VOL.  XXXIII.  Xo.  6, 
WHOLE  Xo.  13.5a. 
NEW  YORK,  AND  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y,  FED 
RICK  SI3C  CENTW, 
82.0.5  PER  YEAR. 
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stairways  lead  to  the  interior  and  exterior  galler¬ 
ies  of  tho  conservatories.  These  latter  are  10  ft. 
wide.  'Fliw  entrances,  at  tho  oust  and  west  ends, 
will  be  ajjprooched  by  lliglits  of  blue  marble 
stops.  The  basement  is  fire-proof  and  used  for 
sttwo-l rouses,  cool  room,  kitchen  and  heating 
apartmints. 
Tlie  entire  building  will  bo  mainly,  of  iron  and 
glass,  and  is  intended  to  remain  after  tho  Expo¬ 
sition  as  an  oi-nameut  to  Fairmount  Park  and  a 
patriotic  memorial  of  our  first  Contenuiul  Cele¬ 
bration  of  Horticultural  Progress. 
Commisaiouor.s,  and  Thomas  McElrath,  Secre¬ 
tary.  These  gentlemen  have  been  actively  at 
work  oulj'  for  a  few  months. 
Tho  total  number  of  entries  from  this  State  is 
about  l.oOO.  Somothing  over  350  of  those  were 
made  at  tho  headquartc-rs  of  the  State  iknird  in 
Now  York  flity.  Tho  rest  were  made  at  Philiulel- 
pbia.  and  memoranda  of  them  have  been  for- 
wardcxl  to  New  York  City  forrecoi'd.  Tho  variety 
of  ai  tiokss  to  he  shown  is  bewildering,  and  tho 
magniiieouoo  of  tho  display  to  be  made  by  some 
of  tho  firms  who  have  decided  to  go  Into  tho  Fair 
is  snqjrising.  The  big  leather-covered  folio  Isnik 
of  entrius  at  tho  Cont-ounial  Headquarters  on 
Broad w’ay  reads  like  a  catai(,>guo  of  American  iii- 
yeutions.  jVinoug  tho  miscoUauoous  articles 
nearly  everything  is  to  be  exijibitod  that  can  bo 
thought  of,  in  size  from  a  copiwr  war  tokon  to  a 
steam  roa<l-roller,  and  in  beauty  and  value  from 
a  fan  brcasti»in  to  tho  noblest  of  paintings  owmed 
ibis  side  of  the  Atlantic. 
An  inqM»rtaul  ]iart  of  tho  contribution  coming 
from  this  Hhile  will  bo  in  the  lino  of  mowers  and 
reapers,  farm  irnplomonts  and  rnsichitmty.  In  the 
general  exlubit  of  this  class  of  nuanufat^tures  sc-v- 
•ral  hundfod  firms  in  this  State  will  bo  repre- 
Ufontod.  It  is  believed  Uiat  very  few,  if  any,  of 
largo  fftol'iries,  win, so  products  in  ai>y  way 
dwustituto  a  feature  of  the  indastries  of  Now 
York.  wiU  not  send  to  Philadelphia. 
NOTES  ABOUT  THE  CENTENNIAL 
cljf  (ifiitniiual 
A  PAniKiA.N  has  obtained  jierniission  to  put  up 
a  l>uilding  in  w'hich  models  of  Pai'is  and  Jeru¬ 
salem  are  to  bo  exhibited. 
Tiik  Wost  Vu'ginia  Pavilion  will  be  near  tho 
British  buildings,  and  will  be  constrneted  wholly 
of  timber  brought  from  that  Htate. 
A  HKiNAL  and  weather  station  will  bo  erected 
on  till!  grounds  by  the  Hignal  Bureau.  There  will 
also  ho  a  block  house  in  the  roar  of  Machinery 
Hall  to  illuatrato  frontier  warfar,!. 
