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From W. Steuart Fothringham, Esq., there were specimens of 

 Scots pine and larch. 



Class 8. — Platits, trees and timber damaged by storms, frosts, 

 insects, animals, birds, fungi or other causes, and specimens of the 

 insects, animals, birds, fungi, etc., H'hich caused the damage. 



The Marquess of Ailsa showed young Corsican and Scots pine 

 affected by a leaf-shedding fungus ; leading shoot of Sitka spruce 

 damaged by frost (?), showing how readily it forms another 

 leader ; sycamore with Nectria cinnabarinmn, and witch's broom 

 on birch. 



Examples of injury caused by woodbine, rabbits and squirrels 

 were sent by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ; while the Earl 

 of Strathmore forwarded a section of beech showing damage by 

 attack of felted scale {Cryptococcus fagi). H. J. Younger, Esq., 

 sent young Japanese larch attacked by canker fungus {Feziza 

 willkotnmii). 



Messrs Souness & Spiers had a section of English elm showing 

 ring and star shake ; and Mr James Whitton sent a section of 

 elm from Kelvingrove Park showing the same defects. West 

 of Scotland Agricultural College, per Dr Nisbet, sent illustrations 

 and preserved specimens of injurious insects, with larvte and 

 eggs, showing the nature of damage done to timber by the 

 injurious class. 



Class 9. — Specimens of useful insects, birds or animals, with 

 illustrations of their use. 



Here again Dr Nisbet exhibited illustrations of useful insects 

 in all stages. 



Class 10.- — Tools, instruments and implements, home and foreign, 

 and models of buildings and machinery used in various operations 

 connected with forestry, including sawniilling, pulping, transplanting, 

 transporting and such like. 



Robert Sorby & Sons, Ltd., Sheffield, sent a fine case of 

 foresters' tools, consisting of felling axes, saws, pruning and 

 various other useful implements. Messrs Trewhella Bros., 

 Birmingham, exhibited an Australian " Monkey " jack used for 

 uprooting trees, etc. The Patent Safety Ladder Company, Peter- 

 borough, exhibited their well-known patent extension and other 

 ladders. Mr James Whitton showed a neat model of a trans- 

 planting machine. The West of Scotland Agricultural College, 

 per Dr Nisbet, sent an interesting collection of German forest 



