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Allan & Company, Cabinetmakers, Aberdeen, with a Queen 

 Anne dining-room suite complete, made from home-grown oak, 

 inlaid with mahogany and satinwood, for which the judges 

 awarded a Silver Medal. Messrs J. & A. Ogilvie, Cabinet- 

 makers, Aberdeen, contributed several articles of furniture, all 

 made from home-grown timber. Messrs Paterson also exhibited 

 examples of various sizes of pit-wood, and many very interesting 

 articles made from small wood, as well as photographs, and 

 examples of the destructive work of squirrels on Scots pine. 



A very neat and useful hut was shown by Messrs John 

 Bisset & Sons, Ltd., Wood Merchants, Aberdeen. This was 

 made in sections and could be erected in a couple of hours, 

 and consisted of one apartment with room for a bed, table, and 

 useful press, with stove complete. This exhibit, was much 

 admired for its neatness and commodiousness. It is understood 

 that the price complete was ^95. 



Several other highly interesting examples of forest produce 

 were shown from Balmoral, Glendye, Braemar, and Fyvie Castle 

 estates; and the display of specimens from the Forestry Museum, 

 Marischal College, kindly lent by Mr P. Leslie, M.A., B.Sc, 

 Lecturer on Forestry, added much to the educational interest of 

 the Show. 



Mr John Maughan, Estate Office, Jervaulx Abbey, exhibited 

 a very ingenious standard calliper for measuring the diameter 

 or quarter-girth of standing trees at a height of 15 feet or more 

 from the ground. It can be taken to pieces for convenience 

 and safety when travelling, and is secured by a single bolt. 



One cannot overlook the exhibits in the competitive section 

 sent in by Mr H. R. Munro, Estate Office, Charborough Park, 

 Wareham, Dorset, which consisted of specimens demonstrating 

 the beneficial effects of good as compared with bad pruning, 

 and a collection of fungi injurious to forest trees. The latter 

 was a highly meritorious collection, neatly prepared and correctly 

 named, and elicited general admiration. 



The general appearance of the exhibition was much improved 

 by the neat and tasteful displays of growing plants of conifers 

 and ornamental shrubs exhibited by Messrs W. Smith & Son, 

 and Messrs Ben. Reid & Company, Nurserymen, Aberdeen. 



The following are the awards of the judges, Sir John Fleming, 

 of Dalmuinzie, Messrs Gilbert Brown, Grantown, and Frank 

 Scott, Inverness : — 



