The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-15
Especial correspondence.l

CHICAGO, Sept. Followers at the
Worlds fair There will be flowers at the
! exposition-such masses and banks of
them as was never seen before. They viii
not be in the great horticulture hall-not
all of them. The outdoor display will be
one of the greatest features of the exhibit.
John Thorp is chief of the Horticulture
department. and he is the greatest man in
America in his profession. He has laid
out programme for display of flowers
at the big fair that will be wonder, and
| his ability to execute his designs is backed
| by the enthusiasm of all the doriculturistg
/ in the world At the opening of the fair
| in May, 1898. the outdoor show of flowers
| will be inaugurated with q display of TO-
600 600 tulips, contributed by the growers
| of Holland. The tulip is the most spec
tacular of all flowers, and the effect of q
field of millions of these magnificent how-
ers, whose brilliant colors will run through
all the shades of crimson, pink, gold and
maroon, can hardly be imagined
AS the season moves the outdoor display
will change Following the tulips will
come great banks of narcissus or daffodils
Then will come the pansy, and thus the
panorama of flowers will be maintained to
the close of the fair.
Foliage plants will be used in the out
door display in gorgeousness never be-
fore attempted. The most beautiful de-
signs will be produced in figures of all
kinds pattes carpets scrolls, ETC.. such as
are seen now in the Chicago parks. There
will be an infinite variety of these designs.
Every park superintendent in the country
has promised to produce something in
this line Each superintendent will be
given space, and each will select his own
design.
In June the floral kaleidoscope will pre-.
sent magnificent field of rhododendrons,
and Chief Thorp says it will be the most
magnificent display ever made in this
flower. Infinite varieties will be shown in
every shade of color, from white through
crimson to deep purple. With the rhode
dendrons will be shown the azalies in all
the shades of yellow, bronze and pink.
Through the summer the outdoor rose
garden will be beautiful Every variety Of
this royal flower will be grown, and at the
height of the season not less than Loco, 900
roses will be in bloom.
All such hardy plants as the gladioli,
dahlias, cannas and iris will come late in
the summer, and there will be big fields OF
the spectacular phloxes, asters, verbenias,
nasturtiums and zenias. The outdoor
panorama will close with grand display
of crysanthemums.
In the big horticultural hall the indoor
or tropical display will open with the
greatest display of orchids ever seen TIL. |
florists of the world will contribute at |
least $500 000 worth of these rare plants, |
and Mr. Thorp says there will be no less |
than 10000 of them in bloom at one time, |
and, seen through a tropical forest of ferns
and gigantic palms, their effect will be /
wonderful
The display of lilies will be one Of the |
features, and 10000 of them will be brought |
to bloom at once After the opening dis, |
play, Will come in turn displays of Indian /
azalies. lilies, geraniums, gloxinias and i
caladiums. There will be a complete col |
lection of ferns-over 1900 varieties-and a
full display of all the economic plants-the
cocoanut palm, the arrowroot plant, the
croton oil plant, and all the plants that
produce cordage-hemp, etc. All such
plants will have an educational standing,
and the visitor can see in its original state
his coffee, tea, sugar, pepper, cinnamon
and all the spices. All the mechanical
appliances used in Horticulture will also be
shown.
The most notable feature of the indoor
display will be the palms. Private con.
servatories all over the country will con.
tribute rare and valuable specimens, and
the result will be a collection that has
never before been seen outside the tropics,
and which no amount of money could pur
chase. 1t is expected that Mr. Hunnewell
of New York, Mr.. Dana, Mr.. Childs, Jay
Gould and other wealthy amateurs will
contribute rare specimens. There are
many magnificent palms in private con.
servatorles that have outgrown the limits
of their homes, and which must be trans
planted or cut down.
Their owners will be glad to contribute
them to the more ample space of the great
horticulture hall, and it is the hope OF
every flower grower in the country that
at least the central portion of the building
be made a permanent structure. 1t is
probable that this will be done II the
owners of rare plants could be assured
that their treasures would be permanently
cared for after the exposition, and not de-
stroyed, there would be such contribu
ton of varieties as would give Chicago,
after the Worlds fair, the most magnif
cent conservatory in the world
HENRY NJ HUNT.