Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-06-01
The Horticuasur.I Exhsbssion.


etables, grasses and seresls at the Board Of
Trade rooms yesterday morning, considering
the short notice and the unfavorable circum-
stances, was very creditablc, and shows what
might be done by proper effort at more au-
specious time. The time was a little late for
flowers ard little early for vegetables. We
have in our midst many persons of rare tsst and
skill, and with proper encouragement we could
make display equal to anything ever seen.
FLOWERS.
The flower department was as fine an exhibi-
ton of the choice and rare varieties of flowers
in our midst as could well be gathered. First
in.the department to be noticed in the very fine
display made was the mammoth collection
shown by the President of the Board p. Dick
inson. The boquet was raised on graceful lit
tie walnut stand. In the arms of the stand was
a neat little basket, out of which wound grace
fully vines and leaves. On the top of the stand
were two large baskets Out of the large basket
hung two specimens of the rare Begonia leaf,
and one of the Csrina leaf The boquet itself
was very artisticslly made from some 900 va
rieties of flowers. The whole was really
beautiful and attractive display of the donor
choicest flowers ferns and grasses.
On tables as we entered the hall, were we'll
arranged flowers from the following persons:
A platter of beautiful roses, some eighty vari-
cites, from Col c. NJ. McGhee. A beautiful
bas ket boquet from the same gentleman.
A very fine, large boquet, in a raised silver
stand basket, from Col Jno. Williams, A per-
feet little gem of boquet, in neat vase sur
mounted by a miniature humming-bird, the de-
| light of all the children, from A. Leiderhofer
| A very choice collection tastefully arranged
by Mrs. S. B. Boyd.
! A fine boquet of choice roses, fresh, and ar
ranged with great taste, from tho fower-garden
of Mrs. f. H. McClung,
| A rare selection of roses from the rose garden
of Peter Staub, who always has the choicest
roses in the city.
A neat but elegant boquet of roses from j. f.
Haupt.
A choice boquet, arranged with artistic judg-
mcnt, by DR.. NJ L. Rogers.
Then came Judge Browns choice selections
from his rare plants, which nearly filed one ia
bic. Roses of the choicest varieties In tho
midst of his display of flowers was fine Olean-
der, and oranges as fresh and tempting as in Ha-
vana orange orchards
Mrs Jos. A. Mabry had table completely
! filled with her choicest flowers and rarest
plants which attracted much attention. In her
tastefully arranged boquet was a musk plant as
fragrant as the strongest musk we ever saw
An elegant BOURBON falh' foiagonium ana
luchsia were on thc tao'e ana at'rae'ed much
attention.
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First to arrive were three baskets OF choice
Snsky's, exhibited by chancellor o'f' Iempic'
which were very me
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Grand, Jecunda and Agriculturalist all very
choice, by Jno. Crouch d Bro.
i Three varieties OF hne berries from Mrs. U.
M. Branner.
| "A basket OF fresh looking berries, not named,
from Mrs. Jos Mabry.
Four varieties, Longworth Prolific Kentucky
Seeding, Triumph, De Grand, Lucinda, Ohio
Mammoth, all very fine indeed from j. VI
| Da;lr
Tho Bl.ck Prince and Tennessee Beauty two
ver,, choice vor;otes from, Col Jobn VII,
l;on,s
A worry ino little disnlov of berries from ID
Richardson