AmFeb.?i894arm'}     World's  Columbian  Exposition,  etc.  89 
fectly  had  the  blending  of  colors  from  the  natural  grains  and  grasses 
been  made.  Upon  one  side  of  the  frame  was  a  heavy  drapery,  giving 
the  effect  of  silk,  it  also  being  made  of  different  grasses. 
The  exhibition  relating  to  botany  was  probably  the  most  complete 
exhibit  illustrating  the  teaching  of  botany  to  be  found  at  the  Expo- 
sition. There  was  to  be  found  a  working  desk  equipped  for  an 
undergraduate  student  and  another  for  an  advanced  investigator. 
Also  a  series  of  microscopes  formerly  used  in  contrast  with  those 
now  used.  Also  sets  of  permanent  mounts,  reagents  and  stains 
employed,  apparatus  for  photomicography  with  photomicrographic 
enlargements,  a  very  full  bacteriological  outfit  with  living  cultures, 
an  herbarium,  etc.  The  Experiment  Station  exhibited  a  long  case 
showing  the  diseases  of  cultivated  plants  and  a  collection  of  seeds 
of  wild  plants.  Outside  of  the  University  exhibit  there  was  a 
pavilion  constructed  of  all  the  different  woods  grown  in  the  State. 
Inside  were  samples  illustrating  the  varied  uses  to  which  the  various 
woods  are  put.  There  was  another  pavilion  constructed  of  the 
products  of  the  corn.  The  very  uprights  were  grown  in  a  corn-field, 
the  roof  being  a  thatch  of  stalks.  All  the  decorations  are  typical 
of  corn  ;  the  silky  tassels  served  for  frieze  and  dado,  while  the  corn 
in  the  ear  was  arranged  according  to  combinations  of  colors  into 
many  fantastic  designs. 
The  State  of  Washington  made  a  creditable  exhibit.  In 
front  of  the  building  was  a  mast,  being  a  straight  piece  of  fir, 
33^  feet  in  diameter  at  the  base  and  215  feet  high.  The  south  and 
north  wings  each  rested  upon  one  piece  of  timber,  3  x  3^  feet  and 
125  feet  long.  Each  of  these  pieces  was  cut  from  a  yellow  fir  tree 
7  feet  1 1  inches  in  diameter  and  340  feet  high.  There  was  a  life- 
size  full  length  of  Washington,  which  had  a  frame  made  entirely  of 
small  pieces  of  wood,  being  inlaid  with  77  different  kinds  of  wood 
found  in  the  State.  Besides  an  interesting  agricultural  exhibit, 
there  was  one  of  the  best  herbaria  to  be  found  in  the  Exposition,  in 
that  the  collector  had  given  considerable  information  upon  the  labels 
regarding  the  occurrence  of  the  species  exhibited. 
To  the  systematic  botanist,  the  herbarium  specimens,  illustrative 
of  the  flora  of  Minnesota,  Colorado,  Montana,  Missouri,  Kentucky, 
Wisconsin,  etc.,  were  of  considerable  interest.  In  the  construction 
of  their  buildings  and  in  their  displays  the  Western  States,  more 
particularly  the  younger  States,  realized  that  this  was  their  oppor- 
