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of the fences on the waste lands belonging to the lords of manors. Bush Wood 

 and Lords' Bushes are the principal places which the decree will open, and they 

 ai'e two of the most beautiful spots in the whole forest. Bush Wood particu- 

 larly contains one of the most beautiful avenues of trees in the neighbourhood 

 of London, and will doubtless be one of the most favoured resorts of the people 

 of the East End during the coming summer. 



A I'LAXT of the Eucaly-pius globulus^ or Australian blue-gum tree, the sanitary 

 properties of which have been so much discussed of late, is now in bloom in 

 the Botanical Gardens at Kew. The tree makes extraordinarily quick growth 

 under favourable conditions, and is considered hardy in dry warm soils and 

 sheltered situations, especially in the southern counties. The genus of gum 

 trees is considered the most important that Australia produces ; and some of 

 the species are suitable for all economical purposes for which timber is indis- 

 pensable, besides furnishing the colonists with several other useful products. 



Appointment. — Mr. James H. Trail, son of the Rev. Dr. Trail, was installed 

 Professor of Botany in Aberdeen University on the 7th April as successor to 

 Emitus Professor Dickie resigned. 



A VEKY useful pamphlet, entitled State Forestry, its Aim and Object, has been 

 published by Captain Campbell Walkei% conservator of the New Zealand forests. 

 The pamphlet is based upon a lecture delivered at the Otago Institute, Dune- 

 din, and though, so far as details are concerned, it is intended to apply to New 

 Zealand, yet the general principles laid down apply to all countries. We do 

 not know any publication, certainly none of so small a size, in which the objects 

 to be attained, and the methods to be followed for that purpose, are so clearly 

 and concisely laid down as in the pamphlet before us, which it is to be hoped 

 may be reprinted, so as to obtain a larger circulation among foresters at home, 

 in India and the colonies, than is possible under existing circumstances. — Gar- 

 dener's Chronicle. 



Tree Planting in Algekia. — The railway companies of Algeria had up to 

 June 1, 1870, planted in the way from Algiers to Oran, 14,400 fruit trees, 

 98,900 forest trees, and 344,000 trees of different species on the open plains 

 and slopes, making in round numbers 457,000 trees. Since then the number 

 has been sextupled, the company estimating the number actually planted by it 

 on the line as nearly 3,000,000. — Garden. 



Earl Cathcart, it is stated, proposes erecting a granite memorial on the 

 Court Knowe, to mark the spot where Queen Mary stood and viewed the battle 

 of Langside, just before her flight into England. The memorial will have the 

 old Scottish crown, with the initial "M. R., May y« loth, 1.568." Mr. Legge, 

 granite sculptor, Aberdeen, has been commissioned to execute the work. 



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