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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
of 113 feet. The largest tree ferns, palms, bamboos 
and giant cacti are here exhibited. Eront and rear 
curtains connect the dome with two end pavilions, form¬ 
ing two interior courts, each 88 by 270 feet. The front 
curtains have glass roofs and are devoted entirely to 
floriculture. The rear curtains are partly cov¬ 
ered with glass, and are mainly filled by the exhibit of 
green fruits. The end pavilions are for the wine ex¬ 
hibit, a portion of the fruit display, and horticultural 
appliances, seeds and canned goods. 
Around the crystal cave in the dome area are grouped 
the main exhibits of the three states which make the 
greatest floricultural display—New York, Pennsylva¬ 
nia and New Jersey. . In the southeast corner of the 
dome is the greatest cut flower exhibit of the century. 
Every Tuesday during the Fair a display of cut flowers 
will be made. 
The display on the wooded island will be one of the 
chief features of the horticultural exhibit. It is ex¬ 
pected that next month 50,000 roses and many hardy 
shrubs will be in bloom there. The lagoon will afford 
great opportunity for the display of aquatics. There 
have been planted on the islands and in other parts of 
the grounds 12,618 trees, 50,614 shrubs, 151,394 hardy 
perennial, herbaceous, and miscellaneous plants, 136,- 
678 aquatic and semi-aquatic plants, 3,300 ferns, 9,582 
vines, climbers and ornamental grasses, 60,000 willow 
cuttings, 114,920 bulbs and similar plants, and a great 
collection of native plants, which were used by the car¬ 
load. Most of the latter are such as grow in the 
swamps, lanes and woodlands of Michigan, Minnesota, 
Illinois and Ohio. 
Twenty thousand orchids are on exhibition. They 
come from Mexico, Florida, South America and Africa. 
They were nearly all cut in the forests and sent to Chi¬ 
cago on the limbs to which they naturally cling. 
Twenty-six hundred of them were brought from south¬ 
ern Mexico by Dr. Raremba, who claims to have origi¬ 
nated the idea of holding a Columbian Exposition sixteen 
years ago. Some were sent by the agents of the Fair 
who traveled in tropical countries, and others were con¬ 
tributed by the governments of countries in which they 
grew. More plants are being added to the collection 
constantly. One firm of florists in New Jersey will 
spend $40,000 on its display of orchids. 
North of the rose garden on the wooded island is the 
nursery exhibit. This is comparatively small, but it is 
creditable as far as it goes. The exposition authorities 
had water conveyed to all parts of the nursery grounds 
and black soil to the depth of eight or ten inches was 
spread. More than $10,000 was expended in preparing 
the grounds. 
Following is a list of the firms making nursery ex¬ 
hibits : Croux & Sons, Paris, France ; M. Moser, Ver¬ 
sailles, France ; J. V. Heckel, Munich, Germany ; John 
Rock, Niles, Cal.; Mrs. A. T. Coronel, Los Angeles, 
Cal. ; H. C. Dillon, Long Beach, Cal. ; J. A. Driffill, 
Pomona, Cal.; Los Angeles Farm Co., Los Angeles, 
Cal.; H, N. Rust & Son, South Pasadena, Cal.; C. H. 
Richardson, South Pasadena, Cal.; W. J. Strawbridge, 
Whittier, Cal.; Blackman & Penrose, Whitewater, Colo.; 
W. S. Coburn, Paonia, Colo.; J. H. Crawley, Rocky 
Ford, Colo.; Dali DeWeese, Canon City, Colo. ; 
Charles E. Pennock, Fort Collins, Colo.; Huntsville 
Nursery Co., Huntsville, Ala. ; George Phinney, Ever¬ 
green, Wis.; Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y. ; 
D. Hill, Dundee, Ill.; E. H. Ricker, Elgin, Ill., Wis¬ 
consin Cranberry Association ; W. M. Samuels & Co., 
Clinton, Ky.; Central Experiment Farm, Ottawa, Can.; 
Provincial Government of Ontario, Toronto. 
IS THE NURSERY BUSINESS IN NEW YORK 
STATE DOOMED 
The Dansville Breeze says : 
Nurserymen tell us that it is only a question of a few years 
before the business of raising trees in this state will be a tning of 
the past. It has been proven beyond a doubt that in some portions 
of the South, trees can be raised to a much better advantage than 
here. Owing to the difference in soil and climate the trees will 
reach a larger growth in two years in the South than they will in 
three years here. It was at first supposed that the southern trees 
would not be hardy enough to stand the rigors of northern win¬ 
ters, but this has been proven a mistake, as they grow and thrive 
as well, apparently as our own grown trees. Just how this is to 
affect the nursery business here remains to be seen, but it looks as 
though the hundreds of acres of land that are now devoted to tree 
raising would within a few years be raising farm crops. Our nur¬ 
serymen admit that this will probably be the outcome. Here the 
land that is suitable for this business is scarce, and correspond¬ 
ingly high priced, while in the South much of it can be obtained 
for a song. Chase Brothers, of Rochester, already have three or 
four hundred acres in Alabama, in nurseries, and J. B. Morey, Jr. 
of the firm of Morey & Son of this place, has gone to take charge of 
it. Chase Brothers are soon to branch out still more extensively 
down there, and other large dealers in this line will soon follow 
suit, so there may be a time and that not far distant when the in¬ 
dustry that has brought more money in Western New York, and 
especially this immediate vicinity, than any other will be a thing 
of the past. We dislike to believe that this is a probability, but 
it looks strangely like it, and it only gives a hint of what revolu¬ 
tions are in store for this country when the New South gets 
fairly under way. 
The Dansville Advertiser says : 
One of our most intelligent nurserymen says the nursery 
business will be successfully prosecuted here for many years ; 
that better stock can be raised here than elsewhere, with a good 
margin of profit. Just this year prices are depressed,as they often 
are in other directions, but that is no argument against the 
stability of the nursery industry here. 
Lewis Chase, of Chase Brothers Company, this city, 
when shown Breeze article said : “ That is not true. 
While there is a tendency to test the capabilities of the 
South in the growing of trees, there will always be a 
demand for the trees grown in this state. Planters in 
the north prefer northern grown trees, and this prefer¬ 
ence cannot be overcome. The soil and climate of 
Western New York will always sustain the reputation 
that they have established for producing superior nur¬ 
sery stock, and, as I said, that stock will always be in 
demand, not only in this state but throughout the 
country.” 
