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The following subjects are offered for competition im L893¢— 
[The Judges are empowered to fix the value of the Prizes to be 
awarded according to the respective merits of the Essays. 
All Essays and Reports intended for Competition must be lodged 
with the Secretary not later than 10th June 1893, and all Collections 
of Cones, Seeds, and Rustic Work, not less than three days before the 
Annual Meeting. Hach Essay, Report, Collection, or Article must 
bear a Morro, and be accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing 
outside the sAME Morto, and the Class to which the Competitor 
belongs, and containing inside, a CARD with the NAME and ADDRESS 
of the Competitor. 
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 Medal, 
£3; No. 2 Silver, £2; Bronze, 10s. | 
Crass I.—For Oren ComMPETITION. 
I. For an approved Report showing the Financial Results of 
the Cultivation of Woods and Plantations. (/%ve Guineas offered 
by the President of the Society, Isaac Bayley Balfour, M.D., D.Sc., 
Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh. ) 
It is not necessary that the names of the estates on which the woods 
grow should be published, but the reporter must give the annual 
value of the land previous to planting; statistics of the cost of 
forming the plantations, including draining and fencing ; the expenses 
of management, the income derived, and the present value of the 
Woods. 
II. For an approved Report detailing the methods employed 
to bring about the Natural Regeneration of a Wood, and the 
subsequent Treatment as regards Artificial Assistance, should 
such have been rendered necessary owing to the Natural Sowing 
having been irregular, insufficient, or too dense. (live Guineas 
offered by Alexander Mackenzie, Esq., Superintendent, Epping 
Forest, Essex.) 
The author must cite some particular case, and give the results of a 
systematic attempt at natural regeneration, bearing in mind the 
fact that a patchy imperfect restocking cannot be regarded as 
satisfactory or successful. 
