^E understand tliat all the preliminary arrangements are 

 completed, and that the Executive Committee are now ready 

 to proceed with the active work of erecting the buildings, 

 laying out the grounds, and arranging the various departments for the 

 great International Forestry Exhibition at Edinburgh. The Exhibition 

 buildings and galleries have been designed, with excellent taste and 

 completeness, by Mr. Eobert Morham, architect, Superintendent of 

 the City of Edinburgh Public Works, and the erection of them has 

 been placed in the hands of the well-known firm of builders, Messrs. 

 W. Beattie and Sons, of Edinburgh, Avho are, we believe, strictly 

 bound, under a heavy penalty, to have them all finished and ready 

 for the admission of exhibits by the middle of June. 



During the past month, a very large addition has been made to 

 the number of applications for space in the Exhibition, and up to the 

 latest report that has reached us, applications are still pouring in. It 

 is very satisfactory to record the enthusiasm which now prevails 

 amono-st all classes concerned in the success of the Exhibition. We 

 had occasion to refer last month, in a somewhat pointed manner, to 

 the apparent apathy of our foresters ; and we are gratified to hear 

 that they are now coming forward in greater numbers, and taking the 

 deepest interest in making a display worthy of the name of British 



forestry. 



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From the correspondence which has reached us since our remarks 

 appeared last month, we are glad to learn that it has been much more 



