The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-30
THE EXPOSITION.
Visited Yesterday by l3,OS6
People.
The Floral Display.--COmmis-
siOners' Meeting---NOtes.

Yesterday, in spite of the fact that Mon
day is considered doubtful day in regard
to visitors, proved prosperous one for the
Exposition. The turnstiles showed admis-
sions to the number of 13,OS6.
At the meeting of the Board last night
Colonel Lane, the officer Of the day, stated
that everything was found in excellent Or
der yesterday.
Mr.. Gilpin, on behalf of the Finance
Committee reported that the exact num-
Der Of admissions on Saturday was 81 ,2S5.
Mr.. Ridgway, on behalf Of the Horticul-
tural Committee, reported recommending
that on Cincinnati day the numbers OF pre-
miums for floral displays be increased to
three. First, 500; second, $75; third, $50.
Agreed to.
Mr.. ingalls, reported that the Committee
On Music had engaged Captain Currier and
. band OF rs pieces for Thursday of the
present week and Tuesday of next week.
The report of the Committee was adopted.
THE FLOWER SHOW.
Again the air is heavy with the fragrance
Of resess, ;;sasssailiiae and tuberoses again the
crowd throngs through the gallery of art to
look on the beautiful devices that our
florists have prepared to charm us with
their elegance and taste. The broad tables
are now arranged in long line down
through the center of the gallery so that
up the other, and see the various pieces made
At thn;r Mnrapvar tho vi ,o ~
10 dense as on Thursday last, nor the work
in such variety of striking designs The
class of work was to-day restricted to straw
work, that is to say designs of work of
which the device is made of straw and yel-
low wicker and the flowers introduced with
such taste as the fancy Of the florist may
Bnggest. Necessarily the range islimited.
although more considerable than would at
tirst seem possible. There were baskets and
ragodas and horseshoes and kiosks and pa
Viiions and stands and hearts and sheaves
of grain and baskets and cradles and carts
and crosses and wreaths and urns and vases
and many other things some of most
exquisite taste and elegance in the impro-
yised piece of floral and straw work by Mr..
Gritchell some eight feet tall show an orgi-
nality and beauty of design and execution
that it affords MS pleasure to accord. This
was sort of chandelier shaped stand or
standard with four branches formed of oats
and oat straw for its ground work, but sup
porting at the extremities four baskets of
exquistely arranged flowers, great dazzling
roses and other choice flowers Above
there were twoother branches with the same
arrangement, and at the apex vase shaped
Cf tho graceful oats filled with gorgeous
spikes OF gladiolus, red and pink and varie-
gated with half blown roses and fern leaves
gracefully disposed amidst the quaking
oats. Along the standard of this unique
design and mingled amid the supporting
arms or branches bearing the baskets al
ready described, were mingled rich spikes
of bright and beautiful gladiolus. This
standard rose from base of rocks which
was surrounded by mass of straw in form
of q square and again surrounded by bor-
der OF yellow sphngnum moss in color
and keeping with the whole design.
Bright gladiolus flowers were
Btrewn carelessly over this base.
This unique and original piece resembled a
strawy candelabra wrapped in tongues of
flame from little distance While it was
not fine work. technically speaking, it was
simply elegant and elected warm admira-
tion from all. Another piece of the most
simple elegance was sheaf of oats of the
usual size, put up in the field in ye olden
time, bound with wisp of its own straw,
and in the top gorgeous spikes of bright
Eladiolus cleaning amid the autumn gold
Of the yellow oats. Leaning against this
was scy the the snead of which was bright
red and white arranged in longitudinal
the blade covered with tin foil, resembling
to ;p,oooe,ih h1a 70 otNoa;xya of
floral device in straw wo k in more simple
and perfect taste than this. The blue rib.
bon, signifyiEg the first premium, was
naturally here, and Mr.. Critchell merlted 1t.
OF a different order of work was a bowl
shaped vase, the bowl worked in white
flowers with lines like lines of longitude
upon globe, dividing it into sections, with
flowers of double red geraniums. The
standard was oats and grasses, beautifully
arranged. A vase was filled with white and
pnle flowers, prettily arranged with relief
of delicate mauve plumhago blossoms
A full-rigged brig was pretty, with its
wealth of bright rosebuds and twining smi-
lax wreaths climbing amid the spars and
marts of bearded barley heads. A pretty
variety was in the use of long sprays of the
variegated vinca elegantissima. The ship
was mounted on a basket of beautiful flow
srs that contrasted neatly with the yellow
wicker of the briggs hull. A vase on an
oblique standard was pretty. This was
formed of white eupatorium, with scarlet
geranium forming points top and bottom,
and half open pink roses about the
waist of the vase itself. The standard
was solid mass of tuberoses An oval
base was formed of alternate rings of white
pink and deep mazarne in blue flowers. The
handles of the vase were exquisitely orna-
mented with the maiden's hair fern of the
new and rare variety amabile. Another
was tulip vase in Japanese design.
wrought in alternate sections, sweet
alyssum and tuberose and pink balsams
This was profusely ornamented with fine
grasses. The base was white flowers and
pink gladiolus flowers mixed with oats.
Perhaps one of the most exquisite pieces
shown yesterday was heart with bor-
der of yellow golden rod, the center of
heart filled solid with balsams and tube
roses, and in alto relieve beautiful pink
rose surrounded with pink buds. Over all
were placed a few delicate panels of the
adiantum amabile. Nothing could be
more beautiful. A little hand cart OF
white roses and pansies was exquisite. A
horseshoe with red groundwork, with re-
lievo of tuberoses, was also very elegant.