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ones being strengthened by two of Messrs. Main & Co.’s 
“ Springbok ” droppers, a good invention for keeping the 
fence rigid and in proper shape. 
Awards were made in all classes, and reserve numbers given 
in most. 
The non-competitive exhibits were, taken as a whole, of 
greater interest than those in the competitive classes. The 
Armstrong College (per Mr. J. F. Annand), the Duke of 
Northumberland, and the Earl of Yarborough had exhibits of 
exceptional interest, while others worthy of special notice came 
from Earl Fitz william, Professor M. C: Potter, Mr. John 
Patten, jun., &c. The Armstrong College exhibited botanical 
specimens of forest trees, insect pests, and sections of foreign 
and home-grown timbers of various kinds, together with 
photographs of demonstration and simple plots. The Duke of 
Northumberland had a highly instructive and novel plot laid 
out to illustrate the class of timber and condition of the 
surface soil in Scots pine plantations of four, twenty-five, 
fifty, seventy-five and one hundred years of age respectively, 
and also the condition of the surface of cleared ground after 
temporary grazing by sheep and cattle. Considerable trouble 
and skill were exercised in preparing this exhibit, which was 
of great educational value. 
In Section 3 the Earl of Yarborough showed tables of 
results obtained by creosoting under pressure, photographs of 
well-grown plantations on the Brocklesby estate, &c., and in 
Section 4 the same exhibitor had a splendid collection of 
polished planks of eighty-three different species of home-grown 
woods, together with hand specimens of 171 species, all grown 
on the Brocklesby and Man by estates. The most noteworthy 
examples were scarlet and British oaks, silver fir, English 
maple, crack willow, cedar of Lebanon, lime, plane, Douglas 
fir, Cryptomeria, &c. 
Professor Potter showed a fairly complete set of fructifica- 
tions of fungus affecting timber, with specimens of their effect, 
and Mr. John Patten, jun., exhibited a set of dried flowers and 
fruit of forest trees carefully mounted. 
Other exhibits of interest were the plots of trees and shrubs 
exhibited by Messrs. Little and Ballantyne and Joseph Robson 
and Sons, the last named having an instructive series of groups 
illustrating the planting of different localities and exposures. 
Mr. C. J. Leyland had an interesting collection of conifers in 
pots. 
Notes on Competitive Classes. 
Class 1. — Four entries. All good, but varying in uniformity. 
Class 2. — Seven entries. Spruce, chiefly knotty. Larch and Scots pine, 
very clean and good. 
