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good competition. The first prize, a No. 2 Silver Medal, went 
to Sir John Stirling-Maxwell for a field-gate made of Scots pine 
of exceptionally fine quality, while the second went to Mr J. C. 
Archibald, Edenhall Estate, Langwathby, for a gate constructed 
of larch, also of exceptionally fine quality; but structurally this 
gate was inferior to that which gained the first prize. Mr A. 
Fraser, Lundin and Montrave, was third, with a gate of good 
design, also constructed of larch; and a No. 2 Silver Medal 
was awarded to Mr D. P. Wallace, Castle Hill Estate, North 
Devon, for a beautifully executed model of a field-gate. For a 
full-sized section of a rustic fence (Competition No. 8) there 
were two entries, and the first prize, a No. 2 Silver Medal, was 
gained by Mr Alex. Pollock, Tarbolton, with a fence of good 
design constructed in larch thinnings, while the second prize 
went to Mr A. Fraser, Lundin and Montrave, for an extremely 
neat design, but, constructed as it was of small spruce thinnings, 
the fence was not of such a durable nature as the other. In 
Competition No. 10, for examples showing the best methods of 
utilising small wood, the first prize, a No. 1 Silver Medal, 
was won by Messrs J. & E. Waters & Co., Ltd. Longtown, 
Carlisle, with an extremely well got-up case of bobbins; the 
second prize, a No. 2 Silver Medal, going to Mr Alex. Pollock, 
for plant-tubs, flower-vases, and a rustic table. 
Of articles for exhibition only there was an interesting, if 
not very large, display, and from an educational point of view 
it was one of much value. The Society’s set of 170 micro- 
sections of the timber of British-grown trees and_ shrubs, 
and collection of too lantern slides of photo-micrographs of 
plant tissues, presented by Mr D. F. Mackenzie, were again 
on exhibition. Some interesting exhibits illustrative of the 
growth of trees were shown. One of these, from Mr D. P. 
Wallace, Castle Hill Estate, North Devon, consisted of three 
boards each of larch and Douglas fir, and, according to the 
descriptive label accompanying them, the plantation from which 
they were taken, which consisted of 40 acres, was planted in 
1367, the soil being a good loam overlying a thin, loose rock, 
known locally as “shillet.” The crop was larch, with a Douglas 
fir here and there, and now the larch contain, on the average, 
26 cubic feet of marketable timber per tree, while the Douglas 
fir contain 52 cubic feet. Lord Powerscourt exhibited boards of 
Scots pine, larch, and spruce of extremely fine, clean, and very 
