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one realise the great iniportauce to landowners of using creosote 

 to save the cost of upkeep on estates where wood fences are 

 a constant source of expenditure. Shown side by side were 

 larch posts untreated after eleven years' use, rotten where 

 they entered the soil from the action of air and water, and 

 evidently requiring immediate renewal, as against creosoted 

 spruce and other woods which had been in the ground for 

 from fifteen to seventeen j^ears, and were as good as when 

 they were put down. The latter showed no sign of decay, 

 with their edges as sharp as when they came from the saw, 

 and all the saw marks on them still. The extra cost of 

 creosoting was thus repaid over and ovei- again. 



Mention must also be made of the Duke of Wellington's 

 exhibit, "svhich was very extensive and of great interest. The 

 specimen seedling trees were most carefully staged, and the 

 effect of close planting in young coverts, shown by specimen^ 

 of small trees taken from plantations where the plants stood 

 3 ft., 3 ft. 6 in., and 4 ft. apart, was most clearly demonstrated 

 to be that of the complete suppression of branches. 



A very extensive collection of seeds and cones, with hand 

 specimens of various Avoods, made up a most attractive staging, 

 and showed that great care and trouble had been taken. 



In conclusion, the Judges wish to thank the two stewards 

 for their courteous assistance, and also to congratulate them 

 on the excellence of the Show, as they feel convinced that a 

 more interesting and instructive exhibition it would be difficult 

 to get together. When one realises the time and trouble that 

 stich collections mean to those who have made them, and the 

 still greater trouble, to say nothing of the cost, that is required 

 to pack and stage them, one really wonders how it is that the 

 Royal Agricultural Society contrived to get them together at 

 all, and not only to get them together, but to vary this 

 interesting entertainment every year. So far, however, it 

 has been accomplished, and those interested in Forestry can 

 but feel very grateful to all concerned for their assistance 

 on such occasions, and the Judges wish to express that 

 gratitude here most cordially. 



J. C. Blofeld. 



Hoveton House, 

 Norfolk. 



