- PALACE OF HORTICULTURE.
Occupying the highest site of any of the large exhibit buildings, the Palace of Horticulture stands south of the Agriculture building. It is divided into three parts. The main section is 400 feet square and devoted to the display of fruits and general horticultural exhibits. The eastern wing, 200 feet square, is a great conservatory for tropical plants, fruit trees and flowers. The western section, 200 feet square is given up to cut flowers and horticultural implements. The Bee exhibit is also in this part of the building on the north side of the wing. Here are shown all the profitable varieties of bees at their daily task of gathering and storing honey, together with the modern apparatus used in successful bee culture During the season there will be, upon certain days, a free distribution of apples and other fruits from the Palace of Horticulture. Beautiful exhibit gardens surround this palace, planted with the choicest flowers and shrubs.