, and a fine display of dahlias, verbenas, and china 

 asters. 



In the Horticultural tent there were some specimens of the 

 tobacco plant from St. Catharines, some large plants of the Palma 

 Christi or Castor Oil plant, and an excellent assortment of Cab- 

 bages and pot herbs from various Toronto gardeners. At the 

 end of the centre table were four Cauliflowers from Wade & 

 Jeckell, Port Hope, of a very large size and finely formed. Some 

 specimens of the Martynia, from Mr. Fleming and Prof. Croft 

 There was a large display of Onions, some very extraordinary 

 specimens from Baron de Longueuil of Kingston. Mr. Leonard 

 Peal's, of YorkviUe, had some very fine Chicory in the root, and 

 several specimens of manufactured Chicory from roots raised by 

 him this season. The Baron Longueuil displayed also some large 

 purple egg plants and table carrots. There were fine beets from 



