182 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH AHBORICUT.TURAL SOCIKTY. 



The fi)llo\Yiiig list gives a few details t)f the leading features 

 in the display made by the Society : 



A numerous assortment of the Tools used by Foresters in Britain, 

 with ]\Iodels of Implements and other appliances for the 

 working of Forests and the conversion of timber. 



An interesting collection of the Tools used in Forestry in the 

 several Presidencies of India and British Burmah. 



A complete set of the Tools used in the culture and manufac- 

 ture of Willows in Bavaria, from J. H. Krahe. 



Set of Peat-Cutting Tools, of a rather primitive pattern, from 

 County Tipperary, Ireland. 



Set of Tree-Planting Tools, of excellent design and workmanship, 

 from Denmark. 



Set of Tools used in the Forests of Sweden and Norway. 



Improved Dendrometer, on Tripod, from D. F. Mackenzie, 

 Morton Hall. 



A New Calliper Tree Measurer, from Denmark. 



An instructive Collection of the commercial products of the 

 Forests of Ceylon : including medicinal and economic barks, 

 seeds, gums, oils, fibres, and woods ; cinchona bark in 

 various stages of manufacture, and many other articles of 

 interest, from John Alexander, Kirklees Estate, Ceylon. 



A Collection of Specimens of the Woods of the Canadian Forests, 

 from W. Little, Quebec. 



A very interesting Collection of Woods from Natal, from D. ]\I. 

 Smythe, yr. of Methven, Perth. 



A neatly arranged Collection of 117 varieties of Woods grown 

 in Scotland, from D. F. Mackenzie, Morton Hall. 



Several large Specimens of beautiful oak panelling from the old 

 oaks growing in the existing remnant of the ancient Cale- 

 donian Forest in Dalkeith Park, from Robert Baxter, 

 Dalkeith. 



A fine Collection of GO specimens of Woods, from the State of 

 Perak, Straits Settlements. 



Samples of Barks for tanning purposes ; and a fine Specimen 

 illustrating the remarkably quick growth of Eucaly2>his 

 globulus, from Algeria. 

 A large and fine Collection of Specimens of Timber and Bark, 



chiefly oak, grown in the Royal Forests of England. 

 Section of an old Yew Tree, 3 feet 1 inches in diameter, grown 

 at Roseneath, Argyleshire, from the Duke of Argyle. 



