The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-06-15
Fruits and FIowera.


One of the most imposing displays
promised by the management of the Co
lumbar exposition will be that of the
horticultural department Those who are
familiar with our county and state fair
exhibits may think that nothing IN the
line of fruit or flower display will ruffle
their serenity. but il the Chicago depart
ment approaches anywhere near the
promises already made We have an idea
that even the most btdse sightseer will be
dazzled with the brillisncy OF the horti-
cultural department.
The magnificent building will be nearly
] 900 feet long. This will equal in length
more than two ordinary blocks of India
napolis houses. The building will have
an extreme width of 25O feet The plan
includes one central pavilion with two
end psvIlions. In one of these latter the
display OF wines and grapes will be made
and thirty-three foreign countries have
already made application for space. France,
Germany, Spain and Italy will make nota-
BILE displays in this department. Senator
SANFORD of California will establish here a
wine fountain if the prohibitionists and
temperance folks do not protest too loudly.
The senator, at ali events, has asked per-
mission. but the matter has not been
fully decided upon. The fountain, it is
said, will spout wine twenty-five feet high
for two hours every morning and evening
Whether the growler will be allowed to
rush at such hours is another open
question. The fruit display, it Is
also promised, will be another attractive
feature. Where it is possible the natural
fruit will be exhibited; otherwise wax
models, 90 perfect in appearance as to be
indistnguishable from the real fruit, will
be substituted Citrons are promised in
profuse quantities from Florida, Mexico
and South American countries. More
than half million transplsnted shrubs
and plants are already growing in the ex
position grounds. The orchid display is
promised to be the finest ever made in the
world. One firm alone expects to spend
$4,000 onits orchid exhibit Large tropical
plants, including Japanese and Chinese
bamboos, will be the finest OF their spe-
cies, some as high as eighty feet. Orange
groves are also promised with trees bear
ing 200 ripe fruit. In concluding q late
description of the fruit and flower depart
ment the Columbian exposition says sit
may be rightly inferred that the horiicul-
tural exhibit at the exposition will be the
most complete and extensive ever made or
attempted. 1t is certain to attract great
deal of attention and prove to be OF great
scientific and educational interest. 1t will
have important features not specified
above, as, for example, very complete
collection of insects, both the injurious
and the beneficial ones, whose operations
affect the fruits and other products Of the
horticultural. 1t is the intention to have
in one place an exhibit of all of the species
OF plants mentioned in the bible, and in
others collections OF almost equal historical
interest"
In the second story of each of the
pavilions referred to there will be a
restaurant capable Of seating about two
hundred persons and beautifully adorned
with flowers, ferns and exotic plants.