^ogal Scottisl? ^vboricultural Socictj). 



SYLLABUS OF SUBJECTS FOR ESSAYS. 



The following subjects are offered for competition in 1904 :■ — 



\_The Judges are eiiijmwered to fix the value of the Prizes to be 

 awarded accorditiff to the respective merits of the Essays. 



All Essays, Reports, Models, o?' other Articles intended for 

 Cornpetitio7i must be lodged with the Secretary not later than 

 31st May IDOJ/.. Each Essay, Report, Model, or Article must 

 bear a Motto, and be accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing 

 <. A,tside the same Motto, and the Glass to which the Competitor 

 belongs, and containiiig inside, a Card with the Name and 

 Address of the Competitor. 



Essays should be written on one side of the paper only ; the 

 left-hand quarter of each page should be left as a blank margin. 

 The lines should not be crowded together. 



Judges cannot compete during their term of office. 



Successful Competitors may either have the medals or their con 

 verted values, which are as follows: — Gold, £5; No. 1 Silver, £'3 , 

 No. 2 Silver, £2; Bronze, 10s.] 



Class I. — For Open Competition. 



I. Contrast the position of the United Kingdom as a Field 

 for Timber-Growing on a commercial scale with that of other 

 European countries, and show how a considerable proportion of 

 the Timber which we now import could be produced at home. 

 {Five Guineas offered by W. H. Massie, Esq., of Messrs 

 Dicksons & Co., Nurserymen, Edinburgh.) 



II. The Output of an acre of Home Nui'sery. [l^wo Guineas 

 offered by Wm. Mackiisnon, Esq., of the firm of John Downie, 

 Nurseryman, Edinburgh.) 



The essayist will assume that the trees are raised from seed or cuttings, 

 and that they are moved to the woods when four years old. He will 

 indicate what amount of seed and area of seed-beds will be needed, 

 aud what area of plant-beds will be required to receive the trans- 

 planted seedlings. He will show what number of trees of various 

 kinds may be expected annually from such a nursery. 



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