6 The Joitrnal of Forestry. 



furthering of scientific and practical Arboriculture. This association 

 of Foresters, which numbers upwards of seven hundred noblemen, 

 gentlemen, proprietors of woodlands, nurserymen, factors of estates, 

 head foresters and their assistants, experienced labourers in timber 

 culture, has frequently expressed a desire to see such a journal as we 

 now offer established, and we believe we shall carry into this our 

 new venture the hearty sympathies of the entire membersliip of that 

 Association. We liope to be worthy of the confidence we seek, 

 and we shall leave no effort untried to mature the contents of the 

 Journal of Forestry s,o that each month we shall place in the hands of 

 our readers not "leaves," but " seeds " and " fruits," the sterling products 

 ot observation, thought, experience, and interest to every arboriculturist 

 in this land and in its colonies. Let all help, and then the entire 

 constituency to which we appeal will have secured as their organ a 

 journal to its own mind, animated by its interests, and vital with its 

 own spirit. 



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