The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-01
PRODUCTS OF THE SOIL.
Condition of the Agricultural, horticultural

Condition of the Agricultural horticultural
and Forestry Buildings.
The interior of the Agricultural Build
ing presents very much the appearance of
q Kansas village just after rainIess
cyclone. Boxes. bundles. sheaves, grain.
bottles. skins. agricultural instruments
and machinery are distributed in appar-
emily hopeless confusion all over the build
ing and scarce dozen OF the hundred of
exhibits appear to be taking on any sys-
tematic shape. 1t is apparent to the notice
that weeks must elapse before the exhibits
be al! installed ready for the visi-
tor OF ethical taste. Several of
the more energetic exhibitors have.
however, made cOmmendable progress,
though the entire building as yet fails to
show single completely installed sxhi Tit.
The Liberia exhibit, at the northwest en-
trance. will be complete in few days and
is already one of the interesting features
of the fair. Arranged in tasteful designs
are collections of elephant tusks. leopard
and tiger skins, savage weapons grains
and spicee. British Guinea's exhibits
of crocodile skins. Demararas rum.
and stuffed beasts of the trop-
les. are near by and further down
wool exhibit. nearly complete. but still
lacking the finishing touches. The Cana
dian exhibit is well on. and the Ontario dc.
partment. including the Ontario College
exhibit. with thousands of glasses of grains
and cereals. already attracts every visitor.
The French section and the French AgrI-
cultural College, of Paris, an exhibIt of
American threshing machines, and two or
three distillery and mineral water display
constitute bout all the rest of IN terest
The Horticultural Building was one Of
the first TO receive exhibits and Its in
terror has been kept in a state of tropical
warmth throughout tho entire winter
From one end TO the other arranged In q
perfect sy stem and with exquisite taste. are
every variety of plants aud flowers known
TO all the zones. Orchids to the value of
hundreds of thousands OF dollars are on ex-
hibItion, and the great triumph of the ex-
position is the unique spectacle Of a CEN
tury plant five hundred years old in full
bloom. This plant has attracted thousands
of visitors for weeks and will continue to
do SO until it has run It's race.
must withcr away after this centen-
NAL bloom. The horticultural Building is
heated by an ingenious sy stem which fur
nishes warm, damp air of an unvarying
temperature and the plants flourish luxuri-
antlv under it's balmy influence. The BALD
ing is one of the most conspicuously located
of the fair, having q floor space of SIX and
q half acres. end costing over S4O0. 900. In
front of the binding Is q lower terrace.
and q low parapet in front of this terrace
borders the water and affords q commodl-
Gus landing for the pleasure boats and gon-
dolas.
4Dashed from end to end with spray from
Lake Michigan and surrounded on all sides
by q waste of sand and mud. there was AN
appearance of sturdiness about the For
estry Building this afternoon that charmed
the eye into half forgetfulness of the dis
nal environment The tact that the hum
dreds of columns in the structure are big
tree trunks in natural state and
are designediy innocent of paint,
give it uniqueness all it's own.
Scarcely more than q dozen booths are ven
approaching completion, while almost
wherever the eye rested to-day could be
seen exhi bits yet unpaoked, IN boxes. can
vas, wrapping paper and all sorts of cover.
ln9s. In many instances only the platforms
upon which exhibits were to stand were
IN sight, while in several places there was
nothing but a staring black boundary line.