130        Fair  Forestry  outside  of  the  United  States.  { AmM^;  S4arm' 
Japanese,  also  the  general  characters  under  which  the  tree  existed 
and  flourished,  as  well  as  its  direct  uses  to  man. 
For  their  lacquer  work  the  principal  tree  is  the  Paulownia  (P. 
Imperialis),  a  tree  which  is  adapting  itself  to  our  latitudes  and 
proving  a  fine  shade  tree. 
Another  for  same  purpose  is  Zelkova  Kaki,  one  of  the  elm 
family,  and  still  another  is  a  Horse  Chestnut  (^Esculus  turbinatus) 
called  by  them  "  Tochi." 
Their  largest  trees  are  the  Cryptomerias,  a  class  closely  related  to 
our  Southern  Cypress,  often  reaching  wondrous  heights,  and  are  the 
admiration  of  all  visitors  to  that  Empire. 
With  that  little  relation  of  Cryptomeria  to  Cypress  we  are  able  to 
find  some  of  our  genera  represented  by  species  close  to  our  own. 
For  that  resemblance  to  relationship  we  feel  very  much  at  home 
among  them,  for  instance,  Taxus  cuspidata,  or  yem,  Thuya  obtusa  or 
Arbor  vitae,  ^Esculus  turbinatus  or  Horse  Chestnut,  Tilia  cordata,  or 
Linden,  Morus  alba,  Mulberry,  Juglans  Siboldii  and  Regia,  Walnuts, 
Acer  Japonicum  and  palmatum,  Maples,  Fraxinus  pubinervs  or  Ash, 
Magnolia  hypolenca  or  Magnolia,  Castanea  vulgaris,  chestnut,  Alnusi 
firma,  alder,  Betula  alnifolia,  Birch,  Quercus  acuta,  gilva  and  glauca 
as  Oaks,  Diospyros  Kaki,  Persimmon,  Pinus  Densiflora,  Pine,  Rhus 
succedaneum  and  vermicifera,  near  relative  of  our  Rhus  Tox. 
Paulownia  we  have  established  in  this  country,  as  also  another 
Japanese,  the  Gingko  (Salisburia  adiantifolia). 
There  are  also  3  other  trees  which  were  represented  by  sections  at 
the  Fair — Cedrela  chinensis,  Torreya  nucifera  and  cinnamomum 
camphora. 
The  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Commerce  had  an  exhibition 
of  maps,  plans  and  illustrations  of  forest  growth,  woods,  plants,  wax, 
resins  and  wood  pulp  for  paper,  bamboo  cane  and  baskets,  tanning 
material,  etc.  They  also  had  as  here  represented  in  the  group  of 
the  world  in  the  centre  of  Forestry  Hall  2  bamboos,  each  over  70 
feet  long. 
India's  exhibit  consisted  of  many  fine  pieces  of  carved  wood, 
usually  teak,  timber  in  the  rough  as  well  as  fashioned  to  show  to 
best  advantage,  specimen  tans  and  dyes,  oil-bearing  substances, 
gums,  resins  and  fibres. 
We  will  limit  this  description  to  timbers,  namely,  those  yielding 
drugs  of  our  acquaintance  and  to  the  carvings. 
