. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoT. The American Florist. 1073 The Pan-American Exposition. In a little less than eight weeks the gates of the Pan-American Exposition will be thrown open to the public. The question is asked repeatedly, "Will it be ready?" The writer has never seen other expositions till the season was well advanced and all was neatness and order, but from what visitors and those con- nected with other eipositions say, weare much in advance and, with the exception of the finishing touch of grass immedi- ately surround
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoT. The American Florist. 1073 The Pan-American Exposition. In a little less than eight weeks the gates of the Pan-American Exposition will be thrown open to the public. The question is asked repeatedly, "Will it be ready?" The writer has never seen other expositions till the season was well advanced and all was neatness and order, but from what visitors and those con- nected with other eipositions say, weare much in advance and, with the exception of the finishing touch of grass immedi- ately surrounding the large buildings, all will be complete The buildings are practically all finished. Nearly all of them have their last coat of paint and the shades and tints that adorn the Machinery building, the Liberal Arts. Electricity, Horticulture, and other noble buildings cannot be described, unless by an artist second only to the master who laid the color on. The coloring oi the buildings is one of the charms ot the exposition and when lighted up by thou- sands of electric lights, as was the Agri- culture building a few nights ago, the effect is entrancing beyond my feeble powers of description. The great bridge between the approach and the grand esplanade, beneath which is the marvelous grotto, covering about two acres and •connecting the east and west mirror lakes, is near completion. From each corner there arises a tower 100 feet high, elaborately adorned with statuary and from which at night a thou- sand electric lights will shine. The statuary on the exterior of the buildings is another feature which was never before attempted on such an elab- orate scale, and not only on the buildings but in the many courts and fountain basins, the groups of statuary give the grounds a magnificent appearance. Some 500 vases, most of them three feet in diameter, are being made on the grounds from the material known as "; These will be used near many of the buildings and the
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