The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-06
THE VIENNA EXHIBITION.

THE VIENNA EXHIBlIAON.
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show Of Flowers and Vegetables In
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rFrom n snec,a, correspondent Of the Nsu
York Tribnnel = ~"
VIENNA, May 16.--The first of the
many special and temporary exhibitions
that are to take place in connection with
the Worlds Fair. il the show of flowers
and Of early vegetables and winter-kept
fruits. which closes TODAY. II Is held in a
large tent at the further end of the Exbi-
hilton grounds. and is only attainable
bv long tramp over muddy paths.
mast the EGYPTIAN yiceroy's palace
and the comical little wooden houses
that the Japanese have lust finished.
and through a strip of woods that shelter
an Indian wigwani. where thirsty Ameri.
cans are served bv the blaclSest of colored
walters in the whitest of Jackets. with
COCKTAILS ssiuleps.u sssmashes y and
"straights. - and other enticine American
beverages. Once out of the woods. YOU
mount hill and come straight unon The
flower show. Many who start for the
show never find their way out Of the
woods. however. and 90 no further than
the WI8Wau1, WneTe tney conIentedly lIn-
ger until the warning bell gives notice that
It is six O'Clock, and the gates will soon be
shut. These are of course Americans.
The Europeans of all nations look upon
this wigwam and the ferocious figures
daubed upon it in red and yellow paint,
with an air of timid curiosity. They give
it a wide berth, gazing upon
it from a safe distance in the outskirts of
the woods. They no doubt believe the
amIable darkeys to be North American
sayages tanned for the occasion, who might
relaspe into their old habits and make
rush for their scalps if they ventured too
near. In front of the tent in which the
flowers and fruits are to be seen, is piece
of ground where mud and gravel, trees,
plants and sod are trying to make them
selves into garden, with the help Of few
lazy Austrian workmen.s Like almost
everything else about the exhibition. this
garden is remarkable for its promises and
possibilities, and not for its performance.
It will no doubt be very pretty by and by,
but just now it is snare for the feet of the
unwary, of a much less endurable kind
than those that lie in wait in the wigWam
at the foot of the hill. *
AUSTRIAN TT ,oR1cr1r,rI1Rp htf3t
Rpt The flower chow in sn;ta IF tho
dHicult;ns one mnst surmount to roach =
10 worth going 10 ser. "a il n oraet ra,;af
70 the over-tried tanner to find sonath;no
that 10 really to he seen. The show f;ils
square tent of moderate s;ze With iona
crescent-shaned winps strefch;ng cpt IA e,
either side. These wings look ike hig
arms. and thew reach forward toward the
advancing visitor in n suggestive wav nc r.
thew we're about to stake him in,,'-sno.
cest;ve i saw. because the visitor ;s.taLen
n in 50 many wavs about the exb;h;tion
grounds that he grows suspicious The
fsnt ia exceptionally honest and barms
iess however. and within it's strined canvas
walls there Is no tran to catch the visitor
Nobody has concession from the Dirac.
tion to swindle neonle here The fowors
are nearly ali Of hot-house Growth and
come from the acknowledgements Of Tho VI
ann for;sts with rha aycant;o,, ~ = s,,.I,
contr;bntion from Munich and anothar r
from Dresden The exhibition h.s tharo
fora almost No ;nternat;on.I cbaranlar .s al
hasides If presents little ;ntarast - Oh. ,ha
conno;ssenr who seels for rar;t;aS Tharo
ora many heant;fnl snec;mans 'homovar ne
well.known conservaforv Wants NV y,
szalias are particularly fine and thav aro
crouned so as to make the most brilliant
effacts of coloraB1 never sau s,ch ioraa
flowers sucb dense masses of hIoom ~
such great variety Of beautiful tintss The
roses are noteworthy for their size rather
than for their beauty. The aim Of The
Vienna gardener anpears to be ia nroduce
40 big q rose rs nossihle and 10 IN tb;s ali
loneliness of shane in the bnsh i 'sacr;-
feed. tt is trained to grow like 4 straight
stick and onlv small bunch of leaves 10
allowed at the ton. These rose trees 40
thew should be called, rather than bushes
are often ten feet high, and they bear but
three or four flowers each. Standing alone
there is little beauty in them, but massed
in dense hedges so that only the leafy top
and the great roses are seen, the effect
is striking. 10 the tent they are
arranged along the walls, the shortest in
front, and the taller rows behind, gradu-
ated so as to make an equal slope along
their tops. Nowhere is natural-shaped
bush to be seen, and while the great size
and fine color of the flowers excite admi-
ration, one soon tires of them aud wonders
at the false taste that insists upon SO de-
forming the bushes for the sake of getting
roses Of unusual magnitude. Next to the
azalias and the roses, the rhododendrons
take up the most room and make the most
brilliant show. There are pansies, of
course, in countless variety, and cinera-
res, hydrangeas, pinks, primroses, &C., of
which nothing can be said except that they
are all perfect in kind. Among rarer
Howaro fbara ora a fau orchids a N;d,iIn