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collection this year included several new photographs. — Captain 

 Stirling of Keir exhibited three large photographs of historical 

 trees. — Mr Munro Ferguson, M.P., sent plants from his nursery 

 at Novar, showing the good effects of transplanting when well 

 done and the bad effects when badly done. — Mr James R. 

 Barton, factor, 6i Frederick Street, Edinburgh, exhibited, in a 

 neat case, specimens of the pine saw-fly and of the willow-moth 

 in their various stages, along with the parts of the Scots pine 

 and willow damaged. — Mr Alex. Murray, forester, Murthly, sent 

 a very fine collection of 167 different varieties of tree-seeds well 

 displayed for exhibition, with a descriptive report as to the best 

 methods of collection and extraction. — Messrs Dicksons & Co., 

 nurserymen, Edinburgh, exhibited a valuable set of tools used 

 in forestry, a collection of cones, and a large number of transverse 

 and longitudinal sections of timber of the principal forest trees 

 illustrating the appearance of the wood. — The Earl of Mansfield 

 had on view a large number of very fine planks of both 

 coniferous and hardwood timbers, and also cross sections of 

 various conifers grown on his estates, suitably labelled with 

 particulars as to the age, volume per acre, and rate of growth. 

 He also sent a set of tools and implements used in forestry 

 operations, and a hunting wicket-gate made of split oak. — 

 Mr Gillanders, forester to the Duke of Northumberland, had an 

 instructive exhibit of turf and soil illustrating the advantages of 

 pasturing woodland or waste land by stock previous to planting. 

 The turf was in two divisions, one showing the rough heather 

 previous to being pastured, and the other the grass from which 

 the heather has almost disappeared after having been pastured 

 for two years. He also sent a number of cases containing 

 insects injurious to forest trees, with samples of the damage 

 caused by them. A feature of this collection was the excellent 

 way in which the specimens were labelled and described. — Lady 

 Fowler, Inverbroom, Garve, sent a portion of a log of beech 

 timber removed from the foundations of the choir of Winchester 

 Cathedral in 1907, during the process of underpinning and the 

 insertion of a new sub-foundation, rendered necessary in con- 

 sequence of the subsidence of the structure. The logs were 

 found to be laid horizontally and not driven as piles, at a depth 

 of about 12 feet in a bed of chalky marl, fully charged with 

 water, and overlying a peat-bed some few feet below. The logs 

 were supporting the foundations of the main walls and piers of 



