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and imposing manner. The photograph of the interior of this build- 

 ing will give you a better idea than any description. 



Our outside exhibit occupied a large tract 24,000 square feet, 

 northwest of Horticultural Hall, towards the Woman's Pavilion— it con- 

 tained eleven beds of various designs, in all about 3,800 square feet. 

 These were planted as follows: One bed one hundred feet long, dis- 

 played on the opening day of the Exhibition, May 10th, the finest ex- 

 hibition of Hyacinths, Tulips, etc., ever seen in this country — after their 

 beauty faded this was replanted with Dreer's striped and blotched 

 Petunias, which grown from seed made a charming and incessant show 

 until frost ; one circular bed twenty-five feet in diameter was made 

 attractive by a display of forty varieties of new and rare Gladiolus, 

 encircled by Jacobea Lilies and Tigridia ; another circular bed twenty- 

 five feet in diameter was planted with the different varieties of Cannas, 

 arranged with reference to their heights, flowers and foliage — these 

 were enclosed by circles of ornamental plants ; a circular bed thirty 

 feet in diameter was planted in the fashionable style of ribbon garden- 

 ing, Alternantheras, Centaureas, Coleus and centre plants, which were 

 trained in symmetrical proportions ; a long bed planted in Verbenas 

 made a beautiful display of this indispensable bedding plant from the 

 richest shades to the striped varieties, and so easily procurable from 

 the strains of seed offered as Dreer's hybrid and striped Verbena. A 

 long bed thirty feet was planted with Ehododendrons, blooming in 

 June ; this plant is destined to receive greater attention in this coun- 

 try through the very large exhibit made by Messrs. Waterers, of Eng- 

 land. Perhaps a thousand plants were in bloom at one time. Each 

 truss of bloom, of exquisite colorings and shadings, was as large as a 

 bouquet. All of the varieties we offer were exhibited by them, and 

 only the hardy sorts do we recommend in our catalogue. A large bed 

 forty feet long was planted in semi-tropical plants — Musas, Cannas, 

 Colocasias, Coral plants, etc. Two large beds, forty feet each, were planted 

 with the whole collection of single and double Geraniums, keeping up 

 an incessant bloom until frost. One bed of the finest sorts of Dahlias, 

 which help to make cheerful the flower garden in Autumn; one cir- 

 cular bed of grasses ; Pampas, Erianthus ravenna, Arunda donax, Eula- 

 lia Japonica, Bambusa, Cyperus, Palms, and Phormium tenax varie- 

 gata. 



This large, diversified and interesting display was unexcelled by 

 any on the grounds, in honor of which the medal and diploma were 

 awarded to us for 



The Best Display of Decorative and Ornamental 

 Plants. 



