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Class IV. 

 For the best young Plantation, mainly Conifers, not less than 

 five acres and not exceeding ten acres in extent. 



No. 2 Silver Medal Certificate. Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 

 Bart, of Gairloch, for his nine-year-old plantation of 

 twelve acres of Japanese larch at Gairloch. This 

 plantation shows extraordinary vigour and regularity. 



Class V. 

 For the best young Plantation exceeding ten years and not 

 exceeding twenty years. 



No. 2 Silver Medal Certificate. The Rt. Hon. The 



Viscount Novar of Raith, for his thirteen-year-old 



plantation of Scots fir and larch, extending to seventy 



acres. This is a good healthy crop, showing a careful 



study of the local conditions and, so far, free from 



disease or damage of any kind. 



In this class the Judges also award Congratulations to the 



Viscount Novar for his nineteen-year-old plantation of ten acres 



of experimental plots. While this area can not be considered 



along the same lines as normal plantations, it is of great 



instructive value and particularly as regards that section under 



Abies grandis, than which there is probably no plot of better 



growth or quality in the country. 



Class VI. 

 For the best young Plantation exceeding twenty years and 

 not exceeding forty years. 



No. 2 Silver Medal Certificate. Sir Wm. Gordon Gumming, 

 Bart, of Altyre, for a thirty-eight-year-old plantation 

 of sixteen acres of Scots fir. The type of tree, general 

 growth and treatment of this area leave little to be desired. 



There were no entries in Class VII. — Hardwood Plantations. 



We consider it only fair to point out that in certain classes 

 very large areas of even age under varying conditions were 

 placed at a big disadvantage when '' pitted " against small 

 areas in which the conditions were more constant. This was 

 the case with a number of large plantations entered from 

 Novar Estate, some of which, extending to over loo acres, 

 contained sections of outstanding quality. 



