24 CEKTIFICATES IN FORESTRY. 



The following have obtained First Class Certificates : — 



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



William Baillie, Forester, Whittinghame, East Lothian, 1871 



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



Peter Loney, Marchmoht, Duns, 



John M. Aitken, Ravenshill, Lockerbie, 



Richard Henderson, The Grange, Kirkcudbright, 



A. H. Gibson, Kirkcaldy, 



Alex. Inglis, Cloverport, Kentucky, U.S.A., 



Peter Reid, Port Ellen, Islay, 



John Wilson, St Andrews, 



Cecil Henry Hooper, Elmleigh, Beckenham, Kent, 



William Somerville, 46 Findhorn Place, Edinburgh, 



John Bardgett, Sockbridge Mill, Tirril, Penrith, 



The following have obtained Second Class Certificates : — 



John M'Ewen, Yellow Cottage, Killin, . . . 1880 



Thomas Berwick, 56 North Street, St Andrews, . • 1885 



Donald C. Cameron Grant, Southleigh, Murray field, . 1886 



SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION. 



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1.— SCIENCE OF FORESTRY AND PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT 



OF WOODS. 



1. Structure, formation, and ripening of Wood. Predisposing causes of 

 decay. 2. Restoration of Wood-lands : — (1) Natural reproduction ; (2) 

 Artificial planting. 3. General management of plantations. Cropping by 

 rotation. Trees recommended for different situations. 4. Season and 

 methods of pruning, thinning, and felling. 5. Circumstances unfavour- 

 able to the growth of trees. 6. Mechanical appliances for conveying and 

 converting timber. The difterent implements and tools used in planting, 

 pruning, felling, barking, and working up timber trees, or preparing them 

 for sale. Construction of saw-mills. 7. Qualities and uses of chief indigenous 

 timbers. 8. Management of nurseries. Seed-sowing. 9. Collection of 

 forest produce. 10. Mammals, birds, and insects which are destructive to 

 trees. 



Books recommended. — " Theory and Practice of Horticulture," Lindley; 

 "Arboriculture," Grigor, 10s. 6d.; "Sylviculture," Bagneris, 5s.; "Coniferte," 

 Veitch ; '' Injurious Injects," yrmerod, 3s, 



Candidates arc also obliged to undergo a Practical Examination in Forestry. 



II.— ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. 



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

 Various kinds of stems, with examples. Use 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 flower — calyx, corolla, stamens, pistil. Ovule. Mature pistil or fruit. 

 Pruning and grafting. Seed. Young plant or embrj'o. Sjirouting of the 

 seed OT germination. 3. General Principles of Classification — Meaning of 

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

 forest trees and shrubs. Practical examination on fresh sjiecimens and 

 models. These may be seen in the Museum at the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 which is open to the public. Candidates may consult Professor Balfour's 

 "Elements of Botany," A.'& C. Black, Edinburgh, 3s. 6d.; Olivers 

 " Elementary Lessons in Botany," London, 4s. 6d. 



