94 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Forestry education at the Armstrong College are doing their 

 utmost, not only to teach sound scientific forestry principles, but 

 to make their work of real practical benefit to those connected 

 with the management of woodlands in the north of England. 



Professor Potter, Armstrong College, showed samples of fungi 

 injurious to forest trees. 



In addition to the exhibits just referred to, the Armstrong 

 College showed photographs from Cockle Park of Tree Plot§ 

 illustrating — (i) the comparative growth of Japanese and 

 European Larch, as well as Scots Pine and Spruce; and 

 (2) the results of the different methods of planting, etc. 



The Earl of Yarborough showed a very fine set of exhibits 

 within the building, being a splendid collection of boards, 7 feet 

 long, of 83 different species grown on his estates. The same 

 exhibitor also showed a set of photographs illustrative of the 

 entire range of Forestry, from the seedling in the nursery to the 

 manufacture and creosoting of timber, together with detailed 

 tables, stating the comparative amount of creosote special 

 timbers will absorb. 



The Earl Egerton of Tatton, Cheshire, exhibited planks, 

 6 feet in length, of several kinds of timber grown in Tatton 

 Park. 



Mr John Patten, jun.. Park Farm, Alnwick, had a very 

 beautiful exhibit showing "Specimens of the Fruits of Trees and 

 Shrubs, together with drawings and photographs illustrating the 

 Fructification of each particular Species." This exhibit was very 

 much admired, and it is one which is capable of considerable 

 development. 



Coloured maps illustrating Working-Plans were shown by 

 Mr Gillanders and Mr Annand. 



Outside the shed a series of exhibits were placed. Messrs 

 Richard Smith & Co., Ltd., Worcester, and Messrs Little and 

 Ballantyne, Carlisle, exhibited plots of coniferous and other trees 

 suitable for ornamental planting. Messrs Joseph Robson & Son, 

 Hexham, exhibited a very well-grown and beautifully arranged 

 set of trees and shrubs, etc., suitable for seaside, town, and 

 inland planting respectively. 



Mr J. C. Leyland, Haggerston Castle, Northumberland, 

 exhibited a very fine set of conifer seedlings and transplants 

 which had been raised in his own estate nursery. 



In addition to several interesting exhibits from the gentlemen 