.\n  afternoon  e.ditlon  of  the  Philadelphia  Times 
will  be  printed  in  Machinery  Hall  during  tho  Ex¬ 
hibition  on  one  of  Col.  Hoe's  new  presses.  The 
Times  will  also  build  an  offleo  on  tho  grounds. 
Tuk  minerals  for  tho  Governmant  exhibit  to  bo 
luiwlo  under  the  supeiwiiiion  of  tho  Smithsonian 
Institution  liave  arrived,  in  I’liiladelphia.  and  are 
being  classified  and  arranged  by  I’rof.  W.  P. 
Blake  of  New  Haven. 
A  CONCESSION  for  a  banking  oftico  on  the 
grounds  1ms  been  granted  to  tho  Centennial  Na¬ 
tional  Bank,  a  oorporatiou  just  organized.  Its 
President  is  E.  A.  itollips,  formerly  United  States 
Commisaioner  of  Internal  Uevenue. 
In  Machinery  Halt  square  feet  of  space  have 
been  allotted  .to  foreign  countries  as  follows : 
Groat  Britain,  37,125;  Germany,  10,757  ;  France, 
HORTICULTUKAL  HALL, 
If  American  Imlependeaice  had  been  declared 
in  1676,  its  Cciitemiial  Cetebrntion  one  hundred 
years  ago  would  have  called  for  very  little  Jubila¬ 
tion  over  Horticultural  progress.  Most  of  our 
acchievenientM  in  Fruit  Growing,  Gardening  and 
Floricnltnro  duti!  far  witbbi  tlie  last  half  of  our 
oentnry’s  Instory  as  an  independent  people.  To¬ 
day  these  departments  of  our  country’s  progress 
are  not  tlie  lonet  astoiiisbing,  and  to  many  thou¬ 
sands  wdll  lu!  the  most  intf-restlng  portion  of  tho 
Ex|X)sitior\  showing  onr  growth  and  civilizatiou. 
llorticultmal  Hail,  as  shown  in  tho  engraving, 
i^  an  imposing  ebniotiiro,  witli  a  length  of  383 
feet,  and  widtli  of  main  building  10.3  ft.  Its  bight 
is  72  ft.  to  the  akylight.  Tlte  Centennial  Con- 
Hervatory,  230x80  ft.  and  65  ft.  high,  occupies  tiio 
main  floor,  and  in  this  tho  main  exhibition  will 
be  made.  Twenty  ft.  from  tJio  floor  a  gallery 
runs  around  it.  On  the yiorth  and  sou,h  sides  of 
the  principal  rcrom  will  be  the  forcing  and  propa¬ 
gating  houses,  each  100x30  ft.,  covcrul  with  a 
curved  roof  of  glass  and  iron.  gimilar^Ycatihiiles 
occupy  the  eitut  and  west  ends,  and  by  Uie  ride 
of  these  ore  rooms  for  offices,  etc.  Ornamented 
NEW  YORK  AT  THE  EXPOSITION 
It  will  gratify  all  friends  of  the  Centennial  Ex¬ 
position  to  know,  what  we  learn  from  correspond¬ 
ence  of  the  Tribiuie,  that  the  Empire  (State  is  to 
Ix!  WfU  represented  - -not  indeed  in  a  separate  de¬ 
partment,  but  contributing  its  proportionate 
quota  towanl  the  whole.  Wo  understand  that,  to 
prevent  oonfiiMiou,  like  articles  from  different 
States  win  be  grouped  together,  tlio  localities 
from  which  they  come  will  be  plainly  indicated, 
and  each  locahty  allotted  sufficient  space. 
Tho  Now  York  State  Centennial  Commission  is 
composcil  of  the  following  geutloiuen ;  Frank 
Leslie,  President ;  John  Murdoch,  Alonzo  V.  Cor¬ 
nell,  Felix  Campbell,  and  Jackson  S.  Schultz, 
j’.tg’JSg: 
