The Florida agriculturist., 1889-07-24
For THE FLORIDA AGRIoULTURIsT.
Florida at the Paris Exposition.
THE VARIOUS DISPLAYS-MR. FLAGLER's s
PICTURE OF THE PONCE DE LEON.

the nineteenth century. OF enormous ex-
tent, yet SURPRISINGLY beautiful and in
tenseIy interesting, it eclipses anything
ever before undertaken in the way of in
dustrial expositions. The average daily
attendance exceeds one hundred thOus-
and, or double that of the last great eX-
position of 1878.
The space originally granted to Flori-
da has been very largely increased, so
that we now have a collective agricultu-
raj exhibit in the agricultural section
and a collective Industrial exhibit in the
industrial section, each of which forms
one of the most beautiful and attractive
displays of the respective sections.
Our agricultural exhibit consists Ofrice,
oats, corn, rye and other cereals in the
sheaf and in glass from West, Middle and
South Florida, cotton and cotton seed
from Alachua county, soils and cereals in
glass from Citrus county, marmalades
from Lake county; marmalades, Jelly and
preserves from Volusia county; timber
from Hillsborough and Polk counties,
fresh fruits from Orange county, orange
wine in the bottle from Duval county; or
ange wine in the wood and bottled sherry,
port, hook, hattie sauterne, and vino fno
from Leon county; cOcOanuts from Mon
roe county together with decorations of
Spanish moss, air plants and Pampas
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all displayed on the counters and walls
of a beautifully constructed and artisti-
calIy arranged pavilion, bearing on every
side the fowel.y name Of Florida.
In the industrial section we have from
Alachua county the nestexhibit of Flor
ida cottons ever shown. Our fbres also
attract a great deal of attention. the
Spanish Maguey, the Hennequeen and pal
metto, and fibre from leaves or needles
of the long leaf pine, and yarns, cotton
bagging and floor mating manufact-
ured from the latter. In naval stores we
have large glass bottles of spirits of tur
pentine, fourteen standard samples of
rosin, first, second and third runs, and
deodorized fosin oils, tOgetherwith other
varying grades and productions of the
pine tree.
One of the most artistic contributions
to our exhibit is Mr.. Flagler's splendid
water-cOlor of the Ponce DeLeon Hotel;
and, not to be outdone, Mr.. Plant is hav-
ing painted grand representation Ofthe
Tampa Bay Hotel which as soon as fin
ished will ornament a prominent position
in the main corridor of the Palace of
Liberal Arts, which has been reserved for
it, We have also a series of Photographic
views of Seville, large photographs of
Florida's fruit display at the New Orleans
Worlds Exposition, and the premium
gold medal for best display of Citrus
fruits at the same exposition. A series OF
large photographs handsomely framed OF
the magnificent fruit displayed at
the Ocala exhibition also ornament
our exhibit. We have views of the
Murry Hall Hotel, of Cedar Key,
Tampa and other points on the gulf
coast, beautiful exhibits of Florida per-
fumes, dentifrices and toilet vinegars
from Lake county, a most complete and
attractive exhibit of cedar from Levy
county, showing the various stages OF
pencil manufacture from the tree to the