The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-12
OUR GREAT EXPOSITION.
A Boom of VisitOrs-..A Glance all
Around.
The Picture Gallery.-First HOrtf-
cultural Award, etc.

stiles showed that $500 visitors passed the
bars yesterday, which is equivalent to about
$2,9CO in money.
In the various departments every thingis
looking bright fresh and inviting. The
task of visiting the fifty or more rooms in
the different stories of the three monster
buildings is not an easy one. 1t can hardly
be done in less than week, unless one de-
sires but cursory glance at the various ex-
hibits.
Each of the main features-the Horticul-
cural Hall, the Main Hall and the Power
Hall-would take up at least two days
time to get satisfactory view OF the varied
and magnificent displays.
The people began pouring in early to-
day, and long before 10 o'clock the build
fngs were comfortably crowded, and there
was every evidence in the world that the
attendance to-day would exceed yesterday.
This afternoon Curriers' famous band will
furnish the music. The flower display will
be continued, and tine Six teenth Regiment
o. N. G. will attend in body.
In the evening Theodore Thomas Or
chestra, with fifty performers, will give the
first grand concert.
Some of the visitors have been puzzled
In making their rounds of the buildings,
and many have overlooked the rooms on
the third floor of Main Hall.
In the south room are fine specimens OF
wood carving, proclaim painting and de-
signing, dresses, cloaks, fancy goods, mil
linery and straw goods hair and wax work,
shell and needle work, artificial flowers,
embroidery, etc.
In another room are musical instruments,
pianos, brass Instruments etc., and still in
another. in the north hall, is fine collec-
tion in geology, mineralogy, zoology, con-
chology, etc , from all parts OF the world.
THE CUT FLORAL DISPLAY.
The scent of the waxy tuberoses as we
approached the gallery of the south wing
where the floral display was made, was al
most sitting, but the extent of the show
has rarely if ever been equaed in Cincin-
matt. Much was however, but meaning
less iteration of the same old and hack
neyed designs Of basket and broken column
and cross, etc. Critchell, who carried off
the two best premiums, had the largest col
lection OF different pieces, some really
noticeable and Others the reverse. One of
his most novel and stricking was an anvil
in white and pale flowers except upon the
top, where famed bright geranium Bios
sons producing a striking effect. A horse
shoe shown by Critchell was verv effective,
being of delicate flowers handsomely
wrought and topped with scarlet. He like
wise exhibited marriage bell of fair
workmanship, and a ship mounted on a
basket of flowers really exquistely ar
ranged.
There was excellent work, too, in a Tyre
OF white flowers, and a cross of white flow
ers and pansies was particularly noticeable.
One of the largest pieces present was floral
pl0w of full natural size-curious but nat
nrnlly not as pleasing an object as some
other designs. Five very pretty pieces,
consisting of crescent and cornucopia and
baskets of flowers, were extremely well
prepared and beautiful, but no means of
ascertaining the name of the exhibitor.
Hunderbrook had the premium for best five
pieces. His work is always noticeable. A
Tyre of delicate flowers with tea roses was
superb. The same may be said of a pillow,
with the same fine taste in make and flow
ers Other pieces in his collection was good,
but less attractive than those indicated. A
crescent by an exhibitor whose name we
did not obtain was made of pale, fine flow
ers and inclosed star of bright cerise red,
and was fine piece of work, whoever
made it.
A mortar ard pestle suggested pills too
strongly for floral show, perhaps, but was
not a bad job. A locomotive and tender,
the latter loaded with coal, was much
looked at. We did not know the exhibit
or's name. A Tyre of pure white balsams, tu-
beroses, begonia blossoms and delicate green
mounted on pedestal, ought to have had
the exhibitors name on it, A simple and
really exquisite thing was basket OF lilies
of the valley with their own green leaves
The Cincinnati Floral Company received
the $40 award for the best ten pieces and
harp of pure white flowers in their display
was really exquisite. Their basket and
stands were also charming. huge vase OF
white balsams, with base and handles of
pink balsams, was included in the display
of the Company, as was also Striking star
of scarlet flowers, bordered with white bal
Sans. An exact duplicate OF their huge
vase was shown elsewhere, we did not
learn if by the Floral Company or by an
was as follows
B.P. Critchell, $40, best 20 pieces
B. P. Critchell, $50, best Is pieces.
AOlul OOupohyj P@oi WOW AV
pieces.
A. Sunderbruck, $40, best pieces.
The horticultural display was of remark
xble extent and excellence. The awards
were as follows yesterday:
Second best group Of palms, all varieties,
not less than twenty specimens $50; A.
6underbruch & Son.
Best single specimen of palm of any vari-
ETY., $20 B. P. Crtchell.
Best group of exotic palms, natives ofthe
tropics, not less than ten varieties, $l00; B.
p. Critchell.
Best group of hardy palms, natives of
Temperate Zone, not less than ten varie-
ties, 800; Cincinnati Floral Company.
Best single specimen of cycas, SIS; Gin
cinnati Floral Company.
Best group of ferns and lycopods, 500;
B. P. Critchell.
Second best group of ferns and lycopods,
$780, Cincinnati Floral Company.
Best group of exotic ferns, not less than
twenty varieties, $50; Cincinnati Floral
Company.
Second best group of exotic ferns, not less
than twenty varieties, $40; B. p. Critchell.
Best single specimen of all exotic fern,
e20;. b. P. Critchell.
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