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altogether an unsuitable structure in which to grow plants, some of 
the latter showing unmistakeable signs of distress very soon after 
ed in it. 
either planted out or arranged in groups in tubs. Several States had 
collected from many contributors large palms and other specimen des 
of unequal merit as regards cultivation. f the best from a 
gardening point of view was the exhibit of Ontario. Here diy. à 
the specimens were not particularly large, but nearly all oneg 
grower. A series of 
eight greenhouses, 24 feet by 100 feet, were used to keep up a ums ; 
of flowering and foliage plants. In these were raised, under identical 
conditions, large lots of cyclamens, Pod cinerarias, &c., from ms 
sent by numerous British, Continental, and American grow ers, At t 
time of my visit the houses contained some very fine Caladiums, e 
of which had been sent by various nurserymen. ood lot of 
chrysanthemums were also being grown on for autumn exhibition ; 
not 
placed in the open air during summer as with us, probably the i po 
bility of being able to command snfficient moisture in the atmosphere 
Sep. mpgs glass is the reason for this method of cultivation. 
—Rem narkably fine groups of cactaceous plants were exhibited 
by LASER and by Mrs. Nickels, Laredo, Texas. Both these were 
collected plants dug up and transplanted on rockeries ; probably no 
plants in cultivation in Europe equal them in size and beauty. The 
largest exhibit of cacti was that of A. Blanc & Co., of Philadelphia, but 
most of these, including some large specimens of Cereus giganteus, 
which were flowering freely at the time of my arrival, were arranged 
in large beds on the front esplanade. Some of the most noteworthy 
are Echinocactus Le Contei, six feet high, £. Wislizeni, over five 2 = 
high, E. Pfeifferi, nearly five feet in circumference, an 
spherical masses of E. Grusoni, a handsome plant with long eA 
yellow spines. Masses of Manillarta, Echinocereus, &c., were also 
especially attractive. 
ts.—On the front esplanade of the Horticultural Building, the 
beds in the turf which had, in spring, been filled with pansies, were in 
mid July planted with cannas. In the United States cannas are 
amongst the most popular of all outdoor ornamental piants: they revel 
in the heat and bright sunshine. Large series of plants exhibited by 
Vaughan (Chicago), spike ee (New York), 2a and Craig 
Madame Crozy still AE to hold the first place for s size and beauty of | 
flower, and vigour as well as habit. € bus raised by Mr. Kanst, of — 
Washington Park, Chicago, and na by him * Nicholson," has the 
habit of Madame Crozy, and is the t 3e of its class I have seen; it 
has clear a canary-yellow flowers and light cdm leaves.) The best 
cannas, besides those just mentioued, appear to be Cabos, 
Alphonse Bouvier, Michel Coluvrat, Gustav Zehnholz, Capitaine B. de 
. Suzzoni, Florence Vaughan, J. C. Vaughan, Mademoiselle de Crillon, 
and Seeretary Stewart. 
Plunged in the turf near the California State Building, a structure 
fashioned after the style of the Old Mission Buildings, I noticed in flower 
on July 18, Poinciana Gilliesii, Pomegranate, Euphorbia splendens, 
Jasminum vevolutum (gown with a clear stem, and with a fine bushy 
head), Romneya Coulteri, some remarkably fine tea rose bushes, 
oranges, aud oleanders. Foliage plants were also in abundance, insing 
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