A SCHOOL OF FOEESTRY. 



Sib, — I beg to submit to you a copy of a letter which I have this day 

 addressed to the Magistrates of Edinburgh aud others, the design of 

 which is to show that, witli existing arrangements for education in 

 Edinburgh, there might at little additional expenditure be created in con- 

 nection with the proposed arboretum in that city, a School of Forestry 

 suitable for the training of foresters for the efficient discharge of such duties 

 as are now required of them in India, in our colonies, and at home. 



While Edinburgh offers facilities for this being done such as are 

 presented by few places in the kingdom, it is by no means the only 

 eligible place. In any of our university towns a School of Forestry might 

 be located with advantage. Such institutions as the School of Arts in 

 Edinburgh, and the Andersonian Institution in Glasgow, the Agricultural 

 College at Cirencester, and the Scientific College established in Dublin by 

 the Board of Trade, all supply educational arrangements for the study of 

 natural science which might be made available for such a purpose. 



There was a report in London last week that the City companies had 

 in contemplation to establish in the metropolis or its neighbourhood a 

 Technical University for the working classes. This may possibly supply 

 similar advantages. 



I have given detailed information in regard to the curriculum of study 

 followed in Schools of Forestry on the continent of Europe, and detailed 

 information in regard to a corresponding curriculum, which, with the 

 addition of a Lectureship on Forestry to existing arrangements, might be 

 followed here. The former may supply to some of your readers infor- 

 mation desiderated by them in regard to what branches of study are 

 deemed necessary for foresters on the Continent, aud the latter may suggest 

 how existing educational arrangements in Britain may be adapted to the 

 requirements of a British School of Forestry. 



I shall feel gratified if you will bring the subject l)efore your readers ; 

 and if you do, I shall be happy to supj^ly thi-ough your pages any 

 additional information in my possession which may be desired by your 

 correspondents. 



I am, Sir, r:spectfu'ly yours, 



John C. Brown. 



Eaddingtoii, \2th Ajn-il, 1877. 



