Farther on is the Art Gallery, so called from the "Florescent designs of overlying carbonate of lime, in colour from cream to delicate salmon."
"Among the Canadian Alps"
Lawrence J. Burpee
Architecture has lavished itself in many Florescent forms since then, but we may imagine that Potter's "English violet" order of design, as he himself designated it, startled, dazzled, and captivated in a day, when most houses were mere habitations, built with a view to economy and the largest possible amount of room.
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Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009