The Nome daily nugget., 1915-06-08
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It is particularly appropriate that an take especial pains with it's horticul- ture and Horticultural section. The state of "sunshine, fruits and flowers" in consequence has palace of Horti- culture that experts declare the su- perior of any similar conservatory at any previous worlds exposition In this department are many notable ex- hibts showing the range of contem- poraneous horticultural activities. The advance made in economic horticulture during the past decade is realistically and elaborately shown in the model cannery. operated by the National Gamers Association of Washington, D. c. Practically the entire industry of sanitary fruit canning has been de- veloped during the past decade, the processes shown in the model cannery being absolutely revolutionary com pared with the methods of ten years ago. Another tremendous advance in the science of horticulture graphically featured is that of destroying parasitic insects by predaceous insects setting one bug to kill the other. This is field of vast importance in horticulture that has been developed during the past decade In the work of seeking out these predaceous bugs California leads the world.
 Horticulturalsts will also be inter ested in the newer phases of plant hybridzation resulting in new families of plant life. In this section will be found Etter's strawberry. which blos- soms and fruit in the air, having thick velVety leaf which drops to the ground, keeping the soil protected and moist. Mendein's theory of seed se- lection is another step toward the ideal in horticulture. This theory in practice is rather like the principle of eugenics applied to plants. Only strong, healthy seeds are used in planting. In con nection with Mendelin's theory Profes- sor and Mrs. Coclerell of the Univer- sity of Colorado show by actual de- monstration how they arrive at their new red sunfiower, the seeds of which are of sound value as poultry food
 There is a very complete showing of all of the Burbank originations. plums in several varieties. the Shasta daisy, spineless cactus and numbers of other 1atc aI. To. "spud" to which he gave his name and which was a source of his earlier fame. Aside from these few of many other phases showing distinct advances in horticulture during the past decade there are of course complete and com prehensive exhibits and displays by the countries of the world of their flora and fruits. Orchid glow in beauty, giant tree ferns lift their fronded crests, bamboos rustic, pond lilies un- fold their delicate petals and in the spacious annex the fruits of the world are on display
 But it is in the department of liberal arts where are found those adyancesl that afford the most dramatic appeal to the popular mind. The wireless tele- graph and telephone are classified among the exhibits of the Palace of Liberal Arts, the accousticon. the die tagraph and the telegraphone In this palace, at the booth of the Bell tele- phone company, one may sit and listen to operators talking to New York oyer the newly perfected long distance tele- phones. The price is twenty dollars a minute as yet, so the majority of visitors prefer to listen to some one else. The accousticon makes of the smallest whisper a volume of sound to fill an auditorium. The telegraphone records telephOnic conversations so that the business man picks up his re- ceiver and, if he so desires, may listen to photographic record of every word that has gone over the phone in his absence.
 For the first time color photography is made the subject of a display at an l international exposition. After fifteen years of work and the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars the | Eastman laboratories have finally sue ceeded in photographing directly in color and in printing color negatives l From color plates. Thus far the pro- cess has been applied to glass plates only and not to films. This feature or the liberal arts exhibit is of wide appeal and is the subject of a beautiful and artistically arranged booth.