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modes of applying them before those most deeply interested ; and 

 we would strongly advise them to apply for the necessary room for 

 their exhibits without delay, because those who are hrst in the field 

 will undoubtedly be in the best positions, and those who apply late 

 in the day run the risk of paying the usual penalty for their 

 dilatoriness. 



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We would also remind those who intend to exhibit live trees and 

 shrubs — for which we are informed there is now abundance of sp^ce 

 of a very eligible kind — that they should not delay in making 

 their entries till the last moment. Those who desire to make a 

 really good display cannot be too soon in securing a site for it in a 

 position where it can be seen to the best advantage ; and as we hear 

 that many of the leading tree nurserymen purpose to exhibit, there is 

 certain to be a run upon all the most desirable spots. Collections -of 

 rare and ornamental trees, groups of the same, exhibiting beautiful 

 contrast in habit, colour, and foliage, and for other specific purposes, 

 showing their uses in the forest or their beauty in the landscape, will 

 form one of the chief features of interest in the Exhibition, and will 

 afford unlimited scope for taste and skill in their arrangement. 

 Therefore, every detail should be carefully worked out, and the 

 choicest subjects selected for the places in which their beauty may 

 be best displayed, and their uses most evideatly seen. 



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Foreign countries have already made extensive entries of their 

 forest produce, and the Exhibition will thus have much more of an 

 international character than the generality of such things. From 

 France, Germany, Eussia, Italy, and other European countries, 

 numerous and valuable exhibits are promised, and during the present 

 month there will be a very large addition made to the foreign entries, 

 as the original date for closing did not give sufficient time for 

 most of the exhibitors to make complete entries. 



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India and the Colonies are also making extensive preparations for 

 being well represented in the Exhibition. Most of them have already 

 applied for a large amount of covered space. The produce of the great 

 forests of Canada and the north-west of America, New Brunswick, 

 and Nova Scotia, will be exhibited by the several provinces in every 

 shape and form, raw and manufactured, in which it can be made 

 useful and attractive to the public. The British Settlements on the 



