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fast growth; and Mr Younger of Benmore had a nice lot of 
cross-sections of spruce, Douglas fir, Adbzes MNordmanniana, 
Araucaria imbricata, Sequoia gigantea, Abies nobilis, and oak. 
Messrs Alex. Bruce & Co., Leven, exhibited cross-sections of 
larch from the banks of the Findhorn. A nice collection of 
fourteen kinds of conifers, in tubs, was exhibited by Captain 
Stirling of Keir, and Mr Younger had a very extensive exhibit 
of branches of conifers, with cones, from Benmore. A small 
collection of tree seeds, and seedlings in pots, came from 
the Country Gentlemen’s Association, London. 
In the department of Forest Protection there were some 
excellent exhibits. Mr A. T. Gillanders, Alnwick Castle, had 
eight cases of insects injurious to forest trees, in which the 
complete life-histories of the insects were displayed; and 
Dr Borthwick, the Honorary Cryptogamist of the Society, had 
a set of five cases of both injurious and useful forest insects. 
From Pollok Estate came an extremely interesting lot of examples 
of damage by fungi, some fine specimens of Zyametes and 
Peridermium being amongst them. 
Of specimens illustrative of forest botany, a fine set of sixteen 
cases of specimens, with dissections, of the various parts of 
forest trees was exhibited by Dr Borthwick. 
Tools and implements used in forestry were illustrated by a 
good collection of foresters’ tools from Pollok Estate, and 
amongst other appliances exhibited may be mentioned Mr 
Kay’s straining-pillar for wire-fencing, as well as a model 
of his tree-transplanting machine, and his dendrometer; and 
Mr J. Mactavish, Dunrobin, exhibited his calliper girth-measurer, 
for which he received an award at Dumfries, with some 
improvements. 
Of timber treated with preservatives there was a good show. 
Messrs Alex. Bruce & Co., timber merchants, Leven, had a 
very instructive collection of creosoted examples, consisting 
of a field-gate made of Scots pine, railway sleepers of Baltic 
redwood, Scots pine, and larch, and small sections of seven 
kinds of common hardwoods and of four common coniferous 
timbers; and in every case the quantity of creosote injected 
per cubic foot was specified. 
Mr Leven, Auchincruive, Ayr, had an inteyesting exhibit of 
creosoted stobs and paling rails which had been in use for ten 
years, and which were still in an excellent state of preservation; 
