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as  some  of  them,  though  attractive  enough  in  themselves,  were 
not  true  forest  specimens.  Other  exliibits  in  this  section  had, 
liowever,  real  educational  and  scientific  value.  This  was  notably 
the  case  with  a splendid  collection  of  conifer  seedlings  shown 
by  the  Hon.  Mark  Rolle.  It  consisted  of  over  a hundred  and 
fifty  seedlings  and  trans{)lanted  fir  trees  raised  almost  entirely 
from  .seed  grown  on  the  exhibitor’s  estate,  the  genera  rej)resented 
including  Finns,  Abies,  Picea,  Larix,  Cedrus,  Oupressus,  Ketino- 
spora,  Taxodium,  Thuja,  and  Wellingtonia.  Mr.  Rolle  has 
presented  this  collection  to  the  English  Arboricultural  Society, 
in  order  that  it  may  continue  to  afford  useful  guidance  to  those 
interested  in  cone  bearing  trees. 
Section  III.  consisted  mainly  of  photographs  and  diagrams 
illustrating  .systems  of  treatment.  It  included  also  photographs 
of  some  magnificent  oaks  grown  in  Rockingham  Forest  and  at 
Welbeck,  with  ])articulars  of  the  high  prices  realised  for  the 
“brown”  timber,  this  A'ariety  of  the  oak  being  highly  ]>rized. 
Section  IV.  (timber.';)  was  the  largest  of  the  Exhibition. 
The  Commissioners  of  Woods  and  Forests  sent  a valuable 
collection  illustrating  injuries  caused  by  the  weather,  by  dead 
branches,  insects,  disease,  &c. ; the  University  College  of  Wales 
showed  mounted  sj)ecimens  of  timber  Horn  various  species  of 
trees  grown  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Dolgelly  ; and  in.structive 
exhibits  illustrating  the  capabilities  of  home-grown  timber  in 
the  form  of  planks  and  hand  sjjecimens,  methods  of  })runing, 
&c.,  were  sent  by  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  the  Marquis  of  Bath, 
Earl  Egerton  of  Tatton,  the  Earl  of  Yarborough,  and  Mr.  H.  J. 
Elwes,  F.R.S. 
Section  V.  (insects  and  diseases)  included  specimens  of 
forest  insects  and  fungi  and  their  ravages,  and  exami>les  of 
the  attacks  of  game,  birds,  squirrels,  voles,  &c.  To  this  section 
the  South  Eastern  Agricultural  College  at  Wye  contributed  an 
excellent  exhibit  including  living  specimens,  and  mention  should 
also  be  made  of  a very  complete  series  of  mounted  specimens 
of  forest  insects  collected  during  many  years  by  Mr.  A.  T. 
Gillanders,  forester  to  the  Duke  of  Northumberland. 
Section  VI.  (forest  exploitation,  timber  manipulation,  &.c.) 
was  chiefly  interesting  to  land  owners  and  estate  agents.  The 
Duke  of  Buccleuch  showed  a series  of  “stobs”  which  had  been 
in  the  ground  from  eight  to  fourteen  and  a half  years,  illustrating 
the  good  effects  of  the  naphthaline  process  of  timber  preservation 
in  use  at  Drunilanrig.  The  Earl  of  Yarborough  sent  a large 
number  of  larch  and  spruce  posts  and  rails  showing  varieties 
