, 1876-06-05
CENTENNIAL.
A Magnificent Show Of Rhodo-
dendrons.
Exhibits Of Furniture and Upholstery
..-Folding Beds.
Interesting Relics Of the Afonnd-Dulld
ers OF tile West.
Special Exhibitions OF Horticul-
tupal Products.
A. Saturday Concert.
CENTENNIAL JOTrINGS


A SATURDAY Concert,
cEErENNIAI, rOT"rINES.
,,.n,t,r,,,vur suow or runpnnpsrross-
nrconArIvR Art FuHNtr,nE-Ex,t1H1 =
NOVEL NODE or ruNNIsn,N9-TAsTEs or
urHohsrEnEns-w1Ihow AND hEs1-Woon
fuNNifuMEmaMs ,s ,',u We ~"
sn,.ta, 1nrr.,.nna.nr. ~ r.. rr,.vr.,
pn,Y1nr1ru14. June Tine of the most at
.,ort,vt thInr. I knov ef M the lerouuds is
some,huo thnt n ,,rcnt ,pa,,y neuple will not sec
AZ Mi. 1n sort tf tent nrnr Horticultural Hail
there fs nm exhibition Of ro,lodcndrous lu full |
h1notn. ard thc hloorn fs tne very fullest TINT
ean no seen enywne.s. J.. %nu.a ~ .e .,,', .,"""S
matter to describe ali tc vat'cs.es OF fhou"nc''.
drons on exhibition, aniitt uc'rnt to sny that
the flowers arc of nearly all colors an sfla,lcs OF
c,,Iors. from whtto and delicate mink aud u,spIc
up 70 '"e uetp.es "''u "a' IN ~, I,,., se
arc mass ol mowers, ahd !ooK ike eo'lecI'oh
.os bouquets ratscr than Hike growing plants.
ouc sccs IN our ,uountn5o regions, with The
o.,e es.s ~. w. o,' 4oa ,t" ~, ,t,''. r't
u'''useH.c t'"t .''ey "'' "'hS4 WIN t''oo
nafily oosef'ea " TIC opel air. ohch l1ass "
rich color Is rarely seen anywhere; the exhibit
In Horticultural Iiall cauput rival it IN th!s r.
swami md !, ,yonl In lf,,,,,t IN ind rrcr,,-
, I ~, ~, a,',,s ou.,'r,. ,hn, on,',d IT. a.,
t'0N"- - ''NN --|F'
The collection is IN Engltsl, one; it colnch from
the Knap It'll Nursery Of Mr. Anthony Watcrcr,
Wok,ur' Surrey, Enc, and is pronounced by
,,or.tcs'trris,. ;hc a,cat cv,r srcn IN America,
There Is another show OF rhauodenlro"s IN TIC
Belonging S m IT to tlc Centennial Commission. They
were Trssentsa Iy DC establishment d 1a'nss
b. ,s'': considered s' excellent If they were
not cast in the shade by the
very large exhibit Of Mr.. watcrcr.
h'hny Pefso''e Wv" n"'c no"lu ~ NV M '.,"o ,,"
ucnGrons IN tllc tent llaVc gone IN that a'rcc-
tlon, and mistaken the s'na!ler one for the
they have Ind ine treat. And 50 they have,
but there is a still finer one, which would cost
them nothing II they would only 90 II lltils
further, and use their eyes for quarter Of an
The Acsean exGors anHu If fn9niturc arc not
very numerous, hut some Of their displays nrc
exhibits arc il tic Malu building, near the
wny tint makes many Of them appear rather
crowded for want Of room. They arc not near
at VIemla, and are not neurly us go'nl. 4
noticeable thing among them ii tie tendency to
strong colors, and some If the coi.traatH
arc 10 glarlug Us TO be. disagrerablc., Thc
4
Tie name OF l.. Narcotic g. ca. Portions
Of two ROOMS arc shown, the most attractive
Of them being In thu style Of tnu!s N1lI:,-
loor, ceiling, furniture an'l all. There Is tlne
OF majolica-wAre Immediately around the fire.
uincc, making very pretty contrast with the
dark color Oi the Wood The watnscot fs Of the
aer!a rta as l. tho sn1 cn1neyp!;Hsc oys SooSs
from tic ceiling. The ceiling. Is II
il feature In this country Of late years, o.
hs Ill the oers & # 9a Gun d.
The chairs are covered with tapestry sisc that On
the wuls, anu the carpet Is in Keeping with tho
general qu[ctncss Of the rest OF thc T room. ile
arc made In this country; the designs for The
tnpcstry are made here, but the work ia Ilcr-
formcdi In France. The furniture Of the other
room is Of ebony, TIE most attractive piece o.
this room ara IN pn1nted !enthei
after the old Italian style, but somewhat less
snowy In color. Close By this room Is bed
room containing set 81 hrdseye-Innp!e iurni
ture, with blue, trtmm!nEs, combination q
colors quite III harmony II the blue were not
30 intensely strong. Tie ceiling also las tht
blue quite prominent, nnd a'togcthcT the saatl'
ttce to the designer, that blue Ia nut my fa
vorite color, mid that anything continuing Il
/ SEVERAL BETS or PAm.oH AND BEDROOM FUN
| HtAAAE
arc scattered around here. Nearly oil III,
! makers arc from New York or Philadelphia;
/ saw no exhibits from The West, and only Que o
two from New England. doTt think tn
/ American house-fur1ilshers have much to boas
Of tn the decorative line, nnl ccrta!nly they nr
) greatly bcInd the English md French makers
, New York scclns to be further advanced ii, tn
nrt tlRn Philadelphia, but no enough to swca
by. Tile fuvorfte wood IN Philadelphia
seems to be mnplc while New York inctIucs t.
walnut and other dark woods, inclultng ebony
/ tho darkest Of them I'LL. 4 lcad!ng New Yorl
housu has act of parlyF-furntturc tlat woult
J be very prctty II the color were not 80 glaring
: md there Is i bc,tsoom-sult from this city mos
D admirably made, but trimmed with eretonnc ii
i which there is tno MUCH prcpondesnnsc 9
white, Walls and p!afplM are covered with til
flrst glunce, but fcur that ous might bccom
weary OF It after while. New York house
/, | kt,nbe' & Cabas, has a very pretty show with
a door tnlaid with light colnrs anu tho ceiling frcs
coed. For part OF the way 1uwn fr0n I'll
: ceiling, there aru igurepafntings on leather