30 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1882. 



In many districts large branches and tops of trees are burned up, wliicli 

 in England, and much more on the Continent, are sold at a profit. 

 The Report should state the system pursued, and contain practical 

 suggestions for utilising fragments now destroyed. 



11. On the more extended cultivation in Scotland of Charcoal- 

 producing Plants, for gunpowder or commercial purposes — The 

 Medium Gold Medal, or Five Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st 

 J^ovember 1882. 



Reference to be made to suitable varieties of plants not generally grown 

 in this country for that purpose, such as Ehamnus Frangula, prices 

 realisable, and suggestions for their more general introduction, treat- 

 ment, &c. 



12. On the Woods, Forests, and Forestry in the county of 

 Perth — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 

 1st November 1882. 



13. On the Woods, Forests, and Forestry in the county of 

 Eoss — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 

 1st Kovember 1882. 



14 On the Woods, Forests, and Forestry in the county of 

 Inverness — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged 

 by 1st November 1882. 



15. On the comparative advantages of High Forest with Cop- 

 pice, or Coppice with a limited number of Standard Trees — The 

 Medium Gold ]\Iedal, or Five Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st 

 ]S^vember 1882. 



16. On the utilisation of waste produce of Forests and Wood- 

 lands, as matter for niaking, either separately or in combination 

 ■with other substances, an Artificial Fuel — The Gold Medal, or 

 Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st Xovember 1882. 



17. On the Insects most injurious to Forest Trees, and the 

 diseases occasioned by them, and the best means of prevention 

 — Twenty Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1882. 



The Report to be accompanied, where practicable, by specimens of the 

 insects. 



18. On the disastrous Gales of Season 1881-82, and theirdestruc- 

 tion to Trees in different localities in Scotland, with detailed 

 statistics of losses — The Medium Gold Medal, or Five Sovereigns. 

 To be lodged by 1st November 1882. 



19. On the best mode of preparing Wood for Fencing with a view 

 to its preservation — The Medium Gold Medal, or Five Sovereigns. 

 To be lodged by 1st November 1882. 



