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country than any other citizen of the United States. Since 

 the war he had regularly despatched large quantities of tree 

 seeds to this country and to France, in the hope of re-instating 

 the war-time exploited woodlands. 



Local Secretary. 



On the motion of Mr J. H. Milne Home, seconded by 

 Mr Broom, Colonel G. F. T. Leather of Middleton Hall 

 was appointed Local Secretary for Northumberland. 



Report on Specification of a Gate. 



The Judges reported that they had carefully considered this 

 specification, and while commending it they did not think it 

 of sufficient merit to obtain the award of a medal. 



The Nursery and Plantation Competitions. 

 {Restricted to the Perth Show District.) 



The Secretary read the awards of the Judges as follows : — 



*' Nine nurseries and sixteen plantations were entered for 

 competition under the various classes, and most of the subjects 

 reached a high standard of merit. 



In the nurseries the Judges were impressed by the general 

 health of the plants, and in every case the " lay out" was good. 

 On estates the forester is often called upon to grow flowering 

 shrubs as well as forest trees, and this lends a very pleasing 

 variation to the appearance of estate nurseries. Nevertheless 

 the absence of such material is no barrier in the way to the 

 prize list. Two of the larger nurseries were particularly 

 rich in their collections of ornamental trees and shrubs — 

 some of which were of the, as yet, rarer Chinese sorts. 



The following awards are recommended in connection with 

 the Nursery Competition : — 



Class L 



Nurseries not exceeding two acres in extent. 



1. No. 2 Silver Medal Certificate. Dr G. F. Barbour, 



Bonskeid, Pitlochry. 



2. Highly Commended. Moray Estates Development 



Company, Kinfauns. 



