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ANNALS OF HORTICULTURE. 



although their value, especially in the displays of growing 

 plants out of doors, was often greatly depreciated from a lack 

 of suitable labels. The pomological displays were creditable 

 to the fruit interests of America, but the floricultural exhibits, 

 while excellent in certain groups, were not a true index of the 

 state of the industry in this country, nor of the best taste in 

 ornamental gardening ; while the great vegetable and nursery 

 interests were very imperfectly represented. Few other nations 

 made attempts towards horticultural exhibits at all commen- 

 surate with the importance given to displays of other products. 

 Canada, Germany, France and Japan made the leading foreign 

 displays, the three last having rather extensive areas of grow- 

 ing plants. The only other countries making displays of fresh 

 fruits or growing plants were, New South Wales with interest- 

 ing collections of apples, lemons and oranges, and a few pears ; 

 Russia with a unique collection of apples from storage; and 

 Mexico, Belgium, Holland, Austria, and one or two English 

 firms, with displays of ornamental or useful plants. The 

 countries represented in the Department of Horticulture, in 

 various preserved products, appliances and charts, aside from 

 wines, were Austria, Belgium, Ceylon, Denmark, Germany, 

 Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, New South Wales, 

 Norway, Sweden. 



1. LANDSCAPE GARDENING AT THE FAIR. 



Those portions of the World's Fair which were of partic- 

 ular or technical interest to the horticulturist belong to two 

 great groups, — the landscape gardening features, and the 

 Department of Horticulture proper. The landscape gardening 

 of the Fair, so far as it related to the fundamental conception 

 and design of the grounds, was the work of Olmsted, Olmsted 

 and Eliot, and was entirely independent of the horticultural 

 department. Certain minor planting in the interior of the 

 wooded island and about the Horticultural and Woman's Build- 

 ings was in immediate charge of the Bureau of Floriculture of 

 the Department of Horticulture. 



The General Landscape Features of the Exposition exceeded 

 in boldness, originality and artistic merit anything heretofore 

 attempted in the New World, and the effort must stand with 

 the masterpieces of the world. The central idea was the group- 

 ing of the main buildings and plazas about water axes, which 

 should afford long perspectives and brilliant reflections, and 

 should allow of the most varied planting and the greatest 

 license of color and movement in water-craft and fowl. The 



