92 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Caledonian Railway Company sent home-grown Scots 

 pine and Baltic redwood sleepers creosoted and uncreosoted, 

 larch telegraph poles creosoted and uncreosoted, fencing posts 

 and rails creosoted and uncreosoted, and an oak telegraph arm. 

 From Messrs Souness & Spiers was sent a Scots pine sleeper 

 from Lochiel natural forest, and a Scots pine sleeper from Appin 

 sawmills. 



Class 1 8. — No Entries. 



Class 19. — Specimens of timber presented by various methods. 



Messrs Adam Wilson & Sons sent oak railway keys, gate, and 

 stobs treated with "Baral." Sir Hugh Shaw-Stewart, Bart., 

 sent from Ardgowan a 10 feet field-gate and posts, and fencing 

 stobs (larch, Scots pine, spruce, silver fir, beech, elm, oak and 

 sycamore) treated with creosote. 



Class 20. — Examples shoivino the methods of utilising smallwood 

 in carving, turnery, wood-engraving and fancy ivoodwork of all 

 kinds. 



Messrs J. & P. Coats, Ltd., Glasgow, sent samples of bobbin 

 wood and finished bobbins ; and Messrs James Broom & Sons, 

 samples of ash and birch used in the manufacture of shovel 

 handles. Messrs Souness & Spiers exhibited a frame made of 

 Scots pine from a natural forest at Achnacarry, containing 

 examples of pilasters, mouldings, panels, etc., to illustrate the 

 purposes to which the timber can be applied. From the 

 Foresters' and Gardeners' Society of Argyll there were manu- 

 factured articles from the Appin estate, consisting of ash felloes, 

 oak spokes, oak railway keys, oak, ash and beech wedges, and 

 a larch cart tram. 



Mr T. W. H. Hutchison, Dumfries, showed a very interesting 

 exhibit illustrating the manufacture of clog soles, as follows : — 

 section of bole of birch, bole split into sections, clog blocks 

 dressed from splits, finished clog soles (birch and alder), finished 

 men's Derby clogs, children's clogs and ladies' shoe clogs. 



Adam Wilson & Sons, Troon, sent ash felloes and oak spokes 

 (in the rough), oak railway keys, navvy and miner's pick shafts 

 (finished). 



Class 2 1. — Specimens of rare and ornamental trees and shrubs. 



The Duke of Atholl sent specimens of hybrid and common 

 larch to show how the hybrid plant of the same age as the 

 common one has made one-third more height-growth. 



