PETER HENDERSON &_ CO., NEW YORK-— WORIiD'S FHIR EXHIBITS. 



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Worlb's ifair 



Fxhibifs. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT. 



THOUGH the views presented on this page 

 give but an imperfect idea of the extent of 

 our exhibits, our friends who visited the 



WORLD'S COLUHBIAN EXPOSITION 



will recognize them as glimpses of the 

 highly interesting and instructive dis- 

 plays we erected in the Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Buildings. 



In themselves, seeds are generally unin- 

 teresting, especially in an International 

 Exposition, teeming with the world's tri- 

 umphs in Art and Manufactures ; but, when finally completed, our displays were on a degree of perfection never 

 hitherto attempted, and proved to be centres of attraction from the beginning to the close of the Fair. 



It being impossible to keep up for six months a continuous supply of representative vegetables, we decided on the plan 



of making models of wax and other materials, exact reproductions of specimens grown in our own trial grounds. This, 



and the details of arrangement, consumed the greater part of the two years spent in preparation, the getting together 



, of the seeds we exhibited being a comparatively small matter, as they were taken out of our regular stocks, such as we 



supply to our customers, yet we were granted for seeds 



=OVEft THIRTY ]V[EDALiS RflD fiWAftDS,= = 



More than all our competitors combined, a record unheard of in the annals of the seed trade, and an emphatic 

 endorsement of the fact that HENDERSON'S TESTED SEEDS are superior to all others. 



In the HORTICULTURAL BUILDING our exhibit covered over one thousand square feet, occupying a promi- 

 nent position in the North Pavilion, where it was admitted to be the leading attraction. Standing on a foundation 

 of books written by the late Peter Henderson, suggesting the foundation of our success, was a large-sized model of our 

 New York store on a scale of one inch to a foot, lighted within by numerous electric lights, and having a number of 

 figures moving in and out the doors added life and interest, giving it all the appearance of one of our busy days in spring. 



Upwards of four hundred models showed the 



leading vegetables correctly named and true to 

 shape and color, enabling thousands to note the 

 varieties they most desired. 



iA complete collection of Vegetable and Flower 

 Seeds, displayed in an attractive manner, along 

 with an assortment of Flowering Bulbs, for 

 each of which we received the highest 

 awards, completed our exhibit of 



" EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN." 



The bottom view represents our exhibit on the 

 main floor of the A GRICUL TURAL BUILD- 

 ING, consisting of agricultural seeds. The 

 most important feature in this display was the 

 complete collection of Grasses and Fodder 

 Plants suitable for all purposes, soils and 

 climates, for which we received no less than 

 Seventeen Awards. 



AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT. 



