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illustrations of school garden work, drawings of natural objects, 
essays and original note books by children, mounted collections 
of natural objects, weather charts, and nature calendars, and 
specimens of handicraft of a rural nature. 
The local committee expressed themselves convinced that 
these exhibitions of rural school work do great good ; enabling 
the public, especially those connected with the land, to realise 
that an effort is now being made to teach rural children 
something bearing upon rural pursuits, and to interest them in 
the life of their countryside. In this connection it is interesting 
to find it quoted from the returns of the Board of Education, 
that whereas only one school department was teaching gardening 
in 1894-5, with an average attendance of nine scholars, in 
190.8-4 there were 394 departments with 5,615 scholars. 
Agricultural Education Association.^ — This body, of which 
Mr. J. F. Blackshaw, F.C.S., the Principal of the Midland 
Agricultui’al and Dairy College, is honorary secretary, had 
allotted to them a stand for agricultm-al literature. On this the 
prospectuses and reports of the various centres of agricultural 
instruction were provided, with numerous published statements 
of experimental work. The Society is much indebted to the 
Colleges and other institutions for liberality in supplying 
literature of this nature for distribution, and Mr. Blackshaw 
reports that the appreciation of this feature of the Show, by the 
many visitors attracted to the educational exhibits, was illus- 
trated by the continuous demand experienced for these 
publications, the stock of which was exhausted by the end of 
the week. 
REPORT ON THE FORESTRY EXHIBITION 
AT LINCOLN. 
By H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., President of the Royal English 
Arboricultural Society. 
Though I confess that I had some doubt as to whether the 
attempt to get up a general exhibition in all branches of 
forestry at the same time would be successful, yet my doubts 
were entirely dissipated when I saw it. And when the time, 
trouble, and expense in making and arranging such exhibits, 
as were sent by several noblemen and gentlemen, among whom 
the President of the Royal Agricultural Society is pre-eminent, 
is considered, we must acknowledge that the interest in this 
branch of rui-al economy is rapidly growing, and congratulate 
the Society most heartily on the very instructive and admirable 
show which was made. 
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