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The  Forest  Academy  showed  the  scientific  methods  of  Forest 
Culture  as  practised  in  that  country. 
Sweden  showed  Wood  Pulp  Industry  and  Cellulose  derived  from 
Spruce  trees,  but  no  attempt  to  represent  timbers. 
Russia's  exhibit  was  characterized  by  crude  and  manufactured 
material  from  the  Linden  Bark  Fibre  (Tilia  Europea),  and  com- 
prised nearly  everything,  from  shoes  for  the  sole  of  the  foot,  to 
thatched  house  to  abide  in.  Shoes,  slippers,  rough  garments, 
kitchen  utensils,  and  other  household  articles,  matting,  brooms, 
brushes,  planking,  thatching  and  many  others,  which  we  could  not 
stop  to  consider,  but  the  whole  line  was  very  interesting  to  every 
one. 
They  had  also  many  fine  sections  of  timbers,  but  no  cosmopolitan 
classification,  and  we  could  decipher  very  little  information  con- 
cerning them. 
The  Administration  of  Crown  lands  gave  a  finely  illustrated  idea 
of  timber  and  its  culture,  diseases  of  trees,  medicinal  plants  and 
roots,  gums  and  resins  and  Forest  management,  as  also  did  the 
Forest  Academy  of  St.  Petersburg  and  the  Russian  Agriculture, 
Forestry  and  Mining  Commission. 
Japan  conferred  an  honor  upon  us  which  I  fear  was  little  known, 
that  of  being  the  first  country  to  receive  a  display  of  her  woods  out- 
side of  her  own,  or  any  attempt  to  represent  them  in  a  foreign 
land.  I  have  reason  to  believe  that  Philadelphia  museums  will 
eventually  receive  the  entire  Forestry  Collection,  as  their  courtesy 
towards  Philadelphia  people  was  decidedly  marked,  and  the  least 
favor  more  than  reciprocated,  notably  the  Secretary  of  the  Commis- 
sion, Mr.  Shikasa  Suwa,  who  took  almost  a  boyish  delight  in  those 
people  who  did  ask  questions  and  was  untiring  in  his  efforts  to 
please  them. 
The  space  allotted  was  entirely  too  small,  and  hence  crowded 
inside  and  out,  with  scarcely  space  enough  for  an  aisle. 
There  were  two  methods  of  showing  woods,  and  in  both  cases 
were  prepared  timbers,  bark  having  been  removed.  One  style  was 
a  framed  collection  of  the  sections  about  10  x  14  inches  and  about 
20  or  25  to  a  frame,  the  other  was  by  means  of  unpolished  boards, 
8  to  10  feet  long,  and  the  width  of  the  tree. 
Their  attempts  at  labelling  were  very  successful,  and  beside  the 
technical  name,  they  had  the  common  English  name  as  well  as  the 
