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a magnificent spectacle when a horticultural exhibition unites both 
the first days of the opening of the Exposition, and to add some details 
collaterally communicated by the Commissioners of the Exhibition. 
r importance. 
ogre chart of the island of Elba, by Enrico Grabau. A great number 
of geological, mineralogical and palzontological collections were exhib- 
ited alone, or by the aid of charts, or in connection with the industrial 
products to which they are related. ; é 
The collection of Cretaceous fossils of the Marquis Strozzi gives 42 
entirely new and definite date to the pietra-forte (travertine) of the 
neighborhood of Florence, which furnishes the flagstones used for paving 
the city. These fossils, collected during a period of years, by diligent 
and laborious research, are of great rarity, and they demonstrate incor 
trovertibly that they belong to the White Chalk, adding a new instanc 
The island of Elba is represented by many metallurgic collection 
and by an admirable series of beautiful tourmalins of all colors. 
ous pyrites of the Alps, manganese from St. Marcel, antimonial of 
from Montanto, cinnabar from the mine of Siele in Tuscany ; also t 
