230  Plantations  and  Home  Nurseries  Competition.  1910. 
as  the  admirable  collection  of  Mr.  H.  J.  Elwes,  that  was, 
perhaps,  the  most  illuminating  feature  of  the  Forestry- 
Exhibition  at  Gloucester. 
The  Judges  wish  to  express  their  thanks  to  the  stewards, 
Messrs.  George  Marshall  and  C.  Coltman  Rogers,  for  their 
courtesy  and  assistance,  as  well  as  for  the  excellent  manner  in 
which  they  had  arranged  and  staged  the  various  exhibits. 
They  were  also  in  constant  attendance,  and  their  interesting 
explanations  were  highly  appreciated  by  visitors  to  the 
Exhibition. 
Robert  Anderson. 
Cirencester. 
PLANTATIONS  AND  HOME  NURSERIES 
COMPETITION,  1910. 
In  addition  to  the  Plantations  Competition  which  the  Royal 
Agricultural  Society  in  conjunction  with  the  Royal  English 
Arboricultural  Society  has  for  two  years  promoted  in  con- 
nection with  the  Forestry  Exhibition  there  was  in  1910,  for 
the  first  time,  a series  of  classes  for  home  nurseries.  Eight  silver 
medals,  eight  bronze  medals  and  cash  prizes  were  again  offered 
in  the  Plantations  Competition,  whilst  four  classes  with  two  prizes 
each  were  arranged  for  the  Home  Nurseries.  In  addition  the 
Arboricultural  Society  offered  a gold  medal  for  the  best  managed 
plantation  in  the  whole  series.  The  competition  was  open  to 
Lancashire,  Cheshire,  and  the  six  counties  of  North  Wales. 
Districts  and  Estates  visited. — There  was  in  the  stretch 
from  Abbeystead,  near  Lancaster,  to  Welshpool  to  the  south,  a 
great  variety  in  the  conditions  affecting  the  growth  of  trees. 
Altitudes  at  which  plantations  stood  varied  from  40  feet  above 
sea-level  near  Ormskirk,  to  over  900  feet  on  the  Hafodunos 
estate,  near  Llanrwst.  Two  plantations  Were  entered  for 
Lancashire,  two  for  Cheshire,  four  for  Denbighshire,  one  for 
Carnarvon,  and  one  for  Montgomeryshire.  The  forestry  opera- 
tions were  variously  managed  by  the  owner  himself,  by  the 
agent,  or  by  a head  forester.  In  some  instances  the  object  of 
planting  was  to  secure  game  cover,  or  to  give  beauty  to  the 
landscape,  in  others  to  form  shelter  belts,  but  in  some  cases 
the  growing  of  timber  was  the  main  object.  According  to  the 
object  the  management  of  course  varied.  But  in  every  case 
there  was,  more  or  less,  an  evident  enthusiasm  for  the  work, 
and  a desire  to  get  into  the  best  methods. 
The  estates  belonged,  one  to  the  Crown,  one  to  Liverpool 
Corporation  (nurseries  only  entered),  and  the  rest  to  private 
owners,  and  in  each  case  the  remark  as  to  keen  interest  in  the 
work  on  the  part  of  those  in  control  applies. 
