The Delaware farmer., 1883-10-12
AGRICULTURAL.
PHiABELPHIA LETTER.
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION.


the American Pathological Society he.
gan at Horticultural Hall, Broad and
Spruce streets, on last Tuesday and
ended on Friday. On the dsy Ofopen-
ing nothing was done save arranging
the various exhibits. In the evening
the arrangements were about com
pleted and the public was allowed to
enter and view the grand disnIav.
The place was brilliantly lighted and
long before arriving your cOrrespOnd-
ent could discern the great crowd of
people entering the doors. The npper
floor or auditorium of the hall was
utilized for the exhibition of the Hor-
ticultural Society while directly be-
meath, upon the grOund-hOor the PO-
mOlOgical Society had its display. En-
teriDg the door and ascending the
broad stairway, your relatOr's ears
were greeted with the music of string
orchestra rendering some excellent Sc
lectiOns from the popular operas of the
day. This produced pleasing effect.
but the acme of pleasure was attained
when entrance to the room was gained. |
Flora and Euterpe had indeed heart |
lily meant to create joy in the breasts |
of their respective dtvOtees. Plants of |
every DE- scrlption from the time-hOn-
Ored Egyptian lotOs to the tiny water
r.
Upon either side of the centre aisle
were the tall, stately, strange, vet in
teresting, flowers and trees from the
tropics, with their waving plumes and L.
pendulOus foliage. These reached
from the entrance to the stage, form
ing an avenue to promenade upOn
which under the influence of the weird
music would have given zest to an
AdOnis or inspired a poet To the {
left was an avenue formed of ordinary :
flowers. Again to the left of this was I
another formed of rare" flowers and
smaller plants. Among these was the !
display OF aquatic flowers. A large {
tank was filled with water and uDOn
the surface flOated specimens Which J
would have been calculated to drive 8
insane with joy the botanist of fiftv I
years ago. Among others were shown a
the papyrus plant of ancient Egypt.
water lilies from Africa and China u
one of them the Aynaphg DeUOnihtsie "
pink in color, eleven inches in diane Il
ter, gracefully reclining upon the wa el
ter surrounded by its hugh leaves oc- II
cupied altogether space six feet in VI
circumference. Then the tabled lotOs D'
which is supposed to have inspired OBJ &C
HvIon in the followers of Ulysses. was
a wonder in itself The plant rises eI
a large, pink, bell-shaped blossom with q
heavy heart-shaled ed leaves. Leaving III
this grand display and going to the III
right there were found two other aisles M
thanking the centre, both of which W.
were devoted to roses. Every variety ou
of the world almost, was here found.
1t was easy to imagine yourself in Per IL
sia the land of roses" MOOre's beau- he
tiful "Lalla ROOkh" had ten thousand wi
thoughts more charming than before on
while gazing upon these delicate chill Tr
dren of the soil, while taking deer -
draughts of their effusive odors
Trutlfully does the poet say:
1.-The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem
For that sweet odor which doth in it live
Forming a conspicuous portion of the
array were collections of the white and
ed rOses-thOse emblems of the strife
If England's two greatest houses
York and Lancaster. So does man
hoOse the fairest, most delicate to suf-
er ignOmy by contact with the un-
lightly and the harsh. These past.
he moss rose with its mystic covering
anne to view. To see it was to think
f the fable of its naming as expressed
y German writer.
"The angel of the flowers one day
Beneath a rosetree sleeping lay.
Awakening from his slight repose
The angel whispered to the rose,
For the sweet shade thou hast given me, 4
Ask what thoH wit It's granted thee T.
Then said the rose, with deepened glow
'On me another grace bestoW.'
Twas but a moment-o'er the rose
A veil Of moss the angel throws"
The specimens displayed were from
e most skilled gardeners in the
uutry and were beautiful in the ex-
eme. Many other kinds were there
lOng which may be mentioned the
'ench r. gaHicGl, Danask, { r. danlas.
lG,) Cinnamon Il. ciandmoned, etc,
p, including some very beautiful
es of India, Persia and various pOr-
ms of Africa, indicating the vast
Id covered by American botanisIs
hOrticulturists.
rhe next object of interest was the
ge and steps leading to it. This
RI of the room was devoted to the
flowers, mostly confined to funer-
designs and general religious repre-
tatiOns. Here were many triumphs
the artistic florists art On the
ht of the stage was a cleverly ar
ged window of smilax with cur
rs of geraniums, sun-fowers, roses
golden rod draped on either side
the distance away of few feet the
ct was perfect-every particular
ure appearing real. To the right
covering considerable of the stage
e miniature representations of car -
which were monuments
he skill of their designers The
'terpiece in cut flowers was at the
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