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were Abies religiosa or Mexican fir, A. Pi?idrow and A. firma ; 

 trees which are rarely seen nowadays in British pinetums. 

 The large coconut-shaped cones of Araucaria imbricata were 

 greatly admired. This exhibit, which had been carefully staged, 

 was of a highly educative nature and considered by the Judges 

 to be worthy of the highest award, a Gold Medal. 



The suitability of home timber for use in house construction 

 was very well illustrated by the exhibit sent by the Duke of 

 Buccleuch, per J. A. Milne Home, Esq., which was awarded a 

 No. I Silver Medal. 



Among other articles sent by the Duke of Buccleuch were 

 3 poles of Alnus i?icana, a Sitka spruce tree of thirty-two years 

 of age, three field-gates, and Sitka spruce plants grown from 

 seed gathered off trees at Drumlanrig. A No. i Silver Medal 

 was awarded for this fine collection of exhibits. 



Other articles shown were boards of Japanese larch, illustrat- 

 ing rate of growth for twenty-one years, and cricket bats made 

 from willow grown on the Earl of Stair's estate at Castle 

 Kennedy. 



An attractive novelty shown was that of a fructification of 

 Polyporus betuHnus, on the underside of which had been painted 

 a charming landscape. For these exhibits a No. 3 Silver Medal 

 was awarded. 



The young tree seedlings exhibited by Messrs Learmont, 

 Hunter & King, Nurserymen, Dumfries, were greatly admired, 

 as also was the collection of exhibits sent by Maxwell Hyslop 

 Maxwell, Esq., of The Grove. These consisted of logs of spruce 

 and larch, field-gates, gate-posts, and sheep troughs of Scots 

 fir, boards of spruce, larch fencing stobs, birch for clog soles, 

 finished clogs, and willows for basket-making. A No. 2 Silver 

 Medal was awarded for this interesting lot. 



Special interest was taken in the stobs sent by the Duke of 

 Buccleuch, which had been treated with napthaline and had 

 been in use for sixteen years. Scots pine, birch, elm, holly, and 

 several other species had been treated, and a card bearing the 

 amount absorbed was affixed to each stob. Traces of decay 

 were apparent on a few of those which had absorbed least. It 

 was noted that Scots pine and even spruce were quite sound. 



On each of the four days the Exhibition was well attended, 

 and without doubt served to impress on many minds the 

 possibilities of forestry in Scotland. 



