S8 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Shaw-Stewart, Bart, of Ardgowan, sent from Inverkip a large 

 exhibit of fine timber of excellent quality and size. In the rough 

 there was i larch, 40 feet x 18 inches diameter; i silver fir, 

 40 feet X 36 inches; i Scots pine, 25 feet x 30 inches; i ash, 

 30 feet X 36 inches: i elm, 25 feet x 30 inches; i oak, 12 

 feet X 30 inches. He also sent boards of larch, 24 inches x | inch; 

 Scots pine, 24 inches x | inch ; Weymouth pine, 14 inches x | 

 inch; Douglas fir, 16 inches x i inch; Cedrus Lebant, 14 

 inches x i inch ; Cedrus atlatitica, 10 inches x 2 inches ; 

 Araucaria, 11 inches x i inch; Seguoia giganiea, 15 inches x 3 

 inches ; ash, 20 inches x | inch ; elm (Wych), 24 inches x i inch; 

 sycamore, 14^ inches x z'k inches; Spanish chestnut, 14 

 inches x 3^^ inches; and cross-cut sections of tulip tree, Douglas 

 fir, larch, English yew, Cedrus atlantica, Thuya gigantea, Abies 

 alberiiixna, evergreen oak and holly. 



From Glenfinart Captain Leschallas sent a plank of larch, 

 7 feet 29 inches x i| inches, cut from a tree too years old. 



Messrs Adam Wilson & Son, Troon, had on view a number 

 of large boards of oak and Scots pine ; these were timber of 

 first-class quality. They also sent a section of larch. John D. 

 Sutherland, Esq., Oban, exhibited an interesting collection of 

 blocks of home-grown timber in a case, prepared for school 

 instruction. 



Class 5. — No Entries. 



Class 6. — Specimens showing the beneficial effects of pruning 

 ivhen 7vell done, and injurious effects when badly done. 



From the Duke of Northumberland and the Royal Botanic 

 (iardens, Kew, there were specimens showing the evil eflfects of 

 pruning when badly done or neglected, and others showing 

 the benefit of skilful pruning. 



Class 7. — Specimens of stems illustrating the effects of dense and 

 of thin crops in branch suppression and quality of timber. 



The Marquess of Ailsa sent from Culzean stems of Corsican 

 pine and spruce grown in thin crop, and of Sitka spruce grown 

 in dense crop, showing the difference in quality through branch 

 suppression. H. J. Younger, Esq., sent specimens of home- 

 grown timber, namely Douglas fir and Thuya gigantea, cut out 

 of a standing crop of 560 trees per acre, 34 years old, and averag- 

 ing about 65 feet in height ; also specimens of the same showing 

 the difference in quality of timber when grown in thin crop. 



