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estate of Jay Gould; Dracaena Knerkiana, from Mrs. E. Beck, 

 and good specimens of Thrinax elegans, C 'orypha australis, Prit- 

 chardia macrocarpa, Phoenix Canariemis, and P. spinosa : also an 

 abundance of sweet bay (8 a). As these plants occupied the 

 north side of the dome, they were spared the ill effects of the 

 unscreened glass, and mostly remained in good condition. Pit- 

 cher & Manda's collection of palms on the west side (9) was 

 excellent in itself, and comprised some rare and costly species, 

 but it suffered considerably. Palms in this group worthy of 

 special mention were a Kentia Forsteriana 25 feet high, and 

 carrying 16 good leaves; Pritchardia Pacifica, and a variegated 

 Latania Borboniea. About 150 varieties of palms were origi- 

 nally placed in this collection. The remaining portion of the 

 dome circle was occupied by Pennsylvania with various palms 

 of merit. 



The south wing had many plants and groups of great 

 merit, and most of the arrangement was good. Pennsylvania 

 showed a long border (10, 10, 10), which began with an admira- 

 ble collection of variegated caladiums opposite the dome, from 

 George W. Childs, continued through a variety of plants con- 

 tributed by Robert Craig, Henry A. Dreer and others, - and 

 ended on the south with a large collection of ferns from Mr. 

 Dreer. The Pennsylvania displays were in charge of Robert 

 Craig, and they remained in good condition throughout. The 

 most decorative or pictorial group in the building was a col- 

 lection of stove-plants in the center of the curtain (9), from 

 Pitcher & Manda.* This group, containing 260 specimens, 

 included dieffenbachias, alocasias, marantas and begonias, and 

 it had a good setting against a striking planting of tree-ferns 

 and other large ferns. A short colonnade of tree-ferns, the 

 tallest 27 feet in height, comprised the center of the group, 

 with something over one hundred varieties making up the 

 details. Opposite the low group of stove-plants was a general 

 collection of orchids, anthuriums, nepenthes and other plants 

 of this class (9), from Pitcher & Manda. The orchid display 

 of this firm was the only one of importance in the building, 

 and included 47 kinds of cypripediums, 403 plants of Cattleya 

 Mossice, 390 of Cattleya citrina, and 34 of the new Cuttleya Gra- 

 vesiana. Something over a thousand plants of orchids were 

 shown in this collection. 



*The statistics of Pitcher & Manda's exhibits, which were the 

 largest in the building, are as follows : 29 varieties and species of 

 araucaria; 32 varieties cycads; 150 varieties palms; 260 kinds of speci- 

 men stove plants ; 111 ferns and selaginellas ; 35 varieties anthuriums ; 

 47 cypripediums ; 1189 plants of other orchids ; 11 varieties nepenthes ; 

 84 varieties bromeliads. 



