COMPARATIVE VALUE OF TIMBER 



planks cut from trees that were used for boat- 

 building fully two centuries ago are yet per- 

 fectly sound, as might have been seen when 

 these were exhibited in London at some of the 

 collections of wood of late years. The Scottish 

 woods and plantations have, however, got a 

 clearing out during the past four years, and 

 lucky it was that the forethought and perse- 

 verance of the Northern lairds caused this 

 useful tree to be planted in such quantities 

 on their estates. The famous Ballochbuie 

 Forest, owned by the King, and others in 

 Aberdeenshire, produce the highest class of 

 Scotch fir timber, many of the trees in these 

 woods containing over 150 feet of timber 

 clean, long, and of excellent quality. Some 

 of the timber used in making Balmoral Castle 

 was Scotch pine grown on the Royal estate. 



To anyone who is interested in the question 

 of the lasting properties of our native woods 

 we would advise them to examine some of the 

 buildings that were erected over seventy years 

 ago, both in Wales and Scotland, or, nearer 

 still to the metropolis, at Chesham, where 



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