Tuis is the age of Exhibitions. Europe, Asia, America, and it may be Africa also, have all in Into times gathered together Aris, Manufactures, Products, everything in fact likely to attract the curious or the interested, and exhibited them in divers places. wit their border. x Japan, Cnleutia, the Antipodenn cities, New York, Paris and London have all held at least one fair entitled more or leas to be called the world's, Once upon a time the promise of an exhibition was held out to Shanghai, but, like the introduction of railways into China, the performance of that promise was indefinitely post poned. Some day or other it will doubtless be carried out: when the hearts of foreigners have been made glad with good times and the minds of the Chinese have been further enlightened. Inthe mean be remembered that failures a " Gear Lnve all beet sent to Europe and been well appre-ointed there, in several Exhibitions, And we have now before us the prospects of another Exhibition at which, if the Chinese cannot show much, they way if their rulers are wise enough to send competent persons to study the exhibits and report on them, learn a grent deal that should be of eminent service to the country.
It la proposed to hold in the summer of this yenr an International Forestry Exhibition in Edinburgh. The pro-specta is hended by a long list of powerful names, commencing with that of Her Mnjeaty, who is patron, and containing whut appears to be half of the British peerage, besides a large namber of other influential people, If such support enn secure success we should say that this new Exhibition is auto to be very successful. The olassification of the articles which will be revived, includes; I. Peactionl Forestry:—implements of all kinds used in forestry, models of bute, drying sheds, kilna, etc, plans of river embank. ments, machinery for transporting timber and transplanting trees, saw-Is, etc. ete. IT. Forest-produce raw and manufactur u which seems to be included everything useful that is grown, and all that timber can be made into, ILL. Scientific Forestry: botany, edible fungi, fossil plants, specimens of geological formations, &e. TV. Ornamental Forestry:—Growing specimens of rare and ornamental trees and dried specimens of the same and of folingo, with such rastle work aa harbours, bridges, seats, and gates. V, Illustrations: by painting, photography, and other thods, of all kinds of trees, in their healthy and discused conditions, sketches of practical work in the forest and other similar things. WI to X. Foreat Literature and History, Loan Collec. tions, Economic conditions of Foresters, Essays on specific subjects, for which premiums are offered, and miscellaneous matters referring to the general sub. ject, The field is wide enough. Evorything interesting in forestry and-from which lessons may be learned will be exhibited, Now, no part of the world bag suffered more severely from ignorant deforestation than China, In almost every province, if not in every one, the stupidity and carelessness of the rulers have permitted the greedy people to atrip the land of the trees, with immense injury resulting therefrom, We should therefore sny that there is no subject on which a number of intelligent Chinese could be better employed than in studying the contents of next yont's Forestry Exhibition, and reporting on it to their rulers, And it may be that specimens of forest-ernst oan be obtained in China and sent to Edinburgh, where they are sure lo meet with altenti 1
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