14 CERTIFICATED IN FOEESTRY. 



FORESTRY DEPARTMENT. 



The Society grants First and Second Class Certificates in Forestry. 



Board of Examiners. 



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



horn of Stravithie, St. Andrews ; John Macgregor, Ladywell, Dun- 

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

 Thomson, Grantown, Strathspey, 



2. Elements of Botany. — Professor Balfour. 



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



Professor Wilson. 



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



tion, as applied to Fencing, Drainage, Bridging, and Road-Making ; 

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

 5. — Book-keeping and Accounts. — John Turnbull Smith, C.A. 



Candidates must possess — 1st, A tliorough 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 Etfects 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 examinations are open to candidates of 

 any age. 



SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION. 



1.— SCIENCE OF FOEESTRY 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 difterent situations. 4. Season and methods of pruning, thinning, 

 and felling. 5. Circumstances unfavourable 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 charcoah 11. Insects 

 injurious to trees — preservation of birds which prey upon them, drawing a 

 distinction between birds which are beneficial and those which are destructive 

 to trees. 



XL— ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. 



1. Nutritive Organs of Plants. — Root, stem, leaves. Functions of roote. 

 Various kinds of stems, with examj)les. L^se of the stem. Structure of 

 leaves. Different kinds of leaves. Arrangement and functions of leaves. 

 2. Reproductive Organs. — Flower and its parts. Arrangement of the whorls 

 of the fioH er — calyx, corolla, stamens, pistil. Ovule. Mature pistil or fruit. 

 Pruning and grafting. Seed. Young plant or embryo. Sprouting of the 

 seed or germination. 3. General Principles of Classitication — Meaning of the 

 terms Class, Order, Genus, Species. Illustrations taken from common forest 

 trees and shrubs. Practical examination on fresh specimens and models ; 



