The book of the fair; an historical and descriptive presentation of the world's science, art, and industry, as viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893 (1893)
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918 · Chicago, San Francisco, The Bancroft Co. · leaf 34
THE BOOK OF THE FAIR 43 1 … LOOKING INTO THE VITICULTURAL HALL months climbed its lofty ranges, and travelled over foothills and plains, contributing in no less than a thousand varieties an almost complete display of its flora. The mouse-fungus, with rust, blight, mildew, rot, and all the pests and plagues of the vegetable…