FORESTRY EXHIBITION AT HAWICK. ' 1 07 



method of catching these vermin is much more humane than by 

 the ordinary spring-trap, and Mr Grant's invention may prove a 

 most useful one. 



For collections of fungi injurious to forest trees, Silver Medals 

 were awarded to Mr H. R. Munro, Great Witley, Worcester, Mr 

 S. Fraser, Hopetoun, and Mr A. Fish, Kinneil Estate, Bo'ness. 



In the non-competitive classes there were many very useful 

 exhibits. 



A No. I Silver Medal was awarded to the Duke of 

 Buccleuch for a large exhibit including specimens of stems 

 and samples of soil and surface layers, and diagrams 

 illustrating the growth of a pure crop of spruce ; specimens of 

 stems and diagrams illustrating the growth of young crops of 

 Japanese larch ; maps showing methods of distinguishing age- 

 classes in woods, records of timber production, etc. 



Silver Medals were also gained by the Duke of Roxburghe 

 and Sir Duncan Hay of Haystoun, Peebles, for specimens of 

 young trees and stems illustrating the growth of European and 

 Japanese larch, Douglas fir and spruce, etc. The advisability of 

 planting Japanese larch in preference to the European species 

 has been much discussed in recent years. It may be too soon to 

 form a definite opinion of the value of Japanese larch for general 

 planting, but it has already proved itself wonderfully adapted to 

 the deep dry pine soils of Bowmont forest and to the light soils 

 on the lower Silurian formation on the Peebles and Selkirk hills. 



Captain Sprot of Riddell had a very instructive exhibit for 

 which a Silver Medal was awarded. It included examples of 

 trees and stems showing the effects of full exposure and partial 

 shelter on the rate of growth of various plantation trees ; also 

 stems with examples of larch disease (canker), and spruce showing 

 the effect of Chermes laricis. 



Silver Medals were awarded for collections of home-grown 

 timbers to Captain Douglas of Cavers and to Lochiel, and to the 

 Earl of Mansfield, /(?r Mr F. Scott, for a transplanting frame with 

 specimens of pine transplants of three and four years' growth, 

 contrasting results with the frame and the ordinary transplanting 

 method by hand. The straightness of roots and rootlets resulting 

 from the frame transplanted trees would appear to justify the use 

 of the transplanting frame. 



An exhibit of very great importance, and of special interest at 

 the present time in view of the scarcity of pitwood, was the 



