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that it may express a real value, must include a financial 

 assessment of indirect advantages to the nation. In other 

 words, the value assigned to the forest must be that derived 

 by the nation, and estimates of value to individual owners can 

 at the best express only a part of the value of land used in 

 timber production. 



The possibilities of the country as a timber-producing area 

 were well demonstrated by the exhibit of specimens of practically 

 every species growing in Scotland. That the planks exhibited 

 were not a few selected specimens out of many could well be 

 shown by a very cursory examination of the photographs 

 showing types of Scottish woodlands. Those who were most 

 ready to make a remark of that kind were also ready to express 

 admiration for the woods shown in the prints lent to the Society 

 by Sir John Stirling-Maxwell The exhibits of planks and 

 photographs showed in a most definite manner to the general 

 public the productive powers of our country. These two 

 collections alone would have done much to educate visitors 

 to the stand. The general arrangement of material was of such 

 a nature that almost any visitor could answer for himself any 

 question that might occur to him while examining any one 

 collection. Examination of planks may show to an interested 

 person that wood of a workable quality can be grown, and the 

 question naturally arises, For what can the wood be used ? 

 Those in charge of the selection did well to include in their 

 exhibits examples of turned work in such woods as horse 

 chestnut, poplar, birch. At a time when endeavours are made 

 to improve the wage-earning capacities of rural workers and to 

 obtain the highest returns from woodlands of all classes, it is 

 somewhat strange to find that the question of development of 

 manufacture of small woodware has received so little attention. 

 The articles shown among the collection were, without doubt, 

 chosen with a view to indicating what can be done. It may be 

 suggested that the addition of a small collection of a more 

 varied nature might be useful in future exhibitions, and that 

 it should include specimens of the articles at all stages of 

 manufacture. 



The comparison of home-grown timber with imported timber 

 was well provided for. In a centre of timber users such as 

 Glasgow the material shown for this purpose excited no small 

 amount of attention. The most unkind remark that could be 



