, 1862-09-11
THE CITY.
the HORTICULTURAL FAIR.
Splendid Display Of Flowers
and Fruits,
Tropical Plants On Exhibition,
The Committee on Gunbo Soup,


and work is that of Lewis Pantlsn, and is
work Of rare merit it is not ouly the center
OF the hall, but ahe great center OF attraction.
The collection Of Edward Sanders, Of Lake
View, is large and select. Our people have
for several years been in the habit Of decora-
ting their grounds and rooms with the gems
of Floral beauty from the Well known stock
OF this old establishment.
The dipla5 of William q Withhold Is net
large but very choice.
C. E. Peck, shows asters, ornamental
graeses, and large lot Of everlasting flowers
H. C. Waldo, gardener for DR.. Kennicot.,
OF the Grove, sho re g good collection of ever
roEes, dahli s,asfers, japan and Chiua pinks.
). E. Watkins, of Graceland Cemetery,
shows hue collection Of Fuchias.
Lewis Ellsworth, of Sapervile. by his gar
dener Reese. shows cut roses, dahlias, aud
verbenus. Mrs, s. T. Atwater, OF Caica-
90, shows a most magnificent wax plant,
nesr five feet high and three broad
ROCKFORD AHEAD.
Cp to this morning the gardeners Of Rock
ford make the best display, our own garden.
ers being tardy in bringing their plants, but
they propose to bring up the rear this after
neon.
We will catalogue those fine collections,
a1Q ROulu GILL Int aiLt~U' lou Oh ElbltOrS 70 tue
fact that the Chicago gardeners will find in
those Of Rockford a pretty eharp competition.
These latter men are WIDE awake and promptly
on hand, which ne cannot say OF but few Of
those in Chicago. Our own g1rdeners should
have filed the tall tue frst day of the Fair,
but up to this norning the large collections
are not in place aud int just arriving at the
hall. Tits is all wrong, aud MY have pow
eTful Influence in liking the next annual Fair
to cur more en'eraris'ns nrighaors. Thanks
to our Rockford friends, the i'll will be filled
10 ose,fowlEg with gums of beauty.
u. 6. Etrguson made the best display OF
cut flowers, N 4 hoqnet Of over Sky va.ie-
ties OF choice flowers, aud has probably the
best twelve tah!ias in the hall. E. 6. Abel
shows two fiat boquets aud collection Of
Balsams. John B zir, one Of the best 1aad-
scape gardeners in The Vest, and gardener to
Mrs. Nanny, shows seFer11 specimens Of rus
tic work, Including yases and chairs, which
attracted marked attention. HIS collection Of
Asters Is very la'Ge, exceeding any thing of the
klrd in the hall.
kinlhafl & Strachan have fine show of As
ters, cut flowers, q table Doquet over two tect
high, one Of th- ldrS' st and most tasty DIS
plsy Of flowers 1a bat form. Z large collect on
OF Herhenas and Dahll.s The soil Of Rock.
ford Il ust be we'll I'D ,,ted to the Eerbena, as
we have ncEerssen better flowers.
Mr. Dckerman sho rs q large and well
selected lot Of D .hiias.
II, P. kimb ii ha: in his coIIectiou chu;ce
1tt VI AusH :. LIE Ouit iOG Lllat We nave seen
IL the bail. The LARGEST plant in the h.1l is a
Gamma Ggantica in This collection. The ptaut
is q! this gears growth and full seven feet
high. This plant is grown from bulbs, the
came as dshlias, and would add to the attr4c-
tcn Of any Of cur large or small yards and
gardens. Tie cost is q mere t1ite,
j. S. SheTm1n Of the Rockford nursery
shows a magnificent collection Of eigh. flour
varieties OF uahIias. These are all Of different
colore and most perfect form: probably tn!
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lectiops OF verbenas both in color and arrange
1nent are Of the highest merit. This Rock.
ford collection Of itself is well Work visit
to the hall.
John c, Gre, the popular superintendent
Of the city grounds has . line show Of plants
OF Bigonis, haod boluet5, and Norway spruce
F. &. Pnenix OF Bloomington, has on exhi
ton large display Of cut rosrs and dah!ias.
b. NJ. THOMPSON of Lake Forest By Franz
New Yotk, exhibited at the Brooklyn Horti
cultural Society coffee tree, sad to be tht
only one then iG the United States il
bta1ing safe. That may sill bt
true Of that date, but in the collection OF Mr
T. Is another now in bearing. and is attracting
to see it will call in the day time, as the pl ID
is too valuable and rare to run the risk Of tn,
gas light,
The collection Of Mr.. T. is rich in trop
1cal plants. Anon them the 6ago, ba
3l1la, iAAN9, ,V1.AN AS, dAAtCs ECCt1 lul
tea tree, india rubber, cutton plant, cinnlmo
allsplce, black pepper, ginger, lemon, lime
orsnge, sid TWO plue spples, one Of then i
i" "ChamberlaiE basket" This plant is i
fruit. Tie basket itself is 3 novelty, and it i
cluimed that q large fruit tree can be grow
and truited in one Ut these small baskets
Mr. T. has in aodi.ion large collection &c
other 1lants. Also j Na1dlnm case Of til
lsryest slz", containing twcuty-four beautitl
leaved plants. Among The dAhlias AR. 7. ha
tO1r Of rare merit.
