1.   Highlights include displays of specialty gardens, exhibit booths with products for sale, lectures and a gallery featuring work of leading floral designers.

2.   The Log Cabin Republicans, a gay and lesbian group, had been denied an exhibit booth at the convention.

3.   The personal computer industry is here in force, too, with Compaq, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, AST Research and Acer America sponsoring exhibit booths.

4.   These elegant young women in crisp red outfits stand in exhibit booths and point and smile.

5.   Van Pelt said GOP officials have not allowed Log Cabin exhibit booths in the past.