7&  United  States  Forestry  at  the  Fair.  {Ami££;il£?rm- 
Arizona  had  a  collection  but  not  large  enough  to  attract  my 
attention. 
Colorado  had  a  well  selected  and  well  rilled  collection  of  her  trees, 
carefully  arranged,  so  also  had  Connecticut,  with  that  crowning  glory 
of  hers,  the  "  Mystic  Myristica,"  swinging  aloft  over  our  heads,  in 
that  rustic  bower  of  curiously  formed  branches. 
Quaintness  characterized  her  exhibit,  as  many  odd  forms  of  trees 
and  twigs  did  silent  witness  to  the  latent  genius  of  the  State. 
Looking  down  list  of  States  alphabetically,  notice  but  two  I's, 
<(  eyes,"  and  both  capital  ones,  too — Idaho  and  Indiana. 
The  former  having  but  a  small  space  allotted,  showed  well,  how- 
ever, some  sections  of  trees,  planks  of  red  cedar,  tamarac,  yellow 
and  white  pine  and  several  minor  articles  of  little  interest  to  general 
public,  while  the  latter  had  specimens  of  native  trees  and  maps 
showing  their  distribution  throughout  the  State. 
Kentucky  had  a  large  space  and  very  creditably  overflowed  it. 
Most  of  the  timbers  showing  transverse  sections  of  good  sized  trees. 
The  commissioner  was  a  very  agreeable  man  of  the  Kentucky  Colonel 
type  and  whose  fund  of  information  far  exceeded  stock  on  exhibi- 
tion. 
While  conversing  with  him  on  Chicago  Day,  he  said  it  was  amus- 
ing for  him  to  see  the  great  amount  of  satisfaction,  crowds  of  people 
derived  from  passing  through  the  hollow  trunk  of  a  large  walnut 
tree. 
This  State  exhibited  more  black  walnut  material  than  any  of  the 
others  ;  also  took  the  lead  in  curly  maple  and  wavy  white  poplar 
(Liriodendron  tulipifera). 
Louisiana  showed  sections  of  her  timbers,  some  cypress  planks  4 
feet  wide,  magnolia  planks,  a  pavilion  of  Louisiana  woods  and  gray 
and  black  mosses,  and  some  cypress  knees. 
Massachusetts  displayed  a  goodly  number  of  her  trees  and  so  did 
Minnesota,  who  besides  her  fine  wood  collection  deserves  little  men- 
tion as  the  only  State  beside  Pennsylvania  that  made  special  men- 
tion of  her  pillars  under  the  colonnade. 
They  were  White  Pine  (Pinus  strobus),  Rock  Elm  (Ulmus  race- 
mosa),  and  White  Oak  (Qaercus  alba),  with  these  side  supports  of 
smaller  diameter,  Butternut  (Juglans  cinerea),  Black  Ash  (Fraxinus 
sambucifolia),  White  Maple  (Acer  dasycarpum),  Basswood  (Tilia 
americana),  Yellow  Birch  (Betula  excelsa),  and  Red  Oak  (Quercus 
