108 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



collection of home-grown railway and pit timber sent from 

 Dupplin by Sir John Dewar. It included — 

 I railway sleeper, 10 inches by 5 inches. 



Pitwood crowns — 



1 pine, 9 feet by 9 inches by 4?; inches. 



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 Pit tramway sleepers — 



I pine, 3 feet 9 inches by 6 inches by 2 inches. 



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Round pit sleepers — 



ID pairs, ranging in length from 3 feet to 12 feet long, 

 diameter from 3 inches to 7 inches at small end. 



Mr Gordon, Glasgow and West of Scotland Agricultural 

 College, exhibited photographs illustrating very useful methods 

 of eradicating bracken. 



Mr VVm. Peffers, Electric Sawmills, Hawick, and Mr W. A. 

 Edmond, joiner, Floors Castle, were each awarded Medals for 

 exhibits illustrating utilisation of home-grown timber. Mr 

 Peffers' collection included a complete rustic bridge ; sections of 

 pine flooring ; rails sawn from crooked oak boughs ; and a large 

 pine log 40 feet long by 20 inches quarter-girth. Mr Edmonds' 

 collection consisted of articles of turnery. 



A remarkable collection of artificial flowers made from pine 

 and spruce timber, for which a Silver Medal was awarded, 

 was shown by Mr Charles Burton, Sandford Hill, Longton, 

 Staffordshire. Most of the flowers were wonderful imitations of 

 Nature's own production, and they attracted much attention. 



Excellent arrangements for the staging and setting out of the 

 material were made by the local committee, consisting of Mr 

 Milne Home, Mr VV. M. Price, Mr Leven and Mr Leishman. 



Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather on one of the 

 days of the show, the forestry exhibition attracted a great deal of 

 notice and was visited by very large numbers, and may safely be 

 claimed to have fulfilled its purpose in assisting to educate public 

 opinion, and to bring forward to public notice the aims and 

 objects of the Society. J. F. A. 



