BERLIN INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



HILE so much has 

 been said and written 

 about a great Ameri- 

 can exhibition in 1892 

 or 1893, it will be well 

 for us to heed the fact 

 that in the cit)' of Ber- 

 Hn is to be held a great 

 International Horti- 

 cultural Exhibition 

 from April 25th to May 

 5th, which will, in all probability, be a magnificent 

 affair. Few of the continental countries will be 

 without representation, and the English, encour- 

 aged by former successes, will be likely to make a 

 good showing. No applications to take part will 

 be entertained after March ist. It will be well for 

 those in our country interested in such things to 

 observe carefully how this is carried out, that we 

 may profit by it in the future. 



Particular attention will be given to illustrate the 

 relationship of decorative horticulture and architec- 

 ture. The exhibition will be held in a large park 

 and palace in the northwest of Berlin. The park is 

 the one in which the exhibition of 1885 was held. 

 While then only a portion of the palace was occu- 

 pied, this year the whole and a large part of the 

 park will be required. In the park will be shown 

 glass houses containing fine hot-house plants, and 

 in full working order. A large hall, side by side 

 with the palace, will contain implements, etc. Up- 

 wards of 35,000 square feet in the palace will be 

 devoted to the strictly horticultural part of the ex- 

 hibition, and in addition are the winter gardens, 

 banquet and dining rooms, salons, etc. Our largest 

 illustration, from Gartenflora, shows the general 

 plan of the palace, and the two smaller ones (Figs. 

 I and 2) show the halls (b h) on a larger scale. 

 Fig. I will be laid out with an arrangement of small 

 beds forming a complete figure, and Fig. 2 much the 

 same style, but is to be surrounded by decorated 

 balconies upon pillars. 



The exhibition will be mainly divided into the 

 decorative part, greenhouse plants, roses, forced 

 flowering shrubs, perennials and bulbs, cut-flow- 

 ers, fruits, leaves, and dried flowers, grasses, 

 etc. These again will be divided into numerous 

 classes. The entrance is through the principal 

 hall (/J); in the middle of this is a large fountain. 



and jets of water run from the corners of the 

 wall. In the halls c, d,g, i, s and / are fountains. 

 All these fountains are to be decorated with plants. 

 From A we come to the hall B, where the opening 

 ceremonies will take place. Through a portico a 



GENERAI. PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT FOR THE EXHIBI- 

 BITION PALACE, BERLIN. 



passage is made into the hall a ; this, as well as the 

 halls b b, the center of c, the hall d, as well as g, 

 Ii and 2, are intended for groups and arrangements 

 of house or bedding plants. \n d d the beds are to 



