FORESTRY EXHIBITION AT THE LINCOLN SHOW. 85 



Class VIII. — Specimens of pruning Forest Trees. {3 entries.) 



Silver Medal : The Duke of Northumberland. Commended : 

 Sir Montague A. R. Cholmeley, Bart. There were only three 

 entries in this class, and, though interesting, they were not 

 worthy of special mention. 



Class IX. — Specimens of Stems illustrating the effects of Dense 

 and Thin Crops in Branch Suppression and Quality of the 

 Timber. (4 entries.) 



Silver Medal: The Marquis of Exeter. Highly Commended : 

 The Earl of Yarborough. Commended : The Duke of Northum- 

 berland. This was one of the most useful sections of the 

 show, especially to persons interested in the growing of first- 

 rate timber. The methods of the exhibitors varied, and it 

 would be as well on a future occasion if some definite system 

 could be decided upon. It is obviously difficult to show trees 

 as they grow in a forest, as was done by the winner of the 

 medal, who sent Ash and Larch trees 45 feet long. Lord 

 Yarborough's exhibit comprised stems 6 feet long, and boards 

 cut therefrom, of Austrian, Scots and Corsican Pines, Larch, 

 Douglas, Silver and Spruce Firs : and the difference between 

 clean and coarse timber was well marked. The Duke of 

 Northumberland sent Scots Pine and Spruce, in 4 feet lengths, 

 from thin and dense crops, accompanied by valuable ex- 

 planatory notes as to the number of trees per acre in each case, 

 also the volume per acre from an unthinned crop 45 years old. 



Class X. — Examples of the Damage done by Squirrels, Voles, 

 etc., and Abnormal Growths. (2 entries.) 



Silver Medal: The Earl of Yarborough. This exhibit may 

 be said to be unique, containing as it did specimens of fifteen 

 kinds of Witches' Brooms, several of which have never been 

 recorded before, and thirteen kinds of Burrs. Many of the 

 former, such as the broom on the elder, oak, and chestnut, are 

 very rare. The burrs also were remarkable, especially the 

 polished specimens from the oak and English elm. Trees and 

 tree-tops of several kinds damaged by voles and squirrels were 

 also included, and a curious root-growth on the trunk of a beech, 

 following damage done by fire to the bark. 



