The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-12

SIX varieties, open to amateurs, $loi d. +
Critchell.
Best group of philodendron, open to
amateurs, $25; A. Walz & Son.
Best single specimen of dieffenbachia'
open to amateurs, S.; Jno. Saul.
Best group of dracenas, not less than ten
varieties, open to amateurs, $50; John Saul.
Second best group of drac@nas, not less
than ten varieties, open to amateurs, $lo;
Cincinnati Floral Company. ..
Best single specimen of dracana, self
color, open to amateurs, $40; A. Sunder-
bruch Il Son.
Best single specimen of dracana, fancy
color, open to amateurs, $1Oi A. Sunder-
bruch & Son.
Best single specimen of drac@na, fancy
color, open to amateurs, S.; Cincinnati
Floral Company.
Best group of crotons, not less than twen-
ty-fve, $75; John Saul.
Second best group of crotons, not less
than twenty five, $35; Cincinnati Floral
Company.
Best single specimen of croton, $40; John
Saul.
Best group of marantas, not less than
twenty varieties, $50; John Saul.
Second best group of marantas, not less
than twenty varieties, $25; Cincinnati
Floral Company.
Best single specimen of maranta SIS;
John Saul.
Best group of cacti and aloes, SIS! A.
Sunderbruch & Son.
Best single specimen of cactus $5;
Chas. J. Jones'
Best single specimen of a lantana (open
to amateursl SIS; Daniel Ring.
Best display of ornamental grasses, $40;
B. P Critchel.
Best specimen of an ornamental grass,
$5; Cincinnati Floral Company.
Best four hanging baskets and filling,
500; A. Sunderbruch & Son.
Second best four hanging baskets and fill
ing, $40, B. P. Critchell.
Best and largest hanging basket and fill
ing (open to amateurs) SIS; B. P. Critch-
ell.
Best and largest piece of rustic work and
filling (open to amateursl, SIS; Cincinnati
Floral Company.
G. L. Allen, New York, and Henry
Pfister, Gardener of tie White House,
judges.
Best group in variety and arrangement
of variegated foliage plants, SIS; Cincinnati
Floral Company.
THE PICTURE GALLERY,
Progress has been made since yesterday
in this department. Catalogues are prom
ised OF the collection for next Monday, and
will be welcome. The gallery of oil paint
ings was eagerly inspected during the day
by the large crowd of visitors. A picture
which attracted no little attention was
"Orestes pursued by the Furies, large can
vas by the well-known French artist Bou-
guereau, better known by work wholly dis
similar to this. The artist has thrown a
force into the handling of his figures in this
painting that his admirers had hardly
dreamed that he possessed. A huge canvas,
the subject of which is left to be OWNED
represents the early Roman Christians in
their prison awaiting the summons to the
Amphitheater of the lions, that are dimly
seen through the open doorway tearing the
victims in the presence of the Roman popu.
lace.
The figures are some of them, noble and
pathetic in the extreme, although the atti-
tude and expression of some of the prin-
cipal ones suggest too strongly the cele-
brated picture of the Luxembourg gallery
in Paris, ''the Calling the Role of the Con.
demned at the Conciergeri :" during the
French Revolution, to enable one to forge
that remarkable work while looking at
this The picture is in bad light, A
striking pictureis entitled 'Sheep Shearng
in the Bavarian Highlands" by Sherland,
which it appears has received honorable
mention at the Paris Salon. We must con-
slider this another day as also Forging the
Shaft" by Weir.
A coast scene, by M. F. H. DeHaas, with
boats, and the sea rolling in upon the beach,
is among the most noticeable of the collec-
ton. Dwight Benton, whose studies at
Rome were suddenly interrupted by the Sc
rous illness of his family here, has
dreamy landscape, with the deep blue of
the Italian sky stretching across the Cam
pagna to the misty Apprentices, and the
pleasant country villas nesting among their
olive trees on the sloping hillside-a picture
pleasant as pastoral poem to look upon.
Kemper, our friend of dozen years ago
is represented by picture Of Lake George
and E. f. Andrews by stately portrait of
Martha Washington. Webber has four pic
lures representing Jefferson as RIP Van
Winkle."
The little painting by Couture, the prop
erty of Mr.. H. H. Hoffman, occupies
quiet corner niche, and is scanned by the
curious who have heard of the singular
history of its adventures here in the Bod
man warehouse on its arrival in this coun-
try after its purchase in Europe. In the
collection are so many that one is tempted
to linger over that it is unsatisfactory to
have to speak of twenty in a brief newspa-
per notice like this. Happily, however,
we have the whole month to study and
enjoy and to return again and again to
share our impressions and enjoyment with
our readers.
A GLANCE.
The Kansas Pacific Railway display,
which is situated just at the head of the
main stairway in the south corridor of sec.
ond floor Of Music Hall, is attracting gen.
eral attention. They have very large ex-
hibit of all the vegetable, grain and mineral
products, birds and animals and woods of
the country through which their road lies.
Many and varied ordinations are heard
uttered as the visitors stop to paze and pom
der over the wonderful and vast resources
of Kansas and Colorado so artstically dis
played. TO Mr.. Welsh, of our city, and
Mr. Agler, of st. Louis, agents of the road,
and Mr.. Robb, of Kansas, the credit is due
for one of the most attractive displays of
the Exposition.
Power Hall is receiving larger interest
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