Editorial Notices. 1 1 



the disposal of moderately straight, clean-grown coppice and the 

 thinnings of larch or other yonng plantations of a size and length 

 suitable'' for hop-poles. To those who cannot find a good market for 

 such produce in their own neighbourhood, but who may have easy 

 access to a railway station or shipping port, the opportunity is a good 

 one for effecting a profitable sale, which is not likely soon to fall off 

 so long as Englishmejn like a glass of good beer, and are wise and 

 patriotic enough to prefer home-grown hops for brewing it. 



We publish on another page a short letter from Mr. Burnet Land- 

 reth, Philadelphia, U.S.A., ^\dl0 is well known as one of the most 

 energetic and enterprising gentlemen in the United States in every- 

 thing relating to arboriculture and other rural affairs. It tends to 

 show what a wide spread and deep interest is now being taken in 

 forestry in all countries speaking the English language, and the great 

 want felt for a British journal devoted to the interests and develop- 

 ment of arboriculture ; this it is our aim and ambition to supply ; 

 and, in furtherance thereof, we trust to receive many valuable 

 contributions to our pages from our able correspondent and his 

 fellow-arborists in America. 



As the season for peeling oak bark has now commenced, we cordially 

 invite foresters, managers of woodland property, and timber merchants 

 who purchase a good deal of their oak timber standing, and fell and 

 peel their own, to make use of this Journal as a medium for discus- 

 sion on matters relating to bark. Such information as the number of 

 tons (20 cwt. — 2,240 lbs. avoirdupois) they are likely to offer for 

 sale this season, also the demand "generally," in their respective 

 neighbourhoods, naming their nearest and best market, with prices 

 realized per ton last year, would be of the greatest value in enabling 

 foresters to find the best market, and would also be a guide to the 

 real market value, a desideratum long wanted by managers of wood- 

 lands and estate agents. "We infer that in consequence of the 

 diminished importation of tannery material which may be expected 

 from Turkey and the East, bark will be much higher in price this 

 season than it has been for years past ; indeed, we have already heard 

 on good authority that it is selling in some districts at an advance of 

 from 20s. to 30s. per ton on last year's prices, hence it is important 

 that foresters and others, before disposing of their bark this season, 

 should be well posted as to the ruling prices, which can best be done 

 by a free and mutual interchange of information. 



