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dack and Catskill regions indicating the summer hotel business 

 in these forests. 



10. A small forest tree nursery located outside the Forestry 

 Building, near its principal entrance, in which was shown the 

 process of raising trees from seed, transplanting the seedlings 

 into nursery beds, and thence into a miniature plantation. Young 

 plants of the principal species raised in forest tree nurseries, 

 coniferous and broadleaved, were exhibited in seed-beds; also, 

 in beds of four-year old transplants, and in a plantation of six-year 

 old trees set out at spaces five feet apart. The germination in 

 the seed beds was very satisfactory, the seeds having been 

 planted early in the spring, before the Exposition opened. The 

 seedlings and transplants maintained a thrifty condition, and 

 made the usual growth during the summer. This nursery exhibit, 

 under the management of Forester Knechtel, was a gratifying 

 success, attracting the favorable attention of the foresters, nurs- 

 erymen, and botanists who visited it in large numbers. At the 

 close of the exposition the plants were taken up and shipped 

 to the Saranac Nursery. 



The Fish and Game Department of the Commission was repre- 

 sented by a collection of mounted specimens showing the fur, fin 

 and feather of New York. The display of mounted fish, including 

 all the species found in the waters of this State, and made under 

 the direction of Mr. John D. Whish, Secretary of the Commission, 

 was shown in twelve cabinets constructed for this purpose. The 

 specimens of animals and birds collected by Mr. Strough and 

 arranged attractively by a taxidermist, were exhibited by placing 

 the small birds in cabinets and the large ones on trees, while the 

 larger animals bear, wolf, panther, deer, fox, otter, beaver, etc. 

 were placed in suitable positions at convenient points within the 



