84 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAI, SOCIETY. 



II. The Forestry Exhibition at Inverness. 



By Bkodie or Brodie. 



The Forestry Exhibition of the Scottish Arboricultural Society, 

 held from i8th to 21st July 191 1, in the showyard of the Highland 

 and Agricultural Society at Inverness, was, on the whole, a 

 very interesting one ; and if there were not very many exhibits of 

 outstanding excellence, there were hardly any that were without 

 considerable merit. 



The exhibits of specimens of timber, both in the open and the 

 local classes, were excellent ; and it would be hard to beat the 

 first prize exhibit, in the open class, for specimens of Scots pine, 

 larch and spruce forwarded from the Marquess of Graham (per 

 Mr Wm. Inglis), or the specimens of ash, oak and elm shown by 

 the Earl of Moray (per Mr D. Scott). 



One of the most interesting exhibits in the show was that set 

 up by Mr Gilbert Brown, forester to the Countess Dowager of 

 Seafield, illustrating the advantages of pasturing wood or waste- 

 land before planting or regenerating naturally. There was also 

 an excellent report sent in with this exhibit. 



The collection of cones and foliage of different species of 

 conifers from Murthly set up by Mr Eraser, assistant forester, 

 was a very fine one ; and the cases of injurious insects, shown 

 as larva, pupa and imago, with a short life-history of each species, 

 exhibited by Mr Hanson, Parkend, Glos., were beautifully set up 

 and clearly labelled. 



The judges (Mr Robertson, Dunrobin ; Mr Scott, Scone; and 

 myself) did not feel that we should be justified in recommending 

 the highest award of a gold medal to any of these exhibits, but 

 that does not mean that those mentioned were not very good 

 indeed, and a First Class silver medal is and should be considered 

 a very high award. 



Two points that were brought up by the judges at the general 

 meeting in the showyard, which they think might be considered 

 by the Council, were — 



1. Is it necessary, in the exhibits of timbers, to insist on 



having one plank containing the pith ? 



2. Would it not be better to have separate competitions in 



the timber classes for larch, spruce and Scots pine, 

 instead of grouping the three together? This would 

 make the judgmg simpler and more satisfactory, it 



