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display will take place ; in the other pavilion the viticultural exhibit will be 

 confined. These will be separated from the other displays as completely as 

 if they were in a separate building. 



"The classification is very elaborate, and embraces almost everything of 

 interest to horticulturists. Here may be seen fruits and plants from every 

 part of the world ; the best methods of heating and ventilating greenhouses ; 

 grafting, pruning, and spraying of trees and vines ; machinery for gathering 

 and marketing fruits, and for assorting, cleaning, arranging, labeling, and 

 testing the vitality of seeds. 



" Mr. John Thorpe, of the floricultural bureau, is now in the east, and is in- 

 structed to visit every prominent conservatory and make a complete list of 

 all the fine plants that will be donated, loaned, or exhibited for competition, 

 with a view to having one or more men start, about the beginning of the year, 

 to the West Indies and Central and South America, to collect large speci- 

 mens that cannot be secured in this country. Directions for collecting, 

 packing, and forwarding plants from foreign countries have been translated 

 into several languages and widely distributed. Many intending exhibitors of 

 fruits and plants, in this and foreign countries, have made applica- 

 tion for space, or, with a view thereto, are corresponding with the depart- 

 ment. 



"The management, with the aid of the heads of the other departments, 

 has strenuously opposed all cash premiums, and it has therefore been more 

 difficult to convince the authorities that an appropriation is necessary for 

 grid's ^is purpose. In my report to the committee on awards of the national 

 Fair, commission and the agricultural committee of the local directory, I made 

 the following statement : Believing that it will result in economy to the Ex- 

 position management, besides being an act of justice to a certain class of 

 exhibitors, and also create a superior exhibit, I would recommend that an 

 appropriation of $45,000 be devoted to cash premiums. No manufacturer 

 of any horticultural appliance, or any person or corporation that could be 

 greatly benefited from advertising a business, should receive a cash pre- 

 mium. On the other hand, the exhibitor of fruits and plants, who makes 

 collections at great cost, pays freight and express charges, is protected by no 

 patents, and receives no special benefit, and finally loses everything at the 

 close of the Exposition, should be reimbursed for some of his outlay. As a 

 prize that would be offered amounts to a very small per cent, of the value 

 of the article exhibited, it seems to me it would be a wise policy to induce 

 the owners of meritorious specimens to offer them for competition, rather 

 than be compelled to purchase for account of the Exposition. Some of the 

 rarest and most beautiful plants could not be bought or borrowed, and the 

 only way in which they could be secured would be to offer competitive 

 prizes. Both committees and Director General Davis have recommended 

 the appropriation, which practically insures its passage. This amount will 

 be sufficient to secure a magnificent display." 



Government aid to Horticulture. There is probably no class 

 of citizens which receives so much direct and specific aid 

 from the national and state governments as the tillers of the 

 soil. The national government has not only endowed an ag- 

 ricultural college and an experiment station in every state 



