Evening journal., 1888-09-20
POMONA AND FLORA.
The Second Day of the Horticultural
Fair Descriptions of the Exhibits of
Fruits and Tropical Plants.

Fruits and Tropical Plants.
The attendance at the Horticultural
exhibition last night was considerably
larger than it was the first night. Proba
bly, 600 persons visited the exhibition
during the evening. It was the same
beautiful scene that was visible the first
night. The splendid displays of Penin-
sula grown fruit and the stately groups
OF troISoal plants. the brilliant electric
lights, the perfect music and the
moving throng Of people, the delight
tul visions Of the winsome faces and
forms Of the lady aids as they
moved quickly about, all made a
scene of absorbing interest and beauty.
Wilmington should be proud of this ex-
hloition Such splendid displays of fruit
are rare anywhere 1t will do wonders in
| spreading abroad the fruit growing I'D
vantages of the Peninsula. the large
variety of fruit. the large number Of
varieties, and the excellent quality Of the
products Of orchards and vines that can
be grown in the paradise between the
two bays Such luscious peaches and
pears, such toothsome looking apples
such juicy grapes would be hard to beat
at an exhibition in any part Of the
country
J G. Brown of Wyoming took the
sweepstakes prize for the best exhibition
Of fruit. Mr. Brown is the largest fruit
grower on the Peninsula. and his ex-
hibit which has been previously men
toned, is one of the finest that has ever
been exhibited anywhere. He came to
the Peninsula twenty years ago from
| Pennsylvania and claimed that Delaware
would grow apples His exhibit proves
this. He will realize more from his apples
this year than from his peaches
w. 7. Case of FELTON, has a fine display
of peaches, apples and grapes; also some
| tremendous watermelons Mr. Case ex-
hibits over thirty varieties Of peaches.
among them some fruit from one year
old trees. He took several premiums
John s. Barnhart OF Denton, Md, OK
hibits peaches, pears and thirty or forty
varieties Of grapes, from the earliest to
the latest varieties He shows some fine
lunches of Highland, Woodruff's Red
| Worden and Empire State. ]. w. Kerr
of FELTON, has fine exhibit OF fruit which
has taken several prizes T.. Williams.
of Montclair, N j., has probably fifty
varieties of grapes on exhibition. 1t is
superb collection. There are ten lunches
of Niagaras that weigh eight and one
| half pounds. Fine punches Of the follow
ing varieties are also shown: Noah,
Cambridge, Brant Packlington, Barry
and Highland.
II. Hannum gardener for Mrs. William
Bush, exhibits very large lunches of Ham
burg Sweet Water, Muscat and other hot
house grapes Mrs. James Dilworth
shows sixty varieties of apples, and some
grapes. Isaac Larkin has fine exhibit
Of apples. S. w. Reynolds shows twenty
eight plates. Peter Miggett shows
peaches and pears Pancoast Allen has
an exhibit of pears that has secured near
~ all the premiums W. r. Philips Of
Milford, in addition to peaches in their
natural condition, has a fine exhibit of
| dried peaches j. L. Crew shows some
very large Duchess pears.
The magic fountain was completed YES
terday It is a fairy scene. Red and
white electric lights are beneath the sur
face Of the water in the ba in Water
lilies and other aequatic plants float on
the water fern fronds decorate the stern
| Of the fountain, and the water falls iii a
gentle rain overall The electric lights
in the basin and the colored lights thrown
on to the fountain above the stage turn
the drops Of falling water into beautiful
colored gems The basin Of the fountain
is surrounded by ferns, caladiums and
bright colored crotons, which BENJAMIN
Turner kindly broke his collection to
supply. This beautiful fountain is the
conception of Mrs Caleb Churchman,
chairman of the ladies floral committee.
and is in imitation Of the magic fountain
in the court yard Of the famous hotel,
Ponce de Leon at st. Augustine. Florida
The arrangements Of Benjamin Turner 5
exhibit has been changed somewhat The
bank of plants massed at the back Of the
stage has been broken. The magnificent
crotons, which are from four to six feet
high have been placed together at the
left side of the stage These crotons are
elegant specimens of their kind The
foliage is shaded in beautiful tints of
pink, red, yellow and crimson. Some Of
the leaves are edged some spotted and
some splashed with golden yellow
A bank of ferns and deep green foliage
plants is placed at the back Of the stage
The remainder of Mr.. Turner's exhibit is
grouped on the right Of the auditorium
1t occupies a space Is by 90 feet and is
made of the rarest tropical exhibits and
house plants. The centre of the
exhibit is a superb specimen Of the palm
| specimen Of the keutia Tosteriana, which
is near % feet high. This magnificent
group also contains elegant specimens Of
different varieties of fan palms, mau-
rantas, eostos elegans. the nun flower
tree ferns and adiantums, cissus and
dracenas. A fine specimen of the mother
in-law plant is shown, also fine panda-
mus reitchini and some good fancy
calademus This exhibit is one Of the
attractions of the exhibition.
George w. Childs exhibit includes
| splendid specimens of pandanus veitchii
and pandanus utilis, number of
elegant palms and some very fine fancy
ealadiums, which are over three feet
high. "The flower Of the Holy Ghost"
which belongs to this collection is very
valuable and interesting plant and very
beautiful, a miniature dove with spread
wings can be seen in the petals Of the
flowers.
An aquarium, Illuminated with an
electric light beneath the water, is shown.
The collection of tropical water lilies and
asuatics shown by E. ID Sturtevant Of
B0rdentown, N. j., is interesting. II in
cludes the Egyptian Lotos, which is
placed in large tank. The plant has
round leaves, and bears its seed pods on
long stalks.
The flowers are composed Of four
large petals of a shaded shell pink color
In the tank is also floating the flowers
Of the blue water lilly, Nymphea Coeru-
lea. which is a native of Egypt and
Nymphea DevoemensIs. with large beau
siful light crimson flowers Also the pur-