our citizens upon all other classes are be conceived is there any one thing in the crystal palace of so much importance or that would have been so interesting to so many people as a collection of indian corn from every state in the union showing at a glance all the varieties grown both in plants and ears from the feet high of the valley to the little dwarf of it is of no use to repeat that stale falsehood want of room for an excuse for this outrageous neglect because hundreds of feet of bare walls are too palpable a contradiction of such an assertion could be found for an ordinary for every day seen fire engines for common brass cannon and oft gun carriages and but are these one and au of one part as much importance or interest to visitors as would be a stalk of growing cotton in fall bloom and bearing how many of the visitors to this of industry ever saw that product of an american farmer s industry a stalk of growing sugar cane with what delight thousands would gaze at it and it is not too late perhaps now if the had half the desire to do honor to those who cultivate the soil that they have to court the favor of men whose trade is in blood guns swords and powder or who work in marble precious and fine linen in foreign countries there would be no clap trap about the announcement of an arrival of indian com and very superior seed wheat fi om john smith s farm in and no need of the of a and officers of the custom to receive and take care of a collection of american farm i yet in such a collection those who by industry and grow for the of those who do not even know the meaning of the word might learn lessons never tu be forgotten for they might learn bow to of the boil ill improve the quality of their seed and make two blades grow � where hut one grew before it ia not yet too late to remedy this great and total neglect of the most important branch of american industry give an invitation to farmers to send in ot every choice kind of seed plants and valuable farm productions and let them be carefully arranged so as to the varied productions of different states and then there will he an agricultural department worthy the name in an exhibition of industry the of which seem to have forgotten that the productions of the soil are the base of all wealth and that mechanical industry is of but little use when the soil and its are neglected or treated as though they were not considered of any importance to the rest of the community note � we believe a articles were added to his after the above was � written but not to change its general fi om to plenty this chapter is given aa a to e of all the rare and devices you gather but do not forget to also of all ihe important of the soil the great exhibition t e who witnessed the london exhibition of and examined the of there must be struck � the difference which exists between that and this in our city in at least one particular there the raw material was exhibited in both its crude and dressed and portions were selected at the various stages of perfection in which its progress or alteration could be made manifest the whole process of manufacture was thus exhibited at a glance and the mind not only became aware of what the article was made from but it became impressed with the improvement the skill and the taste which mark our own times here however this is rarely to be witnessed the fine article is exhibited without the course material in the of iron and steel the ore or native source from which it is obtained might with advantage he placed in position so that the crystal palace might be a school of knowledge as well as a theatre of admiration this remark applies with especial force to the exhibition of glass and the contrast between the raw materials an the beautiful is startling but it is not here visible who says johnson speaking of glass when he saw the first sand by a casual of heat melted into a form rugged with and clouded with would have imagined that in this lump lay concealed so many of life as would in time constitute a great of the happiness of this world v the formation of vessels or the art itself into two branches � that of as it is commonly termed and that of china ware there is not so much in the materials employed in each branch as in the manner of treating them the material for being and thus more approaching in its nature to glass it is curious to see hy the articles ef how these two branches have by rival nations the excellence of the british department being in the articles of or common household ware while the taste and skill of ti have been devoted to the perfection of tlie show of these articles lies chiefly with these two nations for the of ware on this are few aud not of a high degree of perfection it cannot be said to bo an art although and the other new england states as well as new york furnish an abundance of very pure materials the wealth to exists here perhaps but tha skill to execute is jet a nor is this absence of to our people if we put aside the chinese there are but nations who can to any first england then france and lastly of is an art half � half mechanical transferred from china to which by right it belonged it has been as an 