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Horticultural  Exhibition  at  Gloucester. 
he  might  gain  by  a more  thorough  knowledge  of  the  properties 
of  some  of  the  rarer  woods  which  he  from  time  to  time 
handles.  Mr.  Elwes  certainly  deserves  the  gratitude  of  all 
timber  merchants  for  this  exhibit.” 
The  Forestry  building  was  conveniently  arranged,  though 
not  large  enough  for  all  the  exhibits,  many  of  which,  including 
the  rarer  kinds  of  planks,  were  displayed  outside,  and  perhaps 
suffered  from  the  inclement  weather  that  prevailed.  The  build- 
ing was  ornamented  with  a large  collection  of  photographs,  the 
greater  portion  being  contributed  by  Mr.  Elwes.  These  com- 
prised a selection  of  pictures  of  the  most  remarkable  and  rare 
trees  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland.  Photographs  of  plantations 
were  also  sent  by  the  Commissioners  of  Woods  and  Forests, 
by  the  Earl  of  Dudley,  Sir  Henry  H.  A.  Hoare,  Lord  Sherborne, 
Mr.  B.  St.  John  Ackers,  and  Mr.  M.  P.  Price.  One  of  the 
most  curious  was  that  of  a remarkable  elm  at  Huntley  Manor, 
which  had  formed  a natural  arch  over  a brook. 
There  were  doubtless  many  other  features  of  interest  at  the 
Gloucester  Forestry  Exhibition,  the  finest  ever  held  in  England  ; 
but  I can  only  apologise  for  their  omission  by  pleading  the 
restrictions  of  space  and  time. 
Augustine  Henry. 
37  Chesterton  Road, 
Cambridge. 
HORTICULTURAL  EXHIBITION  AT 
GLOUCESTER,  1909. 
On  the  occasions  of  the  visits  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society 
to  Lincoln  and  Newcastle,  opportunity  was  taken  to  hold  a 
Horticultural  Exhibition  in  connection  with  the  Agricultural 
Show.  Such  an  exhibition  proved  not  merely  very  successful, 
but  was  undoubtedly  a very  popular  and  attractive  addition 
to  the  larger  undertaking.  The  Gloucester  Local  Committee, 
after  some  hesitation,  decided  to  attempt  one.  Any  financial 
difficulty  was  met  by  the  generosity  of  private  individuals. 
As  no  exhibition  of  the  kind  had  ever  been  held  in  the 
county  before,  there  was  only  a modest  expectation  of  success, 
but  this  was  far  surpassed  in  the  result. 
The  Exhibition  was  opened  to  the  public  at  3 p.m.  on 
Wednesday,  June  23,  after  a private  visit  by  H.M.  the  King, 
and  closed  at  5 p.m.  on  Saturday,  June  26.  This  was  rather 
a long  period  for  the  exhibits  to  maintain  their  freshness 
unfaded.  But  the  weather,  which  with  few  intervals  was 
deplorable,  had  at  any  rate  the  advantage  that  the  atmosphere 
in  the  tents  remained  cool  and  moist  and  kept  the  flowers  and 
