EDITORIAL. 
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Those forms in which retrogression has not been so great as to 
do away with the formation of seeds, may afford good material 
for the study of heredity. 
EDITORIAL. 
The Forestry Building at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. 
Everyone who has visited the Lewis and Clark Exposition at 
Portland, Oregon, has surely been deeply impressed by the beauty 
and wonder of the Forestry Building. It was eminently fitting 
that this building should typify the great forest resources of 
the Northwest, and so well was this done that it was the 
real center of attraction to visitors. A description of the For¬ 
estry Building is unnecessary here since it has become familiar 
through the press to all of us. The issue that is now before the 
Commissioners is the proposition to preserve the building intact as 
a permanent source of instruction and as an adornment of the 
city of Portland. It would certainly be a matter of regret if 
this were not done. It would, we are sure, prove to be a sub¬ 
ject of interest to every visitor to Portland, and would speak 
eloquently of the wealth of the great forests of the Northwest. 
While complimenting the city of Portland on the possession of 
such a unique and really valuable trophy of her exposition, we 
should not forget to do justice to the man whose mind conceived, 
and those untiring effort and unflagging interest brought the 
building into being and carried it to its final perfection. Mr. 
Edmund P. Sheldon has before shown his ability as an exhibitor 
of forest products, and we recall the excellent showing of the 
forest products of Oregon made under his direction at the Loui¬ 
siana Purchase Exposition. But in the Forestry Building at 
Portland Mr. Sheldon has outclassed every forestry exhibit of 
the past. We venture to express the conviction that-the city of 
Portland would make a great mistake if this magnificent struc¬ 
ture were allowed to be destroyed. 
