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section of a tree of Pinus sylveslris killed by rifle bullets, photo- 

 graphs of hoop making, charcoal burning and coppice beech from 



stools, &c. 



Sir C. T. Dyke Acland, Bart., Holnicote, Taunton. Twenty- 

 nine planks of various timbers, including Lucombe oak, wild 

 cherry, Wych elm, alder, lime, holly, &e. 



Lady E. F. Smyth, Ashton Court Estate. Series of specimens 

 showing damage done by squirrels and rabbits to fir, sycamore, 

 ash, larch, &c. Specimens of ash with holes bored by woodpecker, 

 and other material to illustrate injury caused by the entwining 

 of honeysuckle, also young plants of beech and larch injured by 

 ants. 



The Director of Forestry, Manila. A collection of 106 sections 

 of Philippine woods. 



H.E. the Hungarian Minister of Agriculture, from the Hungarian 

 Exhibition, Earl's Court, per Mr. Foldi. A large and varied col- 

 lection of timber specimens and forestry products ; per Mr. Krolopp, 

 37 specimens in fluid of vine diseases prepared by the Royal 

 Hungarian Ampological Institute, and 13 photographs of parks in 

 Hungary. 



International Rubber Exhibition, Olympia. From the Ceylon 

 Association, London. Stems of Para rubber (Revea brasiliensis) 

 to illustrate the different methods of tapping, stem of Manihot 

 Glaziovii the Ceara rubber tree, 17 samples of Para rubber, oil 

 from Para rubber seed, and latex from the Jack tree (Artocarpus 

 integri folia). Exhibited in the Ceylon section. 



Mr. H. N. Ridley, F.R.S., Director, Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 

 Stem, various samples of rubber and two herbarium specimens of 

 Revea brasiliensis , from the Malay section, Olympia. 



Mr. E. Maurer, New York. Plant of Guayule (Parthenium 

 argentatum) and samples of raw and manufactured Guayule 

 rubber. Olympia. 



Mr. J. G. van Hemert, Amsterdam. Portion of tapped stem of 

 Balata (Mimwops Batata) and samples of crude and purified balata 

 from Surinam. Olympia. 



Orizaba Rubber Plantations, Ltd. Stems of Gast'dloa elastica. 

 Olympia. 



Mr. G. A. Witt. Ordinary block and laminated Rambong 



rubber (Ficus elastica), Sumatra. Olympia. 



Mabira Forest (Uganda) Rubber Co., Ltd. Samples of Crepe 

 rubber from Funtumia elastica, and photographs of the rubber 

 industry. Olympia. 



Franco-British Exhibition. From the Indo-China section, per 

 M. C. le Jeune, a large and varied selection of raw vegetable 

 products, including resins, oil-seeds, dyes, tans, fibres, &c. . _ 



From the Tunis section, per M. T. Simonot. A collection of 

 varied products, including cereals, cork, fibres, olives and olive oil. 



From the French West Africau section, per M. Max Robert. A 

 large and miscellaneous collection of vegetable products including 

 gums, resins, cotton, rubber, ground-nuts and implements used in 

 the cultivation, oil palm products, &c. 



