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THE ENGLISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Transactions of the English Arboricultural Society. Vol. I. Part I. 

 John Davidson, Secretary and Treasurer, Haydon-Briclge-on- 

 Tyne. Newcastle : Sold by F. & W. Dodsworth. 1885. 



rjlHE moving spirits of this Society are principally estate agents 

 -L or wood wardens in the North of England ; hence the place 

 of publication of this modest octavo of 45 pages, whilst the meet- 

 ings whose proceedings it records were in Carlisle, Hexham, and 

 Newcastle. But this young association, as yet but in its fourth 

 year, trusts soon to embrace all England in its scope, and the 

 report of the lecture given by Dr. Lyons, M.P. for Dublin, at 

 Carlisle last winter, under its auspices, shows it already possesses 

 relations with the sister island. Indeed, the opening remarks of 

 Mr. Watt of Carlisle, chairman of its third annual meeting, ably 

 pass under review the most prominent questions in general forestry. 

 These north-countrymen have an indefinite amount of undeveloped 

 energy, capable of uniting all merry foresters even in Ptobin Hood's 

 country, and farther south, into an harmonious battalion ; only let 

 landed proprietors and wood wards together utilize an organization of 

 whose capacity for spreading forest science this pamphlet is alone 

 sufficient evidence. Why should not England and Wales alike 

 be overtaken by a series of lectures on forestry and sylviculture, 

 radiating from fixed centres, just as detailed in this fasciculus 

 of Transactions 1 Mr. Davidson, we know, replies : " Only let 

 parties intimate their wish for this, then local secretaries will be 

 appointed where they don't presently exist, and the attempt will be 

 made." These pages will also be at the service of such praise- 

 worthy endeavours. 



As illustrative of the educational aims of the Society, Mr. Clark, 

 of Clark Brothers & Co., nurserymen, Carlisle, sketches the multi- 

 farious duties of the wood forester : — 



" In the first place he must possess a knowledge of the manage- 

 ment of forest tree plantations and their proper planting, thinning, 

 etc. ; he must know the different kinds of trees to suit different 

 soils ; he must be a practical drainer, as the ground must be pro- 

 perly and sufficiently drained ; he must be able to keep his various 

 estate books, such as a time and a work book ; be able to calculate 

 the price of timber, and lie must be able to measure the same 

 correctly ; he must be able to prepare estimates of the value of 

 draining, planting, fencing, etc., and submit reports of the same ; he 



