First International Forestry Exhibition
The First International Forestry Exhibition was a
Background
In the mid 19th century Britain faced reduced timber supplies from the Indian sub-continent
Participants (in addition to the
Exhibits
Exhibits included trugs,[7] maps and publications from participating countries,[3] a fallen fir with heath growing on it and a fountain.
Plants exhibited included boxwood and variants, and the southern African white pear, Apodytes dimidiata (which was mislabelled as Pterocelastrus rostratus[8])
Visitors
The, then, Prince and Princess of Wales visited on 22 [4] or 2[6] August where they inspected exhibits from colonies and dependencies noting fine wood from Andaman and Nicobar.
Legacy
The wood presented by R.A.Cross (above) passed to the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Edinburgh, and then to the university's general council who used it to make their ceremonial mace's shaft.[9]
See also
- Forestry in India#History, pre-1947
- Forestry in Scotland
- International Union of Forest Research Organizations
- History of Edinburgh
External links
References
- ISBN 9780786434169.
- ^ a b c Jan Oosthoek. "The colonial origins of scientific forestry in Britain". Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ doi:10.1038/030243a0.
- ^ a b "Edinburgh History - Dates". Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- doi:10.1038/030337a0.
- ^ a b Henry C Burdett. Prince, Princess and People. An account of the social progress and development of our own times, as illustrated by the life and work of their royal highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales 1863-1889. p. 301.
- ^ "Sussex Garden Trug". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Apodytes dimidiata". Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ a b "THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH MACE" (PDF). Retrieved 13 July 2017.