444 EDITOR'S BOX. [Apbil, 



be allowed at least a week's holiday, and the wherewithal to pay 



their expenses during their brief sojourn, and thus 

 ' By mutual effort and by mutual aid, 

 Great deeds be done and great discoveries made.' 



Wairds. 



[Our correspondent touches upon a point connected with the Inter- 

 national Forestry Exhibition, on which he will receive the sympathy of 

 every one interested in British foresters and forestry. The initiation of 

 such matters naturally rests with the forester's employer ; and in the 

 ordinary course of things, the employer will direct his forester as to 

 what he wishes to do in contributing to the Exhibition. In these 

 days, however, many landowners are otherwise so much engaged, that 

 they may overlook such a matter, and trust to their agents, or the 

 foresters, to see that the estate is fairly represented at the Exhibition. 

 In such cases, and we know they are numerous, it is the duhj of the 

 forester to bring the subject under the notice of his employer, and to 

 explain it as clearly as possible, so that there may be no misunder- 

 standing afterwards. The result will be almost invariably in favour 

 of the forester doing his best to send a fair sample of the forest 

 products of the estate to the Exhibition. 



We believe we are correct in stating that every owner of woodlands 

 of any extent in the United Kingdom has had copies of the 

 Exhibition Circulars sent to him, so that they all know about the 

 Exhibition ; and where they are not moving in the matter, foresters 

 should bestir themselves, and learn without delay the views and 

 wishes of their employers. They should not be ' always thinking of 

 saying something,' bvit should say it straight out, and we dare say 

 that then in most instances all that our correspondent desires will 

 be promptly andfreely accorded. — Ed.] 



A ISEW DENDBOMETEB. 



SiK,— In reply to ' Eatho ' (page 384, last issue), I cannot tell 

 why no more has been heard of the dendrometer for which I got 

 the first silver medal at the General Meeting, of the Scottish Arbori- 

 cultural Society, in October last. I can only assume that none of the 

 reporters thought it worthy of any further notice. In this assumption 

 I think I am correct, as Mr. Eider, of ' FoEESTRY,'iwas at the meeting ; 

 and I have no doubt whatever, that had the instrument been con- 

 sidered worthy of notice a notice would have been given. The in- 

 strument had the disadvantage of being badly made, as ' Eatho ' says, 

 but that did not interfere with the application of the principle and 

 though myself and a number of others think the instrument one of 

 the best yet invented, I do not think it would do me much credit to 



