18 VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 



6ooZ;.s — Youatt on " Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, and Dogs." Blaine's Principles of 

 Veterinary Art." Gamgee's "Domesticated Animals in Health and Disease ;" 

 Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh. Williams' " Principles and Practice of 

 Veterinary Medicine ;" 30s. 



CERTIFICATES IN FORESTRY. 



The Society grants First and Second Class Certificates in Forestry. 



Board of Examiners. 



1. Science of Forestry and Practical Manacjcment of Woods. — Dr Cleg- 



horn, Stravithy, St Andrews ; John Macgregor, LadyAvell, Dun- 

 keld ; William M'Corquodale, Scone Palace, Perth ; J. Grant 

 Thomson, Grantown, Strathspey. 



2. Elements of Botany. — Professor Balfour, Edinburgh. 



3. Nature and Properties of Soils, Drainage, and Effects of Climate. — 



Professor Wilson, Edinburgh. 



4. Land and Timber Measuring and Sunocying ; Mechanics and Construc- 



tion, as applied to Fencing, Drainage, Bridging, and Road-Mahing : 

 Implements of Forestry. — A. W. Belfrage, C.E., Edinburgh. 



5. Book-heeping and Accounts. — Kenneth Mackenzie, C.A., Edinburgh. 



Candidates must possess — 1st, A thorough acquaintance with the details of 

 practical forestry. 2d, a general knowledge of the following branches of 

 study, so far as these apply to Forestry : — The Outlines of Botany ; the 

 Nature and Properties of Soils, Drainage and Effects of Climate ; Land and 

 Timber Measuring and Surveying ; Mechanics and Construction, as applied 

 to fencing, draining, bridging, and road-making ; Implements of Forestry ; 

 Book-keeping and Accounts. The E.xaminations are open to Candidates of 

 any age. 



The following have passed for First-Class Certificate : — 



1. C. F. Bligh, England,* 1870 



2. George Young Wall, M.R.A.C, Durham, . . 1870 



3. William Baillie, Forester, Whitingham, East Lothian, . 1871 



4. William Robertson, Forester's House, Lauder, , . 1871 



5. Peter Loney, Marchmont, Dunse, .... 1873 



SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION. 



I.— SCIENCE OF FORESTRY AND PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT 



OF WOODS. 



1, Formation and ripening of Wood. Predisposing causes of decay. 2. Re- 

 storation of Wood-lands : — (1.) Natural reproduction ; (2.) Artificial planting. 

 3. General management of plantations. Cropping by rotation. Trees recom- 

 mended for different situations. 4. Season and methods of pruning, thinning, 

 and felling. 5. Circumstances unftivourable to the growth of trees. 6. Me- 

 chanical appliances for conveying and converting timber. Construction of 

 saw-mills. 7. Qualities and uses of chief indigenous timbers. Processes of 

 preserving timber. 8. Management of nurseries. Seed-sowing. 9. Collec- 

 tion of forest produce. 10. Manufacture of tar and charcoal. 11. Insects 



* Names of those deceased, so far as known, are X)rinted in italics. 