A. Z, Sherman If T. SC Hill Ccs1etry Gree;
hcu:e, exhibited 4 most superb show Ut oltal
ders, in bloom. Trcse valuable plants are I
be Shown at the Close vi the fair for the beu
fit Of The soldiers fund.
F. Su1Zvr ot Groye1aud Nursery shoq
large collection OF fuscil bigonlls, at
Other greeEhous. plants. Also BOUQUETS
dahlas and cut rosrs
Among The COLLECTION Of flowers Is lars
library Of Horticultural books owned BY II
T. N. Thompson, Whose large coliectiop
plants We haee noticed above This library
especially valuable. hciug the largest libra
OF the kind III tie y ,rlawest. Most OF the
books are very expensive. Tne Garden
England cost $15.
Mrs. D. N. T, Davis Of Ninnitka, shows
collection Of cut flowers.
G. L. Peck Of the ssule place, shows aster
ornamental grasses and ty-rlastins flower
Lewis Pan'lrn Of Chicago, shows pale
drumondi, dabiiAs .pan plnks, rerbenas, b.
Sa4aS3 Al4 dAt4Cos1 sAt tC!t HAt
THE TOOLS WE WORK WITH.
\. Il. Hovey, Of IS Like street, makes
Tine show Of things needed by tree p'ante
and gardeners Of all classes. II addition
teols OF all VARIETIES aud forms, is dtsplly
VASES, cups, paper weights, ETC., made OF tt
Plasttr rock from he beds at Granl R apid
Michigan. These p1sster beds are among Il
most valuable il the world. Tne purity
the rock can be seen MOI only in these wor
OF art but In the specimens Of the crude rot
On exhibition.
Mr. II. is also large dealer in seed, as |
numerous specimens show We are glad
welcome to the North xest an es.ahlishcae
felt
Some person wishing to add the nseful
the beautiful has deposited several cloth
~r1Egers uade by the Boston WFringer G 81
I'any. Here is also a beehive, called Metc Ill
Artificial S<a1mipg and Equ4lizing Hive,
chasge Of Mr.. D r. Wilkins, of Chicago. t
agent for this and other Western States, T.
is among the best Of the artificial swarui
hives, and will be found valuable in yillaa
and 'cities, where the s~aruls would be los
the time Of sWarminK hy leavi6g the grouu
it being impossible to f5llow them in such
cations Almost every resident OF 3 villa
OF city having = small 1ot can keep bees in Il
hive, and if he would consult bus interest
will save the honty going to waste about hi
Bee culture should receive mora attenti
tlnn heretofore,
On the platform is large collection
SonfrEs from the grounds Of T. F. BAld nj
Mis- f. L. At%ater shows a vase of overs
large tiZe and high merit Dr. J. Asa Ken
cott OF kenwood shows collections Of ant
rhipuns, double hR(-ams verbenas, aste
everlasting flowers, native wild flowers.
only collection of those In the hall, az
pinbH, boguets of cut greenhouse flo VI
and collection of hand aud table boout
The boquets and haskers of flowers were q
ten up hy Mrs X. and are second to NJ
In the hall Mrs, Z. a1sc has the only cul1ec.
Of preserved fruits, jellies and native wiz
-n Of which are highly creditas
and shows what can be d,
by cur suburban residents, when thcy b:
the will and The taste to make the effort,
f. +. Mc'aEg, E-G-, by his garde
Heinrich kuntzt, shows fiue collection
1ropical plants frrm the grrGn house. int
ding B'goneas, Ferns, Cannas, etc, Il Is
dom that we see SO fine collection Of =
grown plants.
Samuel Brooks, the Oldest florist In Gu
go. tho~s general col!ectsou Of green ho
plants Including cacti. orchids, roses, ger
uns, and Australian plans.
Miss b. Brooks, daughter of s. Brooks,
good show Of artifcisi wax flowers.
GrMBo DINNER.
Dr.. Kennicott, the s'Oid Doctor,'' disco
ed in the vegetable collection Of j. Pe1iau
lot Of Okra or, as it Is known at the So
<'Gumbo." No sooner had the Doctor n
thjs discovery than he posted off to the ne
boring restaurants in search ofsomebodY c
petent to make Of this Okra and other c
13nur AE the f3ah coI1ad kIrv,rho III. ca