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their great beauty and high artistic excellence. Those of Mr. Wallis, of 

 Louth, are in the most masterly style, both of design and finish. Messrs. 

 Rogers, of Soho square ; Mr. W. H. Baylis, Mr. Bryer, of Southampton ; 

 Mr. T. H. Kendall ; Mr. W. Perry, of North Audiey street ; and Mr. R 

 J. Tudsbury, of Edwinstowe, have all exhibited works of great beauty 

 and admirable execution, showing that in this branch of art a fair amount 

 of real talent is not wanting in our artists. 



Austria presents a large display of timber specimens and wood 

 goods. 



The Imperial Royal Ministries for the Direction of the I. R. Finances 

 at Gratz, Lemberg, Pressburg ; for the I. R. Direction of Forests, Vienna, 

 and Montana, in Istria ; and for the I. R. Direction of Salterns and 

 Forests at Gumunden in Upper Austria, and at Saltzburg, of Kutjevo in 

 Selavonia, and Radauz in the Bukowina, have collectively brought toge- 

 ther a finer collection of the forest products under their care, than in all 

 probability was ever brought together before by one country. They are 

 principally large and carefully-selected blocks of the various kinds of 

 timber shown in different states, as cross-cuts (with the bark on), squared, 

 logs, planks, rough and planed, scantling, palings, sleepers, staves, &c. ; 

 and the barks of fir, larch, and oak, prepared for tanners' use in rolls, and 

 crushed. 



Matthew Bauer, of Warasdin, shows examples of Croatian oak-staves 

 of excellent grain, the prices of which are remarkably low. "We were 

 informed by the Imperial Commissioner that they are supplied in large 

 quantities to the French coopers for claret and biandy hogsheads at the 

 rate of 31. 10s. per 1,000. Cross-cut sections of the trees are also sent by 

 the exhibitor ; they show a clean, compact, and sound growth. 



Count Ernest Hoyos-Sprinzenstein, of Stixenstein and Gutenstein, 

 has made an admirable display of the timber produce of his estates. The 

 following will show the varieties, price per cubic foot, soil on which 

 grown, and the altitude. The price is expressed in Austrian convention 

 Munz kreutzers : — 



Black fir (Pinus Austriaca, Poir) ; Alpine chalk : Northern ; alti- 

 tude, 1,600 feet ; price per cubic foot, 60 kreuzer. 



Spruce {Abies excelsa, D.C.). 



Silver pine (Abies pectinata, D.C.); Gray-wacke : Bottom of Valley ; 

 altitude, 3,000 feet ; price per cubic foot, 30 kreuzer. 



Scotch fir (Pinus sylvestris, L.) ; Dolomite : Northern ; altitude, 1,600 

 feet ; price per cubic feet, 30 kreuzer. 



Beech (Fagus sylvatica, L.) ; Alpine chalk : Southern ; altitude, 

 2,000 ; price per cubic foot, 18 kreuzer. 



Count Munch-Bellinghausen shows the stem of a black fir (Pinus 

 Austriaca) with the incisions made for collecting resin, and the imple- 

 ments illustrating the process. The same nobleman also exhibits a 

 most remarkable specimen of the hazel-tree of Austria (Corylus Colurna); 

 it is a transverse section with one surface polished to show its beautiful 



