Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-25
THE GREAT SHOW.
AN EXQUISITE BOTANICAL. DIS
PLAY AT rhKIS.
Ha:c Plants. shrubs. Frmit and
Flowers Fronn Ercry Cliuc-
Efforts to popularizc the Hra-
lillian Mate as a Beverage

tnc grOuorS oil the Place lies lnValiucs.
forming. as they do. large and attrac-
tive portion of the Paris Exhibition, and
including the various pavilions and vii
lagos oil the natives of the French colonies
and protectorates, have been made cool
and pleasant by planting shrubs and
plants indigenous TO the different coun-
tries, and they also possess many rows of
line outrageous trees Around the Meth
erland Indian section are vigorous to-
bacco plants III blossom, musas, capsicums,
and cacti: Palms and orange trees are in
viSor, and here and there are seen shrubs
of pinus strobus and excclsa, which are
not quite appropriate.
From the botanic gardens of Havana
and Algeria have been brought good
specimens of the sugar cane, dwarf palm,
sabnl lIavaneuse, plantans, and different
bamboos. Although cork trees could not
be transplantcd, yet fine sections of the
trunks are erected, showing the formation
of the inner layers of bark.
Tropical Fruits. Seldom, perhaps, has
been collected together so large a variety
OF tropical fruits rs nj the Paris EXPOSE
lion i'll the various kiosks and stalls on
the Place DIES Invaidcs and the Onai
iOrsay. At the Colonial Exhibition i'll
London there was fair display made,
but the northern and southern coasts of
The Mediterranean are within Il nearer
distance than our colonies, and hence
Algeria, Tunis, Egypt, Spain, Italy, and
ether countries have been able TO send
large and continuous supplies. The qu:n
tity oil oranges sent from Valencia has
been considerable, and they sold readily
ut L haltpcnny to I'd. each, according To
size and quality. Pincapples, lunches of
bananas, sections Of sugar cane, water
and other melons, pomcocs or shaddoclls
from Florida Called 'grapc fruit'D, APP
pies from Victoria and Tasmania, selling
ut Id. and I'd; liichis and longans, dates,
figs, cocoanuts and Brazil nuts in their
capsules Qhesc are plentiful here, al
though difficult TO obtain in that form in
EnglandD, and various other nuts. such
as pecan, hickory, sapucia, buttcrnuts,
pine cones, pistacia, ground nuts, churas
tcyperus), carob pods, etc, make mp II
goodly choice for visitors. In the United
States sections there are the following
varieties of oranges shown Maltese
blood, Maltese oval, paper rnd St.
Michael, Washington navel, Australian
navel, Australian Indian River, Tahiti
Seeding, Hayti late, dried apricots, nee
tarlncs, peaches unpcclcd, plums pittcd,
pears evaporatcd, excellent raisins, pre-
served fruits and jams innumerablc.
SaiTron.-Thc cultivation and prepar;.-
ton of saffron i'll Spain are well excn-
pliiied by one or two exhibitors in the
Spanish pavilion on the banks of the
Seine at the Qmi d'Orsay One cxhib-
tor, D. Hcrmanos, shows samples from
Albacctc, which is one OF the chief cen
res Of production, but the best and
most instructive exhibit is that of DANA
80 Algaraz Valencia, who has a very com
pictc and instructive stand, commencing
At the bottom with corms of the crocus
satinus, i'll earth; then over this, on !.
shelf, are dozen glass globes, six filled
with the product of 1888 and six with
those of the previous year They are
classified us follows into Ara"on, Sierra.
Rio, Bajo, Medinno, Superior, Scccto.
Four OIL paintings represent Il field Of
saffron aud the collection of the flowers
The return of the peasants from the field.
The picking the stigmas, the tripod
angc-colorcd tops of the central organ
81 the flowers, The remainder being use
less, the driving Of the saffron by heat,
aud lastly, the general market where the
'aies are made. The various tools and
utensils, Stoves, etc, for cultivaling and
drying the saffron are shown, also the
different forms of packages in which il is
shipped TO America, Germany and France.
Various statistical tables exhibit in a
graphic manner the rise and fall of prices
and the export and stock of saffron
Turing period of nineteen years and "A
half from October Is, 1869. TO April 30,
1889. The trade in saffron is very old
one i'll Valencia, and the production is
more than double that Of France and
other countries combined. Although
used to small extent in pharmacy and as
n dyes:uiI, lis chief employment is rs ii
rondimcnt and for coloring liquors, but
ter and cheese.
Australian Seed Vesscl.--In the Vic
toria sections of the Exhibition Mr.. w.
r. Guilfoyle, i. l.. s., Director of the
Melbourne Botanic Gardens, shows Il
large and most interesting collection of
carpological specimens in glazed cases.
numbering about 800 divisions, incld-
ing the seeds and seed vessels of the
various species OF eucalyptus, acacia,
arancarla, casuarina, banksia, hakca,
grevillia, mclaleuca, callistemon, ango-
phora and other genera. 1t is collcc-
ton which ought to be secured for Kew
or some other botanic museum, rs il is
difficult to form such another.
Matc.-Vcry many Of the South
American Republics show specimens of
this product. known locally Us yerba
mate, or Paraguayan tea, the product of
the torriiica leaves and stalks of different
species OF lex. 1t is exhibited in pack
cts, and in original serons or bales of
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