SUBJECTS OFFEEED FOR COMPETITION DURING 

 1873-74. 



I. For the best and approved Essay on the Pruning of Timber- 

 trees, considered physiologically, and in relation to the production 

 of the greatest value. (Prize of Five Guineas offered by George 

 Beid, Nursery and Seedsman, Aberdeen.) 



II. For the best and approved Essay on the Literature of Scottish 

 Arboriculture. (Prize of Five Guineas offered by the President.) 



III. For a full and complete account, from published descrip- 

 tions (the authorities distinctly quoted), personal observation and 

 experiment, of the history and present state of the cultivation 

 in Great Britain and Ireland of Cedrus Deodara (C. Libani, and 

 C. atlantica, all now classed as one species). (Special Medal, value 

 Three Guineas, offered by the President.) 



IV. For the best and approved Eeport on the most extensive, 

 complete, and judiciously arranged Arboretum. (.4 Medal.) 



The Arboretums described in 1872 are excluded. 



V. For the best and approved Essay on the present state and 

 future prospects of Arboriculture in the county in which the com- 

 petitor resides. (A Medal.) 



Yorkshire and Aberdeenshire are excluded, having been reported 

 in 1873. 



VI. For the best and approved Eeport on the conservation of Old 

 and Eemarkable Trees in Britain. (^4 Medal.) 



VII. For the best and approved Eeport on the Drainage of Plan- 

 tations, both by Open and Covered Drains. (.4 Medal.) 



VIII. For the best and approved collection of Cones exhibited 

 from and grown in the county in which the competitor resides. 

 (A Medal.) 



Wigtownshire is excluded, having been reported in 1873. 



IX. For the best and approved collection of prepared sections of 

 different kinds of Wood grown in the county in which the com- 

 petitor resides. (A Medal.) 



X. For the best and approved series of Geological Specimens 

 illustrating the different rocks and formations on which Forest Trees 

 and Shrubs grow in the county in which the competitor resides. 

 The specimens to be accompanied by a Eeport. (A Medal.) 



