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years, which had been grown on light sandy loam. The tree 

 is cut into i in. boards, and has produced about iioo square 

 feet. The figuring and colour are excellent. 



Messrs James Jones & Sons, Ltd., Larbert Saw-mills, have an 

 extensive exhibit of fine commercial timber in the round, the 

 oak from Yester being one of the attractions of the Exhibition. 

 It was about 300 years old, and had been grown on Old Red 

 Sandstone, at an altitude of 400 feet. The log shown is 20 

 feet long, gives a mean girth of 13 ft. 8 ins., contains 233 cubic 

 feet, and weighs about 9^ tons ; the whole tree, including tops, 

 is estimated to weigh about 30 tons. Messrs Jones's collection 

 also includes — a good larch from Darnaway, 100 years old, 

 grown at an altitude of 550 feet; larch from Sluie Estate, about 

 100 years old, and grown at 300 feet elevation; larch from 

 Riddell Estate, about no years old, and grown at an altitude of 

 540 feet; beautiful Scots pine from same estate, age about no 

 years, grown at 500 feet; Scots pine from Cask, about 1 10 years 

 old, grown at 400 feet elevation ; very large Scots pine from 

 Gordon Castle, age about 175 years, grown at an elevation of 

 200 feet ; plane tree from Gask, of good size ; splendid specimen 

 of beech, and two excellent oaks from Mertoun Estate, all grown 

 at an elevation of 400 feet, and about 165 years of age; good 

 specimens of ash and elm about no years old, grown on the 

 Riddell Estate at an altitude of 540 feet. The collection is of 

 excellent quality and size, and gives a fine representation of 

 Scotch-grown commercial timber. 



Mr H. J. Younger of Benmore sends an interesting class- 

 room set of hand specimens, showing 106 varieties of trees 

 grown on Benmore Estate. The specimens are neatly got up 

 and labelled, and are accompanied by two catalogues in frames, 

 giving the number, the botanical and the common name 

 of each specimen. The Earl of Rosse exhibits a useful 

 collection of ash handles, 14 in number, as manufactured in the 

 saw-mill on Birr Estate. They are neatly finished and of 

 splendid quality. 



Sir Duncan E. Hay, Bart, of Smithfield and Haystoun, shows 

 a very good set of nine boards, cut into 7 feet lengths, including 

 oak, elm, plane, beech, ash, poplar, Scots pine, spruce and 

 larch. The trees were grown at altitudes of 700, 600, 650, 800, 

 ■95o> 55°> 55°) ^5° ^"^ 9°° ^^^^ respectively, on sandy or 

 gravelly soils, and are fine practical examples of what can be 



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