TQ9O TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
XXII. Forestry Exhibition at the Highland and Agricultural 
Society's Show at Glasgou, July 1905. By the ASSISTANT 
EDITOR. 
Although the Forestry Exhibition which the Society held at 
Glasgow was not on such an extensive scale as that held at 
Perth in 1904, it was nevertheless one of a very interesting and 
instructive kind. The Highland and Agricultural Society again 
voted the sum of £20 to be awarded in prizes for timber, but on 
this occasion the competition was open to the United Kingdom, 
instead of being, as in the previous competitions, confined to 
Scotland. This brought two competitors from Ireland, and two 
of the awards went across the Channel. In Competition No. 1, 
for three boards each of Scots pine, larch, and spruce, the first 
prize was carried off by the Marquis of Breadalbane, who 
showed a very fine lot of boards, the Scots pine especially being 
of extremely fine quality. The second prize went to Mr Steuart 
Fothringham of Murthly, whose Scots pine boards were also 
very fine; while Viscount Powerscourt took third place., In 
Competition No. 2, for boards of any three coniferous timbers 
other than those specified in Competition No. 1, the first prize 
was carried off by Lord Powerscourt, with boards of Douglas fir 
(Pseudotsuga Douglasii), Thuya gigantea, and Californian redwood 
(Sequoia sempervirens). These boards were of very fast, but 
clean, growth, and it was observed that those of Zhuya gigantea 
especially had shrunk very considerably in drying. The second 
prize went to Captain Stirling of Keir for boards of <Adzes 
Nordmanniana, Cedrus Deodara, and Araucaria imbricata, but 
they were of much coarser growth than Lord Powerscourt’s 
specimens. In Competition No. 3, for boards of ash, oak, and 
Scots elm, the Marquis of Breadalbane was again to the front 
with very fine clean boards, Sir John Stirling-Maxwell of Pollok 
being second with a very good lot. In Competition No. 4, for 
boards of any three non-coniferous timbers other than those 
specified in Competition No. 3, Mr Steuart Fothringham carried 
off the first prize with very good samples of scarlet oak, English 
elm, and beech; while Sir John Stirling-Maxwell came second 
with good clean boards of gean, beech, and black Italian poplar. 
No competitors came forward in Classes 5 and 6, but in No. 7, 
for a gate manufactured from home-grown timber, there was 
