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in  some  of  which  every  leaf  had  been  carefully  trained  and  others 
bore  several  varieties  on  the  same  top.  A  Pine  tree  was  exhibited 
with  gnarled  branches  and  massive  roots.  In  some  of  the  Pines 
the  needles  were  held  in  place  to  produce  a  fine  cushiony  effect 
that  is  so  highly  prized. 
The  Azaleas  exhibited  were  of  much  interest.  The  most  strik- 
ing ones  were  large  and  free-growing  bushes  of  Azalea  indica, 
which  earlier  bore  single  dull  red  and  pink  flowers.  One  variety 
in  particular,  called  Mitsusomekuruma,  attracted  considerable  atten 
tion  on  account  of  its  very  small  greenish-white  flowers.  There 
were  exhibited  also  several  varieties  of  the  Ghent  type.  Here 
were  two  exceedingly  curious  forms  reduced  to  five  separate  and 
long  strap-shaped  divisions.  In  one  instance  of  the  mollis  type, 
the  petals  were  red  and  spotted  and  the  stamens  were  wanting. 
Another  of  the  Indica  type  possessed  dull  pink  or  red  petals  and 
long  red  filaments  entirely  barren  of  anthers,  giving  the  flower  a 
strange  spidery  look. 
Proceeding  to  the  viticultural  displays,  we  saw  a  most  decorative 
sight,  although  there  was  but  little  genuine  horticulture  in  it.  In 
considering  the  grape  interests,  it  would  be  well  to  divide  the  sub- 
ject into  two  parts,  as  the  Italians  and  some  others  have  done  : 
viticulture  or  grape  growing  and  viniculture  or  wine  making. 
Viticulture  was  shown  by  illustrations  of  the  vine  and  its  varieties 
in  natural  and  artificial  ways  by  cuttings,  engravings  and  photo- 
graphs. Methods  of  planting,  staking  and  training  the  vine  were 
to  be  observed,  as  well  as  the  methods  of  and  appliances  for  culti- 
vating, harvesting,  curing,  packing  and  shipping  the  grapes.  On 
the  other  hand,  viniculture  was  demonstrated  by  the  methods 
employed  in  expressing  the  juice  of  the  grape  ;  of  fermenting, 
storing,  racking  and  bottling,  and  finally  shipping  the  wine. 
The  Deutsche  Wein  Austellung  contained  a  larger  variety  of 
hands  and  number  of  exhibitors  than  that  of  any  other  wine  exhi- 
bition in  the  Exposition.  The  German  Wine  Building  was  built  in 
the  form  of  a  cloister  cellar.  The  interior  space  being  occupied 
with  tables  and  stands  of  wine  in  bottles,  being  the  combined 
exhibition  of  289  growers  and  dealers  of  the  German  empire.  The 
arrangement  was  simple,  but  the  chief  attraction  lay  beyond,  upon 
the  eastern  and  southern  walls.  Upon  these  sides,  in  the  form  of 
panorama,  some  of  the  most  striking  of  the  wine  regions  of 
