THE FORESTRY BUILDING.
The Forestry Building presents a most unique appearance of any on the ground. Its prevailing architectural idea is to preserve the rustic order of things. On all four sides is a veranda,
supporting the roof of which is a colonade composed of tree-trunks, contributed by various states, territories and foreign countries, each twenty-five feet in length and in their natural state, with bark preserved.
Each tree-trunk which forms this colonade bears a tablet, inscribed with the common and scientific name of the wood, the state or country from which the specimen was contributed, and such information as the
approximate quantity of the timber in the region from whence it came. Specimens of the most characteristic trees of each section are here. The sides of the building are covered with peeled slabs. The window
frames are of rustic design, and the main entrance very elaborately finished in different woods. The roof is thatched with tan-bark, and surmounting the cornices of the veranda are numerous staffs, bearing the
flags of states and nations who have entered their exhibit below.
