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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[December, 
Horticulture at the International Ex¬ 
hibition of 1876. 
The Horticultural Hall, of which we print 
an illustration this month, is one of the five 
principal buildings 
which the United 
States Centennial 
Commission willl 
erect for the ac¬ 
commodation of 
the International 
Exhibition of 1876, 
at Philadelphia. 
These structures— 
the Industrial Hall, 
or main exhibition 
building, the Ma¬ 
chinery Hall, the 
Horticult ural Hall, 
the Agricultural 
Hall, and the Art 
Gallery—will have 
an aggregate floor- 
space of about 40 
acres ; but the In¬ 
dustrial and Ma¬ 
chinery Halls have 
been so designed 
that they can be 
enlarged to almost 
double the capaci¬ 
ty originally al¬ 
lowed, should the 
demands for space 
require it. The Horticultural Hall has been de¬ 
signed by Mr. H. J. Schwarzmann, under the su¬ 
pervision of the National Horticultural Society. 
Its materials are glass and iron, its length 310 
feet by 160 in width, giving an area of one and a 
and the Cold Houses, and at the ends, on the 
right and left of the entrances, the dining-halls, 
offices, retiring-rooms, etc. In close proximity 
to the Horticultural Hall will be a number of 
subsidary structures—a Victoria Regia House, 
Domestic and Tropical Orchard Houses, a 
Grapery, and other horticultural structures. 
The surroundiug grounds, including a large 
tract, which may be extended almost ad libitum, 
will be arranged for out-door planting, which 
will constitute the larger portion of the horti- 
see side by side the full variety of the forest 
products and fruits of the country, from the 
firs of the extreme North to the oranges and 
bananas of Florida, and grapes and other fruits 
of California. An impression will thus be pro* 
duced of the fertility of the land, and of the 
vast range and 
diversity of its pro¬ 
ducts, of which 
few persons have 
any conception; 
and the exhibition 
must be one which, 
at least in this 
country, will be 
without a parallel 
for extent and 
completeness. In 
addition to the 
strict horticultural 
display, careful 
provision will be 
made in advance 
for trials of agri¬ 
cultural machin¬ 
ery. At the dis¬ 
posal of the Cen¬ 
tennial Commis¬ 
sion are 450 acres 
of land, within 
the limits of Fair- 
mount Park; and 
a considerable por¬ 
tion of this, di¬ 
vided into lots of 
suitable size, will 
be put into crops, for the purpose of testing 
the mowers and reapers and other agricultural 
implements offered for competition. About a 
year ago a National Horticultural Society was 
organized for the express purpose of co-operat- 
PLAN OF THE horticultural grounds.— A, Conservatory; B, Victoria Regia House ; (7, Domestic Orchard do. ; D, Tropical do., E, Grapery ; F, Hot-Beds. 
quarter acre. The greater portion of this space 
is devoted to the Grand Conservatory, which 
is 227 by 77 feet, and occupies the central por¬ 
tion of the building; there being between it 
and the outer walls on either side, the Warm 
cultural display. We give an illustration of the 
plan of these grounds. It is purposed to plant, 
at least a year before the opening of the exhibi¬ 
tion, the representative trees of all parts of this 
Continent. The visitor, it is intended, shall 
ing with the Centennial Commission, and its 
various committees are composed of some of 
our most active amateur and professional hor¬ 
ticulturists. The matter is in good hands, and 
we may hope to see a fine exhibition in 1876. 
