88 YRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
In the section devoted to the timber of broad-leaved trees other 
than oak, elm, and ash, the first prize went to Sir D. E. Hay 
for a highly meritorious exhibit of sycamore, black Italian poplar, 
and beech ; and the second to the Marquis of Breadalbane, who 
sent fine specimens of beech, birch, and sycamore. 
No. 1 Silver Medals were awarded to the Earl of Mansfield for 
an estate or farm gate made of larch timber, and to Messrs 
William Sinton & Sons, Jedburgh, for plant tubs and vases made 
of oak grown in Jed Forest. The Scone gate attracted much 
attention, and the fine quality of the timber was greatly admired. 
For full-sized sections of rustic fences made of larch thinnings, a 
No. 2 Silver Medal was gained by Mr Alex. Pollok, Tarbolton, 
and a Bronze Medal by Sir Duncan E. Hay, Bart. For examples 
showing the best methods of utilising small wood, No. 2 Silver 
Medals went to the Earl of Mansfield and Mr John Smith, Peebles, 
a Bronze Medal being awarded to Mr Alex. Pollok, Tarbolton. 
There was a very varied and interesting collection of articles 
lent for Exhibition only. To this section the Earl of Minto sent, 
from his Hawick estates, an interesting contribution which in- 
cluded specimens of wood showing damage done by squirrels 
and the destructive effects of the beech aphis; specimens of young 
plants exhibiting root-systems as resulting from (a) natural sowing, 
(4) notch-planting, and (c) pit-planting; and planks and rails 
showing the effects of artificial pruning on the timber of various 
species. The Earl of Mansfield sent from the Scone estate a 
large collection of forestry tools used on his properties; a special 
gate latch with an automatic closing arrangement; some exceed- 
ingly fine pieces of plank of Scots pine, larch, sycamore, elm, 
and other timber grown on the Scone estate; and some large 
planks of Douglas fir grown on that estate along with some 
foreign planks of the same species, showing the difference in 
growth. Another useful and important collection was that 
belonging to the President, Mr Steuart Fothringham of Murthly, 
who contributed specimens of larch, Scots pine, and Norway 
spruce, showing the quality of the timber produced by wide 
and by close planting. Mr Fothringham also sent a very interest- 
ing model of a water-gate, the chief feature of which was that it 
could be put on or removed without going into the water. 
Sir Duncan Hay’s exhibit was a large one, and included 
conifers in tubs taken from a small experimental wood four 
years planted. The species shown included European larch, 
