used for the same purpose. Airy, well-ventilated drying-houses are necessary for drying, cleaning, 
and storing the seed, as well as cellars of immense capacity for storing the bulbs and roots. One 
very interesting department is the trial grounds, where everything new or unknown is careluUy 
WB'k 
last 
and 
plants of Cal- 
ifornia, Australia, and 
Japan, some giving 
indications of value, 
while others seemed 
quite unworthy of in- 
troduction. 
The city seed-ware- 
house of Mr. ViCK, where 
are stored and prepared 
for shipping seeds of all 
kinds and of every clime, 
is a marvel of business 
activity, order, and des- 
patch. Thousands of 
orders are here filled ev- 
ery day during the busi- 
ness season, and, so per- 
fectly is everything sys- 
tematized, without hurry 
or confusion. This establishment is one of the most complete in the world, embracing, besides 
the ordinary conveniences of the best seed-houses, artists and engravers' rooms, printing-offices 
(English and German,) book-bindery, box-factory, and post-office. 
VIEW FROM THE STAIRS AT SULPHUR SPRING. 
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