Farther news of the horticultural department of the World's Fair is to the effect that the State of Pennsylvania intends to make an exhibit which will . surpass anything of the sort ever made. Apart from fruits and viticulture, in which the State will not attempt to outdo other portions of the country, all branches of horticulture will be splendidly represented. Messrs. George W. Childs, A. J. Drexel, and several others, who have large and valuable collections, will give or lend to the exhibition their finest and rarest plants, some of which cannot be duplicated. ; The ' Callforma Bee-keepers' Association is preparing, a notable exhibit ; for the Fair. Besides honey and-bees, the exhibit will include grossed ■: flowers of i all the different hone?; ora, specimens of the birds and insects which are the enemies of bees, models and photographs 'of : apiaries, and novelties in the shape of production distinctive to Cali* fornia, especially in the lino of beeswax and foundation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8982, 13 September 1892, Page 5
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