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INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY EXHIBITION. 
“Golden Gate” of California along the Pacific coast towards 
Oregon. 
We are told that in the district of Eureka, redwood trees of 
10, 12, or 20 feet in diameter are common, with straight boles 
rising to the height of 150 or 200 feet before a single branch 
is thrown out. A section of a giant redwood tree, 13 feet in 
diameter, was conspicuously displayed under the western dome 
of the Exhibition, where it attracted the attention of every one. 
Of the many uses to which its valuable timber may be put, there 
was a beautiful illustration in a cabinet trophy in the adjoining 
transept, as well as the splendid redwood chalet erected in the 
grounds, 
Florida. 
Nor must it be forgotten to mention the beautiful exhibits of 
curled pitch pine and pencil “cedar” wood sent from Florida,— 
that paradise of our American cousins,—the grand primeval forests 
of which are still to a large extent intact from the tree-destroying 
lumberman of the Northern States ; although the Flowery Land 
is now threatened with timber “booms,” which will quickly clear 
it of its trees, if precautions to prevent such a calamity are not 
taken in time. 
The contributions from other States and countries of the 
Western Hemisphere were confined to the exhibits of private 
individuals ; and although many of them were of a useful and 
instructive nature, and comprised numerous rare and curious 
articles, none were so specially prominent as to call for further 
remark, 
Cyprus. 
The only British possession in Europe, outside of the United 
Kingdom, which contributed a Collection of Forest products was 
the recently acquired island of Cyprus. These were sent by Mr 
Edward Dobbs, Chief Forest Officer, and comprised a numerous 
display of the woods produced in the island, including fine speci- 
mens of the Aleppo and Corsican pines, the principal timber- 
producing trees of the country ; several species of pine cones and 
seeds; specimens of resins extracted from the pines; tanning 
