I02 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



or mainly made of wood, were the following : — Mr Thomas 

 Strachan, Keir, card table top made from twenty-four varieties 

 of home-grown hardwood timber, and a model wicket-gate ; Mr 

 Alexander Pollock, Tarbolton, rustic oak seat made of oak 

 grown on the banks of the river Ayr ; Captain Stirling of Keir, 

 model of a field-gate made of walnut 200 years old, and a similar 

 model made of oak 90 years old ; Mr John A. Howe, forester, 

 Kippendavie, also exhibited a model field and wicket-gate, made 

 of larch 120 years old, grown at the gathering stone where the 

 battle of Sherriffmuir was fought. 



Articles for exhibition only included the Society's own slides 

 showing sections of timber of British-grown trees and shrubs 

 and plant tissues. The Duke of Roxburghe showed a collection 

 of coniferous seeds as sown in the home nursery, and photographs 

 showing forest railway, sawmill, and plant of the woodyard. 

 The Duke of Montrose sent three specimens of home-grown 

 timber, namely, Douglas fir cut out of a standing crop of 

 213 trees per acre and of 50 years' growth, silver birch, and bird 

 cherry. Mr John D. Sutherland, Ardconnel Lodge, Oban, 

 exhibited blocks of different kinds of timber grown on the 

 Ardanaiseig Estate, on Loch Awe-side (belonging to Mr 

 Ainsworth, M.P.), for the purpose of suggesting their use 

 for technical instruction in country schools. Specimens of 

 abnormal growth, and specimens showing frost crack and 

 damage from other causes were sent by Mr Burns of 

 Cumbernauld ; while Mr Alexander Gow, assistant forester, 

 Murthly, forwarded a fine collection of cones and foliage of 

 different kinds of conifers. Mr John D. Crozier, forester, Durris, 

 exhibited a valuable collection of hand specimens of exotic 

 timbers; and Mr F. R. S. Balfour sent a section of larch planted 

 at Dawyck, Peeblesshire, previous to 1737, by Sir James 

 Naesmith of Posso. 



A collection of decorative plants sent by Mr M. Chapman, 

 Tarbrex Nurseries, St Ninians, Stirling, and a collection of 

 decorative shrubs sent by Messrs W. Drummond & Sons, 

 nurserymen, Stirling, were utilised to advantage in the scheme 

 of arrangement. 



The judges were Mr W. Dawson, Marischal College, Aberdeen ; 

 Mr George Leven, Auchincruive, Ayr; and Mr John Broom, 

 Bathgate. The Report and Prize List will be found in the 

 Proceedings of the General Meeting held at Stirling in 1909. 



