6 ALEXANDRA PALACE EXHIBITION. [May 



collected at his own nurseries and neighbourhood ; they principally 

 comprise those trees which are used in commerce. Alongside this 

 there is a case containing a collection of cones of the commercially 

 valuable varieties of pines, these also being chiefly gathered 

 from trees growing in the south of Ireland. Attached to this 

 case there are coloured engravings of the " Wellingtonia gigantea 

 aurca variegcda" in the culture of which Mr. Hartland has been 

 peculiarly successful. 



Near the above stand Mr. A. G. Jackman, landscape gardener, 

 Woking, Surrey, exhibits plans for landscape gardening, comprising 

 designs for a park of 30 acres, and a gentleman's grounds of six 

 acres, also gentleman's residence, garden, and grounds of 2 acres, 

 all of the most approved and suited to requirement type. Messrs. 

 M. C. Duffy & Son, the well-known turners of Bermondsey, London, 

 S.E., show a large number of patterns of their various wood manu- 

 factures, comprising ordinary balusters, drop balusters, pitch pine 

 balusters, newels, table legs, hand-rails, also the wood flooring blocks, 

 1 8'' X 2>" X ?>", which have been largely adopted by the London 

 School Board for use in their schools. Messrs. Thos. Smith & Sons, 

 of Hurstmonceux, Sussex, have specimens of their truck baskets for 

 agricultural and gardening purposes. Messrs. William Miller & Son, 

 of Monmore Green, Wolverhampton, have on view types of their 

 fencing manufacture. Their patent rivetless hurdle is a substantially 

 made piece of workmanship, and has taken prizes at several exhibi- 

 tions. At this stand may also be found tubular fences of all 

 descriptions. Mr. H. Staynes, instructor in carpentry, 41 Avenue 

 Road, Clapton, has a neat little stand with specimens, showing structure 

 of the most commonly-used British and foreign woods. His 

 specimens have been cut with a view to showing the structure of 

 the wood cells. One case contains minute wood sections mounted on 

 slides for examination under the microscope, while another case con- 

 tains microscopic slides photographed by a camera, to show a large view 

 on a screen to a class, so that the structure can be readily described 

 to a large number of students. Another lot of Mr. Staynes's exhibits 

 is a set of joints in woodwork made chiefly by his students, and a 

 number of most curious and intricate joints, of his own design, which 

 attract much attention. Some of the latter show exceptional skill 

 and excellence. 



Messrs. Munkedals Aktiebolag, of Uddevalla, Sweden, has sent for- 

 ward specimen rolls of their glazed and unglazed buff wrapping-paper 

 manufactured entirely from wood : it is remarkable what a firm and 

 tough paper can be produced without the aid of other fibre. Messrs. 

 E. Mossman & Son, boat-builders, Pdchmond, have on view a model 

 four- oared j)leasure boat. 



