SUMMER MEETING. Silk 
have some rare pieces of furniture, such as center tables, floral stands, 
bureaus and the like, composed each of different specimens of our woods, 
polished across and with the grain, and thus glued together for variegated 
surfaces. To this end we shall need to enlist the co-operation of all the 
lumbermen, furniture manufacturers, pulp men, veneering men, and 
other wood factory men in the state, to help furnish something practical 
and beautiful, with personal credit to the donors, of course. It occurs to 
me that we could have thin sheets of our different woods cut into book 
leaves and handsomely bound. Animprint can be made upon the pol- 
ished side of each leaf, descriptive of its corresponding wood and its prac- 
tical use. After the Fair, these should be tendered back to the state to be 
preserved safe fcr generations to come, in ourlibrary archives. Also, that 
we have two monuments, say fifteen or more feet high, constructed from 
blocks of our woods, carved and polished, round or square, glued or riveted 
upon each other in perfect monument Style, one dedicated to Columbus, 
lettered with his dates and discoveries, the other dedicated to the pio- 
neers of Minnesota, their records engraved or printed on them, beginning 
at the base with the first explorer and thence upward—Nicollet, Catlin, and 
their contemporaries, Renville, Riggs, Joe Brown, Gen. H. H. Sibley, Col. 
John H. Stevens, and so on to the end of the chapter; each in his order, 
each block symbolic of character as near as possible. This would be a 
valuable and venerable monument to be kept in the House of Represent- 
atives as a perpetual reminder of the early days of valor and sacrifice. I 
also suggest a unique cabinet made of our woods in which to exhibit 
specimens of our forest leaves, flowers, seeds, etc.; also a miniature of 
Minnehaha Falls. 
Aside from all these exhibits, we can have wild vines arching over drip- 
ping caves and grottoes; a brook babbling over bright pebbles and mossy 
rocks, with lilies and minnows in the little pools, groups of young living 
trees, budding, leaving, blossoming, fruiting; birds and birds’ nests: in 
the rear perhaps a miniature log cabin, with its wierd and uncouth en- 
vironment. These are but some of the ideal scenery to be added to and 
varied as the space and privileges may allow when we get there. As sug- 
gested by President Elliot, we also propose to have a large map represent- 
ing the zones or belts and groups of our forest flora—something to study 
and admire —something to study in the future. Fora hand book we pro- 
pose a neat pamphlet, descriptive of the forest flora of Minnesota, in- 
cluding our water system as a factor of growth. It is difficult to putin 
words what artistic hands can do in this exhibit to make it equal to that 
of any other state, if not excelling. Let me mention here the three trunk 
trees which Minnesota is to furnish for the grand colonade to the Forestry 
Building. These are to be mighty pillars of ash or maple, oak and pine, 
and when you pass them to the Minnesota forestry exhibit, doff ‘your hat 
in joyful reverence. This will be the royal way of entrance to our native 
woods at the Columbian Exhibition. 
One thing more—the Forestry Association has just doubled its exhibi- 
tional price, soliciting $10,000, and is willing to concede to and work for 
the Horticultural Society to the tune of $15,000, with $25,000 in hand, and 
we all must help raise it, with a co-operative energy, we cao scientifically 
and practically advertise our Minnesota before the world, and demon- 
Strate that in forest flora and horticultural excellence she takes the prize. 
Je OD BARRED, 
Secretary of the Forestry Association. 
