. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo2. The American Florist. 281. PRIZE FLORAL DE8 ON AT TORONTO INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION. (.1. Siiiimi'iis. :irtisl. i appreciate all the care f;ivcn them. So much for herliaccous phloxes. TiloKJ'R. St. Louis World's Fair. The contract for jjradinf; the sites of the Palaces of Agriculture and Horticult- ure at tlic World's Fair has been let. The work will require the handling of 252,000 cubic yards of earth, carrying it an average tlistance of 500 feet. The Agriculture l)uikling, according to revised plans, wil
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo2. The American Florist. 281. PRIZE FLORAL DE8 ON AT TORONTO INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION. (.1. Siiiimi'iis. :irtisl. i appreciate all the care f;ivcn them. So much for herliaccous phloxes. TiloKJ'R. St. Louis World's Fair. The contract for jjradinf; the sites of the Palaces of Agriculture and Horticult- ure at tlic World's Fair has been let. The work will require the handling of 252,000 cubic yards of earth, carrying it an average tlistance of 500 feet. The Agriculture l)uikling, according to revised plans, will be 600x1000 feet, covering an area of nearly a million square feet, or more than twenty-two acres. In this great building will be dis- played the agricultural exhibits of the states of the Union and nations of the world. The location of the building is near the central part of the exposition grounds and its immense size, upon the elevated site which has been allotted to it, will make it perhaps the most promi- nent of the fifteen great exhibit palaces. The Palace of Horticulture will stand directly south of the Palace of .\gricult- ure and will l)e -KIOxSOO feet, having an area of .'!L'O,000 si|uare feet, or seven and a half acres. One room in this building 4-00 feet S(|uarc will be devoted to fruits and fruit products, another room 200x200 to aconscrvatory with plant dis- plaj' and still another room 200x200 feet to the accessories of horticulture, such as implements and appliances for the culti- vation .'ind handling of fruits and plants. The elevation of these palaces is such as to afford opportunity for terraced gar- dens .md otherbeautiful landscapceffccts, while the outdoor exhibits of agriculture and horticulture will be very extensive and interesting both to the general vis- itor and the practical grower or expert. I'rederic \V. Taylor is the chief of the of agriculture and acting chief of horticulture. The plans for Ijoth these great palaces ?are now bein
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