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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



of the products of this vast country. The 

 cereal products of the Canadian farms are 

 woven into figures and patterns suitable for 

 the decoration of the walls of the building. 

 Conspicuous in the display are the specimens 

 of game animals and birds. The New 

 Brunswick Legislature has loaned to the 

 Inter-Colonlal Railway for exhibition in this 

 building some of the most interesting articles 

 in its collection. One of the features of the 

 decoration of the building upon the interior 

 is a splendid buffalo. This stuffed buffalo 

 is one of the largest specimens to be seen. 

 There are also fine specimens of the musk 

 ox. The bison shown was the giant of a 

 herd in the Canadian Northwest Territory 

 and was killed by Warburton Pike, an Am- 

 erican writer, who had it stuffed and 

 mounted and presented to the Dominion 



Government. Other stuffed animals shown 

 are moose, elk, caribou, beaver, lynx, wild 

 cat, mink, seal, marten, fox, bear, wolf and 

 different varieties of birds and fish. 



There is a splendid moose head with ant- 

 lers spreading 68 inches, loaned by Col. 

 Charles E. Turner, U. S. Consul-General 

 at Ottawa, who shot it 150 miles north of 

 the Dominion capital. It is said to be the 

 most perfect specimen in existence. 



The Canada Building has apartments for 

 visitors and for the officers of the Commis- 

 sion, and these are handsomely furnished 

 throughout. Just off the main court is the 

 office of Commissioner J. Hutchison and his 

 Secretary, Wm. A. Burns, and here there is 

 a register where Canadian visitors are re- 

 quested to inscribe their names. 



\\T,ST VIKGINIA BUILDING, 



FAry -AM E (^ 5CAIN EXP031T I O N 



Fig. 2 1 16. West Virginia Building. 



