66 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



No. Entries. 



IX. Specimens showing comparative quality of larch 

 timber grown on different soils and situations, 

 and the respective ages at which it reaches 

 marketable size and maturity, . . 2 



X. Examples showing the best method of utilising 

 small wood in the manufacture of fancy-wood 

 articles, turnery, wood wool, etc., . . 4 



XI. Examples or photographs of the damage caused 



by squirrels to various kinds of trees, . . o 



XII. A scientific instrument for expeditiously obtain- 

 ing the diameter of trees at a given height, . i 



XIII. Any other useful invention or marked improve- 



ment on any of the implements used in 

 forestry, . . . . .1 



XIV. Water-gate suitable for crossing a stream 30 



feet wide, . . . . .1 



XV. Timber preserved by any process that is practical 

 and economical, with report, and plan or 

 photograph of the plant used, in working 

 order, . . . . . .5 



Among the articles sent for exhibition were part of the 

 Society's collection of sections of British-grown trees and shrubs 

 and photo-micrographs of plant tissues, presented to the Society 

 by Mr D. F. Mackenzie, F.S.I. , Mortonhall, Edinburgh. From 

 Scone estate a board of home-grown Douglas fir was shown 

 along with a board of the imported timber of the same tree, for 

 comparison as regards growth and quality of timber. There was 

 also exhibited from Scone a large collection of boards, planks, 

 railway sleepers, and pit-wood from trees grown on the estate, as 

 well as panel-doors made from larch and Scots pine ; and from 

 Scone gardens came an interesting group of conifers in pots, 

 which formed an attractive feature of the Exhibition. From 

 Ochtertyre and Castle Menzies there were fine collections of 

 branches of conifers bearing fruits, and from the latter estate 

 there was also exhibited a collection of pit-wood and railway 

 sleepers. A neatly arranged collection of pit-wood was exhibited 

 by Messrs Denholm & Co. of Bo'ness, and photography was 



