70 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Japanese Larch. District grown : (i) Bowmont Forest. 

 Material received, November 191 8. Material tested, November 1918. 



District grown : (2) Glendye. 

 Material received, 14th June 1919. Material tested, November 1919. 



Bent and cracked 18 ins. from small end. 



17 

 Bent 20 ins. from small end. 

 Bent 155 ins. from large end. 



District grown : (3) Kilkerran. 

 Material received, 2nd December 1918. Material tested, November 1919. 



Bent 17 ins. from small end : also split to this 

 point. 



,, 15 

 Bent but did not crack : not straight before 

 test (tested December 1918). 



Douglas Fir. District grown : Murthly. 

 Material received, 25th November 1918. Material tested, November 1919. 



Split during testing : split from top to bottom 



during test. 

 Bent and slightly cracked 17 ins. from small end. 

 Split in two from small end, 10 ins. down. 

 Bent and cracked 18 ins. from small end. 



Imperfect centre — soft. 



