INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY EXHIBITION. 103 
Model of Rustic Bridge. 
Pair of Rustic Picture Frames. 
Two Curiosities of growth in trees. 
Bronze Medal awarded for the Collection. 
M‘Corquodale, William, Forester and Wood Surveyor, Jeanie 
Bank, Scone, Perth. 
Model of a useful wooden Bridge erected over the river 
Almond, at Lynedoch, Perthshire, 34 years ago, which is 
still serviceable. Designed by the Exhibitor. 
A Post of Douglas Fir (Abies Douglasiz) which was used in 
a wire fence for seven years and four months, and is. still 
sound, 
Larch Wire Fence Post which had been preserved with con- 
crete at the surface of the ground. 
Collection of 24 Specimens of Timber grown on the Scone 
Estates, and cut into boarding as used for Estate purposes ; 
including Abies Douglasii, Picea nobilis, Pinus cembra, P. 
excelsa, P. strobus, and P. laricio; Ash, Black Italian 
Poplar, Cherry, Elm, Larch, Laburnum, Norway Spruce, 
Scots Fir, and Sycamore. 
A Silver Fir (Picea pectinata) Railway Sleeper, which was in 
use on the Caledonian Railway at Luncarty, near Scone, 
over 7 years, and is still sound; while Baltic Timber 
Sleepers, laid at the same time, were worn out at the end 
of 6 years. 
Four Sections of Larch and Spruce, illustrating sownd and 
unsound timber, with Samples of the Soil which produces 
the sownd and wnsound Larch and Spruce respectively. 
Rustic Picture Frame. 
A Larch Stool or Stump, showing how it was nourished 
underground by a naturally engrafted root, for sixteen 
years after the tree was cut. 
Two Field Gates: one made from Abies Douglasii and the 
other from Picea nobilis, showing how suitable the wood 
of these trees is for such purposes. 
Model of Revolving “ Smoking ” Arbour, made of wood and 
heather, erected at Logiealmond Shooting Lodge, Perth- 
shire ; designed by the Exhibitor. 
Silver Medal awarded for the Collection. 
