72  United  States  Forestry  at  the  Fair.  {Am'&£;$£rm' 
the  latter,  then  we  may  speak  of  forest  management,  and  we  under- 
stand by  management  the  bestowal  of  care,  giving  direction  and 
applying  economy  in  the  use  of  natural  resources." 
And  the  Columbian  Exposition  managers  very  generously  erected 
a  building  of  liberal  proportions  in  which  could  be  displayed,  in  their 
many  conditions,  "  The  Trees  of  the  World." 
It  certainly  was  one  of  the  most  unique  on  the  grounds,  and  it  is 
to  be  very  much  regretted  that  its  location  in  an  extreme  corner  by 
the  Lake  and  erection  so  close  to  other  buildings  and  hidden  by  the 
intramural  railway,  that  the  beautiful  rustic  effect  was  lost,  except 
viewed  from  the  Lake.  Built  in  the  form  of  rectangle,  200  x  500 
feet,  and  surrounded  on  all  four  sides  by  a  veranda,  supporting 
the  roof  of  which  is  a  row  of  columns  composed  of  tree  trunks, 
arranged  in  threes,  each  25  feet  high,  the  bark  remaining  on. 
One  of  these,  the  central,  was  from  16-20  inches  in  diameter  and 
the  outside  two  from  9-12  inches  in  diameter.  These  were  charac- 
teristic trees  of  different  States,  Territories  and  foreign  countries, 
and  each  specimen  properly  named,  common  and  scientific  terms. 
The  sides  jpf  the  building  were  constructed  of  slabs  with  bark 
removed,  and  the  roof  thatched  with  tan  and  other  barks. 
The  main  entrances  were  elaborately  finished  in  different  kinds  of 
wood,  the  material  and  workmanship  being  contributed  by  several 
prominent  lumber  associations. 
Interior  was  very  plain,  neither  paint  nor  ornamentation  appearing 
anywhere,  unless  we  except  those  heterogeneous  masses  in  niches 
which  were  the  homes  of  those  saucy  individuals,  the  omnivorous 
and  omnipresent  English  sparrow — Passer  domesticus. 
Of  the  trees  forming  the  colonnade  we  have  no  record  excepting 
those  furnished  by  Pennsylvania  and  Minnesota,  and  these  will  be 
described  under  State  exhibits.  The  following  States,  Territories 
and  countries  represented  in  this  building  were  :  Argentine  Republic, 
Arizona,  Australia,  Brazil,  California,  Canada,  Connecticut,  Colorado, 
Florida,  France,  Germany,  India,  Indiana,  Idaho,  Japan,  Kentucky, 
Louisiana,  Massachusetts,  Mexico,  Michigan,  Minnesota,  Missouri, 
Nebraska,  New  York,  North  Carolina,  North  Dakota,  Oregon,  Ohio, 
Paraguay,  Pennsylvania,  Russia,  Siam,  Spain,  Phillipine  Isles  and 
Cuba,  Trinidad,  Utah,  Virginia,  Washington,  Wisconsin  and  West 
Virginia. 
This  building  was  always  overlooked  in  a  description  of  the  Fair 
