Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-06
FLORAL HALL,

| Il. L. COttrell, of Dover Centre Oimssed
county, exhibits sixteen varieties of apples.
eleven of them crabs, hybrids and seedlings
Mr.. Cottrell is skillful fruit grower and he
makes very pretty exhibit.
Il. Knapheide, Reserve town Ramsey county.
| makes hne display of thirty varieties of
grapes, Delawares, Concords, Hartfords, Pro.
| litics and three or four of the different mum
bers of Roger varieties. This exhibit shows
| what may be done in raising grapes in Mime
! sofa.
| Mr.. Brimhall, of st. Paul proprietor of the
Reserve nursery, exhibits twenty-five or thirty
| varieties of apples and specimens of cider
| vinegar. Among the varieties of apples most
highly spoken of are the Duchess and Alex
| ander.
In the centre of the west wing may be seen
miscellaneous collection of seedlings from Wi
mona, an artificial fountain made of straw,
grains, apples, grapes, plums. grasses and beau
| tiful flowers
The centre exhibit is very fine and unique
| Above the table is figure representing the
dome of the capital, made entirely of
apples strung upon strings and made to en-
| circle frame string upon string from base 10
the dome's acme. Lit took twelve bushels of
apples to complete the enterprise. The first
! string required bushel of apples in it's manu-
facture The base Is system of tables laden
| with flowers fruits, grains and grasses. Among
| the flowers may be mentioned thirty varieties
of gladiolus contributed by U. S. Hollister, fine
specimens OF flowers, fruits, grains and grasses,
all beautiful and tastefully arranged. Mrs.
Thompson and Mr.. Mulliken, assisted by Miss
Lille Burbank, Mrs. McElrath, Mrs. Driscoll
and others, are tte-ones we are to credit with
having arranged and put up this unique and
very attractive display.
r. +. Lemke, florist, of st. Peter street and
| Smelling avenue, makes a pretty display of
| geraniums, cut flowers, and a large collection
| OF greenhouse plants. Mr.. Lemke also shows
two ran palms, o. oentnry plant, and other
exotics of rare beauty.
Stephen Freeman, of Racine, Wis, makes
pretty showing Of florist goods, aquaria, fern
cries, fountains, vases, fower-pots, lamp
| brackets, chandeliers, hower-standB, crestings
! and all kinds of fancy iron work.
| j. q. Fleischer florist and landscape gardner
OF Marshall avenue, st. Paul, exhibits a large
collection of green house plants, thirty varie-
ties of geraniums, forty varieties of fuschias
forty of verbenas, thirty of dahlias, camellias,
| azaleas, begonias, silver double and tri-coored
| geranlums, and In fact full list of green
house, dollhouse and bedding plants. Mr..
Flelscher's display is indeed very large and
beautiful.
A centre table ON the southeast wing was
adorned with great variety of delicate flow
ers roses in bloom, beautiful oleanders,
peculiar variety of lily, and large collection
OF rare specimens In great variety and profu-
sion. This choice exhibit is by VIM. King
florist, Hastings avenue, Daytons bluff, St.
Paul.
| Wyman Elliott, Of Minneapolis enters d col
lection marked ''best variety of greenhouse
plants" His collection is very pretty, lastly
arranged and much admired.
Mrs. Ramaley makes beautiful display of
| cut tiowers, geraniums, begonias IN blossom
| and other flowers of rare beauty and in great
! variety. Mrs. Ramaley's exhibit is one of tho
very attractive displays in the building.
l.. M. Fords display is pretty, and it was
house is one oil the Oldest in the State. He has
many exotics in his green house and vers
| large collection of natives
| Mrs. Brimha!l exhibits large display o.
callas and verbenas and great variety Of
| other flowers.
The Reform school makes perhaps the ,arges.
the largest variety. There are ioo
varieties of greenhouse plants, sixty varieties
of geraniums. This large exhibit was entered
as a general collection of plants and Aowers
| nifcent display, and commendable on the part
| of the exhibitors.
Alexander Kunize makes pretty display. Of
| cut flowers grown from Vick's seedH. The col
lection is attractive and well worthy careful
inspection.
Eugene +. Harris, of La Crescent, exhibits
in. this building Of stuffed birds som
mon to Minnesota that we're beautiful and
much admired. MIR. Harris is certainly avery
skillful taxidermist, and much credit Is his
due for exhibition of this rare collection
Last, but by least, comes that
large and very interesting display made by
Truman Smith, of st. Paul, and superintend-
ent OF this department. In Mr.. Smiths COL
lection there are choice fruits, flowers, grains,
plants wines and vinegars, and other special-
ties in great profusion- Altogether faral hall
presents the most gorgeous and beautiful feat
ure of the great exhibition. In the building are
1900 plates of Minnesota apples, all. of them
thoroughly matured, and large portion of
them the very best varieties grown in,the coun-
try. Great credit is due Mr.. Cochrane and Mr..
Easton, and the noble ladies who assisted in
the ornamentauion of the interior Of this build
ing, and did 30 much in arranging and putting
up these supreRely elegant displays. Truman
NJ. Smith, the superintendent Of the DEPART
ment, is the right man in the right place, for
under bis direction everything ia in order, and
will SO continue to the end.