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12        THE WISCONSIN HORTICULTURIST. 
4. Which form has proved more destructive? 
5. What varieties are most affected by blossom blight? 
6. What varieties are most affected by twig blight ? 
7. Is the blight more destructive to the trees that are cultivated, 
or those on sod land? 
8. Has the blight killed any trees this year? 
9. Were any cases of blight present in your orchard last year ? 
io. What were the general conditions of moisture and tempera- 
ture at blossoming time? 
I xI. Have you any theory to- advance as to the method of infec- 
tion of twig blight? 
12. What loss in fruit have you probably sustained from blight 
this season? 
TWO MAMMOTH BUILDINGS. 
Palaces of Agriculture and Horticulture will Stand on High Ground at the
World's Fair. 
World's Fair, St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1902. 
The contract for grading the sites of the palaces of agriculture 
and horticulture at the World's Fair has been let. The work will re- 
quire the handling of 252,000 cubic yards of earth, carrying it an 
average distance of 500 feet. The agriculture building according 
to revised plans will be 6oo by i6oo feet, covering an area of nearly 
a million square feet, or more than 22 acres. In this great building 
will be displayed the extensive exhibits of foods, dairy products, 
bees and bee products, farm machinery and the agricultural exhibits 
of states and nations of the world. The iocation of the building is 
near the central part of the Exposition grounds and its immense 
size, upon the elevated site which has been allotted to it, will make 
it perhaps the most prominent of the fifteen great exhibit palaces. 
The palace of horticulture will stand directly south of the palace of