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Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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On the eastern front of each pavilion, at the ends of the building,are two figures placed on the level of the second story. The oneon the south Is called the Painting of the Lily. The figure of anymph Is represented holding the lily and regarding It intently,.with her brush poised In the air. The ancients attributed to thesespirits of the wood and field the care of plant life. The next figureis symbolic of the cultivation and use of the grape, and representsa faun, a joyous, soulless creature, holding In one hand a brimmingbeaker and In the other a bunch of grapes. The drapery of thisfigure is the tiger skin, a favorite costume of Bacchus, the god ofwine. On the north pavilion is the draped figure of a woman, in- HORTICULTURE. 195 tended to personify the study of botany. In her hand she holdsthe scroll on which Is Inscribed the lore of that science. The lastfigure, at the extreme north of the building, represents a gardenerof the ancient type examinlnor the burstlnor buds of the vine.
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A VISTA OF TROPICAI, PI.ANTS. Just Inside the vestibule stand two figures, each ten feet in height.The one on the right is a light, airy personification of Flora.She is poised on tiptoe, and with outstretched arms holds aloft aflowering^ branch to which she turns her smllino- face. Around herfeet are plants and blossoms, profusely decking the earth. In re-sponse to her glad presence. On the opposite side Is a figure ofPomona. Her form Is a full, matronly one, her smiling facesuggesting amused disappointment as she struggles with an over-flowing basket of fruit, which. In spite of her development, she isunable to lift. The principal sculptural decoration of the building consists of it 96 HORTICULTURE. two large groups just outside the main entrance. On the southside is the composition called The Sleep of the Flowers. Itrep-resents the artists conception of autumn. The sculptor endeavoredto suggest here the quiet, almost melancholy spirit of autumn, andwith this object in view has kept

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