Evening star., 1900-03-31

remitting effort the gardeners have at last
succeeded in producing hybrids with all
the good qualities of the standard older
sorts This new creation Of immense and
richly colored flowers will be found repre-
sented in Paris in all its glory. The prin-
cipal floral exhibitions announced in con-
nection with the fair include displays OF
roses orchids, carnations, rhododendrons,
dahlias, begonias, tulips, pansies, hyacinths,
pink aZa.eas, clematis, geraniums, etc
These will form a feature of the opening
months of the exposition In June ana July
one will see the single and double begonias,
aquatic plants and ornamental grasses, fol-
lowed as August approaches, by hoiiyhocks
in their myriad forms, to be in turn succeed
ed by asters and c.eniatiS in September.
Besides the flowers the grounds will be
decorated with pyramids OF shrubbery,
splendid palms. an immense variety OF
ferns and luxuriant specimens from the
flora of almost every cline. A grand spe-
cial exhibition of the fora Of the various
French colonial possessions Will be seen
in the colonial conservatory in the west
ern part of the Trocadero gardens, where
it has been installed by Charles Roux, the
colonial delegate of the French government.
Glass House.
The Palace of Horticulture itself is
curious building, which differs vastly from
the other palaces of the fair, for 1t has
neither columns nor domes-for one can
scarcely designate as domes the low cupoas
that are to be seen above the two elliptic
Conservatives which terminate the building
at either end. 1t is particularly graceful
and novel structure, and, unlike che other
buildings, makes no pretenSe of being bulky
and contains no repetition or adaptation OF
the features Of well-knoWn monuments OF
days gone by, At the close of the fair 1t
will not me demolished but will remain as
a permanent exhibition building for hortf-
culture and Horticulture. 1t is composed IN
it's ensemble of three conservatories. two Of
which form the main facade on the river.
These TIVE sections are separ rated from each
other by a royal stone staircase, one hun
dred feet vide, which descends tc the wa
ter's edge. In the rear, behind these stairs,
is the third conservatory. about one nun
dred and thirty feet in length, gracefully
! The building cost, complete, $140,O00.
Around this palace are pretty beds of flow
ers, nearly $4,000 square feet in all, in
which the open-air display is made.
Two Government Industries.
Americans visiting Paris nearly always
make it a point to spend few hours at
each of the two leading national manufac-
tories of France-the Gobelin tapestry works
in Paris and the porcelain pottery at
Sevres Sevres is a pretty suburban resort
by railway, car, carriage or steamboat on
the Seine. The products Of both institu-
ions well known. AT the exposition
they will be shown in a special building on
the Esplanades des 1nvalides called 1.-THE
National Manufactures" the tapestry dis
carpets occupying the right wing and the
central space being given up to the most
recent productions Of Sevres porcelain. The
Gohelin's establishment Is nearly three CEN
turtles old, the name being derived from a
dyeing place In the old city OF Paris erect