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of the exhibits, which are referred to in the order in which they 

 are catalogued. 



Mr Munro Ferguson, M.P., contributed from sixty to seventy 

 items, amongst which were excellent examples of Scots fir, ;i 

 tree at home on Novar, and for which that estate has long been 

 famed; a few normal specimens of larch blister; a small but very 

 interesting collection of plants, showing the effect the various 

 methods of transplanting have upon the roots; a quantity of 

 manufactured timber, equal in quality to the very best imported 

 redwood and other timber. Besides a good collection of literary 

 works on forestry, Mr Munro Ferguson exhibited a very in- 

 teresting entomological collection of forest pests, together with 

 examples of the depredations caused by the different insects; a 

 quantity of home-saved seeds of exotic and other conifers; and also 

 butts of trees, showing rate of growth in girth; timber damaged by 

 squirrels ; and creosoted timber for railway and other purposes. 



Sir Robert Menzies's collection was very interesting, owing to 

 the fact that he had a large collection of furniture, consisting 

 of panelled doors, etc., made from home-grown wood, and an 

 excellent farm-cart and barrow made from his own Scots fir. In 

 this exhibit was to be seen a specimen of Scots fir which did 

 duty as one of the principal beams in Castle Menzies for the 

 long period of three hundred and thirty years. All Sir Robert's 

 exhibits, which had been manufactured from wood grown on his 

 own estates, were of the best possible quality, well and clean 

 grown, hard and very durable. It is proper to mention that 

 Sir Robert took a great deal of trouble with his exhibit, he having 

 taken several of the castle doors to Inverness for the purpose of 

 showing the beauty of colour and figure of our home-grown timber, 

 as well as its durable quality. The exhibit received much atten- 

 tion from the public, and was very favourably commented on. 



A very neat and interesting collection of solid oak parquetry, 

 laminated parquetry, and oak block flooring, — made from oak, 

 teak, beech, and pitch pine, — with a few fine carved- wood panels, 

 were shown by Turpin's Parquet Floor, Joinery, and Wood- 

 Carving Company, Ltd., London. 



The Earl of Mansfield sent a most interesting collection of 

 timber infested with "forest pests." From the attention this 

 exhibit received, it was evident that, to most people, the depre- 

 dations shown were a revelation. Photographs of the famous 

 Douglas fir plantations at Taymount, near Stanley, gave a good 

 idea of what might be expected of this excellent fir as timber. 



