Excerpt from Forestry and Forest Products: Prize Essays of the Edinburgh International Forestry Exhibition, 1884 IT was determined, on the winding up of the affairs of the Edinburgh International Forestry Exhibition, in December 1 884, to publish a selection of the Essays which were successful in competition for the prizes offered by the Executive Committee. In order to make the collection of real and per manent value, the authors were requested (except in the case of Mr. J. Alexander, where distance rendered it impracticable) to revise their proofs, which they did in all cases once, and in some twice. The author of each Essay is alone responsible for the facts and views he sets forth; the Editors have not attempted to reconcile discordances between the Essays, nor have they altered expressions of Opinion. While this method has certain drawbacks, it is believed that the book will gain more by diversity than it will lose by want of unity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.