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Report by the Judges on the Essays, etc., sent to the Royal Scottish 
Arboricultural Society for Competition in 1892. 
The Essays and Reports submitted to us for adjudication number 
thirteen, and although there are none of outstanding merit, they 
may, on the whole, be considered of an average character. 
We would impress upon writers the necessity of basing, as far as 
possible, whatever they advance on experience and reliable data, so 
that the papers may be of real practical value, and a trustworthy 
source for reference. 
It would also be desirable, when writing these papers, that the 
authors should endeavour to compress their ideas into as little space 
as possible. They would thus save themselves and the editor 
a considerable amount of trouble, and the judges would doubtless 
read them with greater favour. 
Crass I. 
The first paper on the list is— 
I. On the Preparation of Wood Specimens for Exhibition. 
By Georce Cape, Langley House, Langley Avenue, 
Surbiton, Surrey. 
It is one of considerable interest and merit, and although the 
author has diverged somewhat from his subject, we consider 
the foreign matter he has introduced of greater value than that 
on which it is supposed to treat. We recommend to the author 
the Award of the No. 1 Sitver Mepat. 
IT. On. the Present State and Future Prospects of Arbori- 
culture in the County of Perth. By ALrxANDER 
PITCAITHLEY, Forester, Sudbourne Hall, Wickham 
Market, Suffolk. 
Owing to the extent and varied character of the woodlands of 
Perthshire, no better field could well be placed before a writer to 
obtain material for forming an essay of an interesting and instructive 
character. The writer has failed to take advantage of this, and we 
consider that he has not done anything like justice to the subject. 
We therefore recommend a No. 2 Sirver MEDAL. 
III. On Burnham Beeches and fifty of the most remarkable 
of its Beech Trees. By A. C. Forses, Bowood, 
Calne, Wilts. 
This paper is accompanied by photographs of a dozen of 
the most picturesque specimens of these trees, and the. reporter 
