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■was about 2 8 fr. Neither phosphates nor superphosphates can arrest 

 the osier's period of decay. By a cut of the hoe the osier could 

 give way to the meadow grass. Colmitage, or flooding the osier- 

 beds from the neighbouring stream, is sufficient protection from the 

 spring frosts, which do not affect willows under water. On the 

 other hand, no such protection can be had from hail, which is the 

 greatest enemy of the osier cultivator. M. Auvard insisted that 

 osiers should from time to time be bathed in water, which, however, 

 should not be allowed to stagnate in their midst. There were 

 30,000 hectares — over 70,000 acres — occupied in France with 

 osier-growing. 



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THE lithogTaphed circular to proprietors and others largely 

 interested in the subject, signed by the Marquis of Lothian, 

 was issued on January 28. 



The Committee, in a note, state that they feel a difficulty in 

 suggesting a definite scheme for the proposed School of Forestry, 

 until they have some knowledge of the amount of funds which 

 may be placed at their disposal ; but, in the meantime, it may be 

 sufficient to state that they contemplate the establishment of a 

 Professorship of Forest Science, for the instruction of students in all 

 that pertains both to practical and scientific forestry — including 

 the physiology and pathology of trees, the climatic and other effects 

 produced by forests, the different methods of forest management, 

 the economic uses to which forest products have been or may be 

 applied, forest engineering, and forest administration generally. 

 Instruction is to be communicated by lectures, examinations, ex- 

 cursions, etc. 



A large collection of forest implements, produce, and specimens 

 was, at the close of the Forestry Exhibition, placed at the disposal 

 of the committee for use in connection with the proposed Forest 

 School ; and it is the intention of the Committee, should their funds 

 permit, that this collection should, with such additions as may from 

 time to time be available, be placed in a permanent museum in 

 connection with the School of Forestry. 



The Committee earnestly trust that sufficient funds may be sub- 

 scribed to warrant their proceeding with the objects they have in 

 view, and that Great Britain, with her enormous forest interests in 

 all parts of the Avorld, may no longer be almost the only civilized 

 country without an efficient School of Forestry. Intimations of 

 subscriptions are to be made to Colonel Dods, Secretary, at the 



