1906.] 



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Shows of fruit and vegetables, open to foreign exhibitors, will 

 be held on the following dates. The latest dates for receiving 

 applications from exhibitors are given in brackets : — Forced 

 fruit and early vegetables, including asparagus, i8th-2ist May 

 [15th April] ; strawberries, early cherries, and stone fruit and 

 early vegetables, 8th- nth June [15th May]; early fruit and 

 vegetables, I3th-I5th July [15th June] ; apples, pears, and stone- 

 fruit, grapes, &c., ioth-i2th August [15th July] ; autumn vege- 

 tables, 2ist-24th September [15th August] ; collections of fruit 

 new varieties, fruit trees in pots, fruit packing, cold storage, &c., 

 5th- 14th October [15th August]. 



Applications for information should be addressed to the 

 Office of the Exhibition, Friedrichsplatz 14, Mannheim, 

 Germany. A copy of the provisional programme can be seen 

 at the Offices of the Board, 4, Whitehall Place, S.W. 



An international Spring Orchid Show will be held from 7th 

 to 9th May, 1907, applications respecting which should be ad- 

 dressed to Mr. Otto Beyrodt, Marienfelde, Berlin. 



The work at the School of Forestry, which hab been 

 established by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests in 



the Forest of Dean, is reported to have 

 School of ^Forestry ^^^^ satisfactory progress. As the result 

 Forest of Dean. of experience the course of instruction has 



been slightly modified and improved. Seven 

 students entered the school in January, 1904, and completed the 

 course in October, 1905. One has been appointed Assistant 

 Crown Woodman in Windsor Forest, while the others are 

 still in the Forest of Dean. A second class of seven students 

 commenced in November, 1904, two of whom were from private 

 estates, and a third class of eight students began in November, 

 1905, three being from private estates. 



During the year a museum has been built at Parkend, 

 and contains a number of specimens of various timbers, also 

 specimens illustrative of damage caused by animals, insects, 

 fungi, &c. These specimens are being arranged and labelled, 

 and when finished will be of general interest as well as of value 

 to the forest student. The Abbotswood experimental plantation 

 has been made over to the school ; about five acres were planted 

 this season with mixtures of various species. 



[Reoort of Commissioners of Woods, &c., 1903-1906.] 



