86  World's  Columbian  Exposition,  etc.     { Am  Feb.?i894arm' 
Germany  were  depicted.  One  looked  as  from  a  porch  upon  a  land- 
scape of  remarkable  picturesqueness,  and  the  effect  was  greatly 
heightened  by  the  plantations  of  grape  vines  in  the  foreground. 
These  grape  vines  were  the  actual  plants  brought  from  the  neigh- 
borhoods represented  upon  canvas  and  set  in  the  earth  as  they  custo- 
marily grow.  Of  course  the  vines  themselves  were  not  living,  but 
were,  however,  dextrously  clothed  with  artificial  leaves  and  fruits, 
so  that  they  almost  perfectly  represented  the  growing  and  bearing 
vine.  As  each  of  the  panoramas  represented  a  distinct  wine  district, 
so  the  wines  in  each  of  the  foregrounds,  showed  the  exact  method 
of  training  employed  in  those  districts,  and  the  artificial  fruits  and 
leaves  represented  the  varieties  grown  there.  There  were  many 
panoramas  in  the  Exposition,  and  there  were  none  more  perfect,  nor 
probably  more  interesting  (unless  it  was  that  in  the  Electrical  Build- 
ing) than  these  of  the  German  Wine  Building. 
California's  exhibit  occupied  nearly  one-fourth  of  the  ground 
floor  space  of  this  department.  It  was  certainly  with  a  feeling  of 
pride  that  we  viewed  the  efforts  and  progress  of  this  comparatively 
young  industry  in  the  United  States.  One  of  the  most  notable 
pavilions  was  erected  by  four  companies  of  wine  producers.  It  was 
constructed  of  a  section  of  a  giant  sequoia,  which  was  30  feet  in 
diameter  at  the  base  and  290  feet  high.  Growing  up  from  the  base 
of  the  tree  were  grape  vines  with  an  abundance  of  ripe  fruit  hanging 
from  the  vines.  In  the  interior  were  the  exhibits  of  the  four  promi- 
nent houses.  The  exhibit  of  the  vineyard  of  the  late  Senator  Stan- 
ford showed,  in  a  perspective  view,  the  natural  size  of  a  section  of 
the  cellars  of  the  vineyard  which  have  a  storage  capacity  of  5,000.- 
OOO  gallons.  This  vineyard  is  probably  the  largest  in  the  world, 
containing  3,840  acres,  and  producing  annually  16,000  tons  of 
grapes.  Besides  the  exhibits  of  25  smaller  firms,  the  State  Board  of 
Viticulture  had  an  instructive  exhibit  of  photographs,  engravings, 
etc.,  showing  methods  of  cultivation  of  vine,  etc. 
The  Japanese  had  a  small  exhibit.  One  sample  of  wine  called 
*•  Seijyunbudosyn  "  was  labelled  with  the  following  :  "  This  wine 
can  be  recommended  as  nothing  equals  it  under  the  sun."  The 
Italians  were  represented  by  130  firms  displaying  560  brands  of 
wine.  The  oldest  vintage  of  record  being  tnat  of  1812.  The  R  us- 
sian Imperial  Appanages  exhibited  a  model  of  one  of  the  principal 
wine  cellars  of  an  estate  in  the  Caucasus  with  a  capacity  of  about 
