8o TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



400 feet, age 108 years, cubic content 141 feet; two boards 

 of Weymouth pine, grown on the same soil at an elevation of 

 300 feet, age 85 years, cubic content 204 feet ; also two boards 

 of larch, elevation 400 feet, age 73 years, cubic content 82 feet. 

 The boards are in all cases remarkably clean, and the quahty is 

 excellent. 



Viscount Powerscourt sends from Powerscourt a choice set of 

 boards, cut in 5 feet lengths, with an average width of i ft. 4 ins., 

 the following trees being represented : — Abies nordmanniana, 

 A. webbiana, A. Douglasii, Larix europea, Finns silvestris, 

 Taxodium sempennrefis (with cross section). He also sends a 

 well finished set of ash felloes of excellent quality. 



Mr D. W. Thomson, Nurseryman, Edinburgh, exhibits a 9 

 feet length of Salix alba (the cricket bat willow), also a sample 

 bat made from another specimen, manufactured by Shaw and 

 Shrewsbury, Nottingham. The log threw out a fine crop of 

 healthy shoots, and has been a great source of interest to 

 visitors. The descriptive label has been studied by a great 

 number of visitors, especially by schoolboys. 



Messrs A. & R. Brownlie, Timber Merchants, Earlston, sent 

 a big larch tree, 33 feet long and 3 feet in diameter; while Mr 

 Alex. Pollok, Tarbolton, exhibits two specimens of "burred" 

 oak, suitable for veneering. An enormous beech, grown on the 

 Marquis of Tweeddale's Yester estate, comes from Messrs 

 .Souness & Spiers, Warriston Saw-mill. The log sent is 

 about II feet long, girth 15 ft. 3 ins., content 160 cubic feet, 

 and weight about 7 tons. The tree was about 300 years old, 

 grew at an altitude of 400 feet, and was estimated to weigh about 

 35 tons. 



Mr James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, Glasgow, has a 

 very fine display of timbers used in shipbuilding. The 

 specimens measure 12 ins. by 6 ins., and number 48. They are 

 very neatly mounted in four handsome frames. One half of each 

 specimen has been varnished and the other half is left in the 

 natural colour. They include a good selection of mahogany, 

 walnut, and the various hard, soft, and ornamental woods of 

 commerce, the chief sources of the different kinds being 

 indicated. The exhibit has proved most attractive and 

 instructive. 



Mr George Cadell (late Indian Forest Department) sent a 

 beautiful board of oak grown in Somersetshire, age about 160 



