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America; India; almost every British colony; various Government 

 departments ; most of the leading landowners in the United Kingdom, 

 including the Dukes of Argyll, Athole, Buccleuch, Devonshire, 

 Grafton, Montrose, Eichmond and Gordon, Roxburghe, Sutherland, 

 and Westminster ; the Marquises of Bute, Hertford, Huntly, Lothian^ 

 and Tweeddale ; the Earls of Aberdeen, Breadalbane, Courtown, 

 Dalhousie, Fife, Galloway, Hopetoun, Haddington, Hardwicke, 

 Kinnouil, Kintone, Xorthesk, Mansfield, j\Ioray, ]\rinto, Rosebery, 

 Eosslyn, Seafield, Selkirk, Stair, Wharncliffe, AVemyss, &c. ; the 

 Countess of Eothes ; Viscounts Clifden, Combermere, and Strath- 

 allan ; and many more of the nobility and gentry of the United 

 Kingdom. Nor are manufacturers and wood-consumers to be behind 

 in forwarding their goods for exhibition, nearly all the leading houses 

 being Avell represented ; and, as a matter of course, nurserymen are 

 taking a leading part in contributing their stores to the Exhibition. 

 In short, it is now certain that the Exhibition will be thoroughly 

 representative of every branch of British forestry, as well as illustra- 

 tive of the forest products and forest industry of the world. 



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In our next issue, we hope to be able to furnish our readers with 

 details of the Exhibition building and grounds, the means of access 

 from various parts of the country, the arrangements for receiving 

 exhibits, and other information of a like nature, wdiich may help our 

 readers in making their arrangements for exhibiting, or for visiting 

 the Exhibition. 



The deposition on our table of the annual budget of seed catalogues 

 reminds us, if there were nothing else to do so, that Spring is again 

 upon us. As the planting season proper dies away, the seed season 

 comes on apace, so that there is really no rest for the forester and 

 agriculturist. He must be always up and doing ; and it must at least 

 be a great comfort to him that his toil is lightened by all avoidance 

 of worry and trouble concerning the sources whence he is to get the 

 means for renewing his crop or stock. These are amply provided by 

 the enterprising firms which make it a business to furriish everything 

 necessary to the requirements of forest, farm, or garden. We have 

 already announced some of the Spring cfitalogues. We have now to 

 acknowledge those of Messrs. Little and Ballantyne, of Carlisle, and 

 Messrs. James Dickson and Sons. Messrs. Little and Ballantyne's lis 

 now before us is one of farm seeds, accompanied by descrii)tions of S'juie 

 of the leading pasture grasses (accompanied by illustrations). Tliere 

 is also a section on Ensilage, one on lying do^vn land to jiermanent 



