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growth of the trees, as well as the quality of the timber. The 

 set includes — Abies cephalofiica, Picea sitkensts, Thuya lobbii, 

 Thuya borealts, Tsuga albertiana, and Populus canadensis, 

 together with good boards of Abies nobilis, Abies grandis, 

 Abies lasiocarpa, Wellingtonia gigantea and Mountain ash (yellow- 

 berried variety). These specimens were grown at an elevation 

 of about 600 feet. 



Glamis is represented by two very fast-grown boards of 

 Douglas fir, 6 feet long, and giving a width of 2\ feet for 35 

 years of growth. — From Novar we have a fine set of five Scots 

 pine boards, 9 feet long, cut in thicknesses from \ in. to i| ins. 

 and 21 ins. in width. These boards are exceptionally clean and 

 of very good quality. — From Raith we have three boards of each 

 of the following : — Weymouth pine, larch, Wellingtonia gigantea, 

 Araucaria, sycamore and ash. The boards are cut in 7 feet 

 lengths and are of good width. The oak boards are very good, 

 showing excellent figure and quality ; the others are a useful lot, 

 but inclined to be a little coarse. — Dunkeld sends a fine board 

 cut from the "mother larch," which measures 15 feet by 4I, 

 and makes a fitting companion for the cross section below it. 

 The exhibit also includes a cross section of a branch showing 

 remarkably one-sided growth. 



The Marquis of Breadalbane sends from Taymouth Castle 

 a set of 24 specimens of polished woods, including apple, 

 Araucaria, ash, birch, cherry, beech, elm, elm root, gean, 

 holly, hornbeam, larch, lime, laburnum, maple, oak, plane 

 (oriental), plane, Scots pine (natural), Scots pine (planted), 

 Spanish chestnut, spruce, walnut, yew. The specimens are 

 cut into 2 feet lengths, and are nicely polished and varnished, 

 showing the grain and quality very distinctly. The lower half of 

 each sample is stained and the upper shows the natural colour. 



The Duke of Wellington sends from Heckfield a most inter- 

 esting set of 70 hand specimens of timbers, showing both the 

 transverse and longitudinal section of each ; while the Earl of 

 Carnarvon, Highclere Castle, exhibits a splendid set of 

 coniferous boards, 7 feet long by 2 inches in thickness, cut 

 from mature trees, and including first two boards of Corsican 

 pine 21 ins. wide, grown on dry sandy loam at an elevation of 

 400 feet. The tree was 73 years old, and contained 128 cubic 

 feet of timber. The exhibit also includes two boards of 

 Scots pine 26 ins. wide, grown on sandy loam at an elevation of 



