174 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



22. Estate Nurseries and Plantations Competition, 1920. 



The Nurseries and Plantations Competition for 1920 was held 

 in the Aberdeen Show district of the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society, which includes the counties of Aberdeen, Banff, 

 Kincardine, and the eastern part of Forfarshire. 



As was to be expected the Competition on this occasion was 

 a smaller one than that held in 191 5. Many proprietors, owing 

 to scarcity of labour and other reasons due to the war, were 

 unable to keep up the high standard of care and attention 

 which formerly obtained in their wood management. Planting 

 operations on many estates had to be entirely suspended, and 

 estate nurseries had to be abandoned to other uses than the 

 growing of forest plants. Notwithstanding this handicap, the 

 entries in the Plantations Competition were fairly representative 

 of the district, with the exception of Class IV., and a high 

 standard of excellence in the care and management of the 

 plantations was observed. 



The subjects entered are given below in the order of merit : — 



NURSERIES. 

 Class I. (For nurseries under 2 acres in extent). 

 One entry. 

 Estate Owner 



Drum . . A. F. Irvine 



PLANTATIONS. 



Class IV. (Conifers not exceeding 10 years of age). 

 Estate Owner Species 



Countesswells Sydney J. Ganimell Scots pine. 



Drum . . A. F. Irvine Scots pine. 



Class V. (Conifers not exceeding 20 years of age). 

 Estate Owner Species 



Fyvie . . Lord Leith Japanese and European 



larch. 

 Drum . . A. F. Irvine Scots Pine. 



Class VI. (Conifers 20 years to 40 years of age). 



Estate Owner Species 



Balmoral . H.M. The King Douglas fir, 35 years old. 



Fyvie . . Lord Leith Spruce, 27 years old. 



Countesswells Sydney J. Gammell Scots pine and larch, 



29 years old. 



