542 EDINBURGH At< A SITE FOR [Jan. 



EDINBUnaU AS' A SITE FOE A NATIONAL SCHOOL 

 OF FOEESTEY. 



BV THE TtFA'. J. C. BKO'WX, LL D. 



AMOXG tlie more manifest advantages of Edinburgh as a site 

 for a Xational School of Forestry may be mentioned the 

 following : — Adjacent to the city is an arboretum purchased by the 

 inhabitants at an expense, it is said, of £20,000, and presented to 

 the nation in the hope that it might be utilized for the study of 

 Forestry. Conterminous with this, and connected with it, there is a 

 large well-equipped and well-stocked Botanic Garden, supported by 

 the nation. In this there is a large comprehensive museum of all 

 kinds of vegetable products. In the Museum of Science and Art 

 maintained by the Committee of Council on Education, in close 

 proximity to the Uni^'ersity Buildings, there is a large and valuable 

 collection of woods and other forest products, and well-selected 

 specimens of illustrations of Mineralogy and Geology, of Entomology, 

 Ornithology, and INIazology ; a very large collection of articles 

 exhibited at the International Forestry Exhibition in Edinburgh, and 

 subsequently placed at the disposal of a committee, acting under the 

 presidency of the Marquis of Lothian, is likely to be added to this 

 so soon as contemplated additions to the building are made. There 

 are numerous nurseries in the immediate vicinity of the city, and 

 well-kept woods and plantations of easy access. There is an Arbori- 

 cultural Society, a Botanical Society, and a Field-Naturalist Club, to 

 the membership of nil of \\Iiich it is presumable students of Forestry 

 may be eligible. Thither has gravitated the publication of Forestry, 

 a Journal of Forestry rind Estate Management. There, are resident 

 the gentlemen with whom originated the idea, and by whom were 

 carried out the arrangements for the lale International Exhibition, 

 and those who, from their known interest in the enterprise, have 

 been commissioned to endeavour to secure the establishment there 

 of a National School of Forestry. And there, are situated the head- 

 quarters of the Highland and Agricultural Society — empowered 

 to grant certificates of attainments in knowledge of Forestry. 



In the University are taught the following subjects, by professors 

 whose names are annexed : — Matheinatics — Prof. Chrystal ; Natural 

 Philosophy — I )r. Tait ; Cluinistry — Dr. C. Brown ; Agriculture — 

 Prof. Wallace; Bot"/ny — Dr. Dickson; Geology and Mineralogy — 

 Dr. Geikie; Natund History — Dr. J. C. Ewart ; Engineering — -Prof. 

 Armstrong ; Coimnercial and Political Economy and Mercantile Law 

 — Prof. Nicolson ; Conveyancing — Dr. J. S. Tytler ; Anatomy — 



