The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-09-03

| hundred dollars Professor Curliss, at INV re-
quest, agreed to remain while should go tt1
Tallahassee and lay before our Legislature the nc
| ccsslty of an immediate appropriation. SO on
Saturday, January 9th, | took my departure for
| Tallahassee. During my absence Professor Cur
| t;ss was taken sick and was forced to return
home. AS soon as The 80 600 was appropriated
| and made available General Barnes and myself
went to work TO replenish our exhibit and en-
| large it. For he it known from the very first,
the exhibit was crelitabc to our Stale, but small
and we kept it together; but as soon as
got the $4,000 at once made such changes
and enlarged our exhibit until 1t was the most
admired O any in the building, and the thousands
mat came upon our space went away perfectly
delighted with our display and expressed their
approval'ot our exhibit and il was the means of
sending thousands of people to Florida
From very reliable information it is est-
mated that the Florida exhibit sent from
New Orleans to Florida the past winter 10000
people, While another source says % 900.
know Of many that, after looking al our grand
display left for Florida and bought property
realizing that if so grand display could he
made as We had exhbtion-.tha if they
could only see our State, that had been touched
by Natures hand with such lavish beauty and
wealth, and was contributing h,Slfsake one oi
the grandest Of States in our Republic, was
lnducement so strong they c"nld not disregard
II, and The good results of this exhibit of the
O
Art, Science and Agriculture, Will be felt in our
State for years Ia come
'hlr exhibit IN the Gnvcrnment Building con-
sisted of forestry, ferns and medicinal plants,
agricultural! products, fruits, and soil, and
fine surface map OF the PENN ula of Florida
and our Womcn's Work in the Gallery and the
Elncslpna Exhibit, also in the Gallery.
FORESTRY,
Collected and arranged by Prot. A. H. Curtiss,
~. 1or ihs IL tl,,
Exposition, aud attracted universal admiration
and was closely studied by hutaliss AID timber
men from al parts ol The ,00rH and will he the
means Of bringing buyers To our State for II
great deal of timber that has heretofore been
without demand.
SUGAR CANE.
The very large display of sugar cane, syrup
and soil OF the Lake Okcccllnbcc Drainage
Company, made up-n our space, was wonder
To all who saw il, and was closely studied hy
the sugar producer, of Louisiana, Cuba and
South America, and no doubt the lands Of bat
company VIII DC in great demand.
GRAINS AND FARM PRODUCTS
lhc exhibit "I corn, oats, peas, sweet potatoes,
sugar cane, lurnips, pumpkins, cassava, arrow
ROOT, sugar, syrup, oranges and vegetables from
the counii OF Nu'u>ia and Columbia were very
fine Othcr counties sent M exhibits bui nol
so large an exhibit rs these ;Wo counties The
WINE from Columbia county, made by General
FIni"y, was SAID 10 be superior; in fact, these
two counties were the only counties sending M
Il collective exhibit.
Our display of cotton was good, both in up
land and Sea I>iln.l Mr. Garrett Swin.laIl. of
Sea Island cotton Of $40. The staple OF our
cation WAS pronounced to be very fine.
The IisnlaV nt Iutn LA. Mr. S,vin.l,U ..r ,,,,
county said To b.. by far The finest pr.yiuc
ton in fibre ever before placed on exhibition
and pronounced superior To the India .Jutc Ii
a dcc"rllcator could be found To properly decor
tcaic the Jute, it would be ii great source of
wealth tn The people of Fl'rda.
sroNGEs
The display of Florida Sponge from Ap,lach
icola, made by IL. ltugc IL Son was good but
not as large AS could have been made had
the Key West spongcrs responded to our
call
FLORIDA PERFUMES
To Mr.. f.. Moulic of San Maco, am in
dtht"d for Il fine display in this line. His goods
are made from our Florida flowers, and were
examined by chemists and druggists from all
parts OF the United States and by persons from
Europe. This industry ought to he encouraged.
Mr.. Mouiic did credit to himself and to our
State i'm this exhibit
TREES AND PLANTS
In the Horticultural Hall was trees and plants
from Key West, Monroe, Brcvard and fIillsbor.
ough counties, consisting of be .riug cocOanut
trees, dale trees, lcnton iccs, royal palm trees,
pomcgranatcs, New Zealand lily, orange trees
in tub, pine apples IN bearing, wild olives Bin
zlIIan papaw, camph"r trees grape fruit, and
lime trees Many OF these trees held their fruits
until near the close OF the Exposition, AMI were
greatly admired Is was our exhibit of pine
apples AMI ripe cocoanulS sent us by Mr.. A. +.
Tit, of Key West There are industries that
will be rcmuncratvc To The capitalist, and it is
to be hoped the enterprise will be encour
aged.
MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBIT
A very fine carved mancl, made out Of the
China berry tree was sent over from 5lickwa
ter, Santa Rosa county, by Mr. f. II Roberts
also case OF very fine cigars from Enrque
Canals of Key West: also crayon portrait of
Governor f. a. Perry, executed by Master
Thomas Wr'gg, Of Quincy, Fla, a very fine
piece OF work for lad of II years. From West
Florida Colonel Chiplcy sent un a large cx
hbt OF preserved fruits and vegetables and II
collection of tnXi!crmy by Colonel S. T. Wal
kcr, of Milton, and Mrs. Campbell, of PEN
sacola.
Colonel Chpcy did all in his power to have
West Florida property represented.
HONEY
Mr.'W. S. Hart, of New Smyrna, exhibited
tlic licSt money SHo" u az INC Exposition. MS
is growing industry in Florida
JELIIEs.
Mcssrs PhcliS & Terry, OF Yalnha, and Mr.
Cleveland, OF Rock Ledge, exhibited IL fine ar
tcc of g'lava jelly, pronounced to be superior to
the Cuban jcllics.
Miss Kilie Norris, of Spring Garden Centre
made in exhibit OF silk and cocoons
WINES
The ScnppernOng wine from General Finley,
of Columbia county, and the orange wine cham
pagnc from r. Mack, of Sanford, Florida, were
pronounced extra fine.
TROPICAL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
We had in our exhibit in The Government
building IL good display in their season OF tropi-
cal fruits lrom Key West, and early vegetables
from Tampa and vicinity AS long as We could
gel these articles we kept our exhibit supplied.
Contributions to the exhibit of Florida were
sent in from the following counties
Brcvard, Bradford, Duya, SUMTER Putnam,
Levy, Leon, fernando, IIillsboromgh, Gastlcn,
Jackson, Jefferson Santa Rosa, Escambia, Mon
roe Vulusia, Suwannee, Orange, Marion, Polk
and Madison The exhibits consisted OF fruits.
vegetables. sugar-canc, syrup honey, grasses and
grains in small quantities.
TIE SURFACE MAP.
The large, fine surface map of the Peninsula
of Florida WAS made and put in place by the
Plant System of Railroads. The map showed
The elevation of the peninsula part of Flori,la,
showing lakes, rivers, towns and railroads. The
man was one Ot the great attractions i'm our fine