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trative of the forest trees and forest flora of British Columbia, 
California, Mexico, India, China, Japan, and other parts of the 
world, exhibited by Messrs Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea, were of 
much scientific value and of the greatest interest to arborists and 
foresters, as many of them were the original specimens collected 
by the travellers who discovered the trees in their native habitats ; 
or were unique of their kind, from their rarity and historical 
associations. 
The remarkably complete and exceedingly interesting collection 
of woodpeckers, exhibited by R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay of White- 
hill, Midlothian, also deserves special mention. The display of 
those ‘friends of the forester” was of a peculiarly instructive 
nature, and showed what a great variety of these birds inhabit 
the forests of the world, and aid man in keeping in check the 
inroads of destructive insects on our forest trees, 
The splendid display of Sporting Trophies, Heads of Forest 
Animals, etc., collected for the Exhibition by Colonel Michael, 
C.S.1., the veteran “Shikari,” were a feature of the greatest 
attraction in the Indian Court, where they were arranged on the 
walls with great effect, and showed the results of British pluck 
and endurance in many hazardous enterprises. 
Exhibits in the Open Air. 
In the open-air department of the Exhibition, British Nursery- 
men vied with each other as to who should exhibit the rarest and 
finest specimens of trees and shrubs, and more especially of Conifers. 
Prominent among these was the rare and choice collection of 
ornamental trees and shrubs exhibited by Messrs James Veitch 
and Sons, of Chelsea, London, which contained the finest plant in 
Britain of the “ Umbrella Pine” (Sciadopitys verticillata) of 
Japan, and many other specimens of great merit. The grand 
displays made of beautiful trees and shrubs by the Lawson 
Nursery Company, and Messrs Thomas Methven & Sons, of 
Edinburgh, were the admiration of every one, and showed 
great taste and skill in the choice and arrangement of the 
various plants so as to give the best effect. Especially was 
this to be observed in the tastefully laid-out ground in front of 
Her Majesty’s Chalet, which was occupied by the Messrs Methven 
and Sons’ collection ; the arrangement of the shapes and sizes of 
