. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. The Paris Exposition. From our special correspondent at the Paris Exposition we have received the following very interesting communica- tion : EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE. Friend Newman:—The " Champ de Mars," a place on the left bank of the river Seine, heretofore used for military exercises, is devoted to the great pur- poses of the Exposition. The main "building, which covers the largest part of it, is a vast parallelogram, in the center of which is an ornamental gar- in which t-o exliibit special industries. One of these, the "Chatea
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. The Paris Exposition. From our special correspondent at the Paris Exposition we have received the following very interesting communica- tion : EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE. Friend Newman:—The " Champ de Mars," a place on the left bank of the river Seine, heretofore used for military exercises, is devoted to the great pur- poses of the Exposition. The main "building, which covers the largest part of it, is a vast parallelogram, in the center of which is an ornamental gar- in which t-o exliibit special industries. One of these, the "Chateau de I'ln- sect," quite an attractive specimen of rustic architecture, with a straw- thatched roof, was erected by the French government, through the per- suasion of the various French apicul- tural societies. This exhibition is open to all inter- ested in bee-culture throughout the world, for the purpose of encouraging inventions, ventilating the most ap- proved method of managing bees, ce- menting a kindly feeling l>etween pro- ducers and dealers, bringing the pro- ducts prominently before the public, a free exchange of opinions, and other-. " CHATEAU DE LINSECT'-PARIS EXPOSITION. ^,{Messrs. H. K. & F. B. Thurber & Co. very generously supplied us with two large photographs of the Chateau de I'Insect," from which we have had the above engraving prepared. The originals we shall have framed and placed in our mu«eum.—Ed.] den. The allotment of space to each nation consists of a section of greater or less width, extending from the ex- terior of the building to tliB central garden, making a depth of about 225 feet. The approach to the building is through grounds elegantly laid out and ornamented with large trees, which have been transplanted. There are artificial lakes and grottoes, also rare •exotics from the gr&en-houses of the city. On the opposite side of the river is the. trocadero, an elevated plateau of about 75 feet in height, sloping gr
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