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the plants, and the blending of colours, being most charmingly 
executed. The collections exhibited by Messrs Little & Ballan- 
tyne, of Carlisle, and Messrs James Dickson & Sons, of Chester, 
were both numerous and highly meritorious, being specially rick 
in large examples of Conifers. The numerous other collections 
of trees and shrubs exhibited by our nurserymen added immensely 
to the attractions of the Exhibition grounds, each possessing some 
special merits, which were not overlooked by the crowds of 
visitors who so carefully inspected them. 
Besides the outside exhibits, most of the leading nurserymen 
had large and splendidly equipped stands in the Exhibition build- 
ing. Here Messrs Vilmorin, Andrieux, & Co., of Paris, exhibited 
one of the finest and most complete collections of seeds of trees 
and shrubs (comprising some 625 varieties) that has ever been 
shown at any exhibition, as well as about 350 varieties of cones, 
and a large and varied assortment of barks for tanning, woods, 
and other articles of a similar nature of great interest to foresters. 
The Lawson Nursery Company had something of a like display 
on a smaller scale; specially noteworthy being the set of 
beautiful plates of Lawson’s Pinetum Britannicum which adorned 
the walls. Messrs Methven & Sons made a capital exhibition of 
forest tools and seeds; Messrs Little & Ballantyne, Carlisle, 
exhibited an interesting collection of woods, cones, seeds, and 
tools; and Messrs James Dickson & Sons, Chester, contributed 
an equally interesting stand of these articles. 
Near the nurserymen’s stands in the north-west annexe were 
the principal exhibits of the forest tool and implement manufac- 
turers. Messrs Alex. Mathieson & Son, of Glasgow, displayed 
an extensive assortment of tools and wood-working machines, all 
of the best make and the newest design ; every machine perfect 
in itself, and fitted to a nicety. The Sheffield firm of tool manu- 
facturers, Messrs Robert Sorby & Sons, fully maintained their 
wide reputation for the excellency of their goods, by the complete 
collection they exhibited of all the tools used in forestry, each 
perfect in quality and finish. The collection of strong, plain and 
serviceable tools and implements exhibited by Messrs Fleming 
and Co., of Glasgow, as well as their models of bridges, sheds, 
cottages, and especially their most complete set of tools adapted 
for forming every description of drain, were much admired by 
practical men, 
The remarkable display of India-rubber goods, with the raw 
