504 The yoiirnal of Forestry. 



SCHOOL OF FORESTRY IN FINLAND. 



Sir, — I thank you for giving insertion in the Journal of this month to 

 my account of the School of Forestry in Spain. I send with this an 

 account of the School of Forestry in Finland, and I shall be glad if this 

 you will also publish. I wish to show that in a country of which so little 

 is known here as Finland, as in Spain, the forester finds his place among 

 the learned professions, as he does in Austria and Russia, in Germany and 

 in France ; and to show that in Finland — shall I say even in Finland ? — as 

 in Spain, an interest is taken in the endeavour we are together making to 

 secure for foresters in Britain and in the colonies a scientific training 

 similar to what is enjoyed by foresters on the Continent. — I am respect- 

 fully yours, John C. Brown. 



Eaddinofon, 22nd Oct., 1877. 



[We regret that want of space prevents us from inserting Dr. Bi-own's 

 interesting article this month, but we shall endeavour to do so in the 

 December Journal. — Ud. J. F.] 



WHAT TO PLANT. 



Sir,— I think that the four qualities which " Plaatatunes " requires 

 will be best supplied by the arbor vitte {Biotis OccideniaUs). It naturally 

 inhabits swampy places, and might be interspersed (if the climate is genial) 

 with the deciduous cypress {Tax-odium distichum), which exhibits beautiful 

 glowing tints when fading in autumn, and is of a lively larch green in 

 spring and summer. The spruce tribe are generally tolerant of moisture, 

 not amounting to actual swamp ; but they are somewhat gloomy in a 

 young state. Abies nigra, the black spruce, is the best for swamps, and 

 good varieties show much beauty by the contrast of purple cones and 

 'glaucous foliage. Of humble growth, not exceeding three or four feet, but 

 revelling in moist shady places, is Gaultheria shallon, with arbutus-like 

 flowers, purple berries, and handsome foliage. This, for undergrowth, 

 should be mixed with Hypericum calycinum, the large-flowered St. John's- 

 wort. These are all evergreens, but as a rule evergreens are intolerant of 

 excessive moisture. If the inundation is only occasional, many beautiful 

 things will thrive. The Arlutus unedo and Croomii, the former with white, 

 the latter with carmine flowers, and hollies in variety will succeed. The 

 Common Dogwood, though deciduous, is a fine object in autumn, with its 

 changing foliage and in winter with its bright red twigs. 



Salmoniceps. 



