Editor s Box. 721 



" I then tried boring, and charged with a 2 oz. cartridge in the 

 small roots and 4 oz. in the large ones, and found them do very well. 

 Afterwards I thought T would try a 2 oz. cartridge in the large ones, and 

 as I found them sufficient I use no other now, and with them I generally 

 turn the roots out in four or more pieces. I would certainly recommend 

 boring the roots wherever practicable, as I find that the more resistance 

 the tonite has, the more effective it does its work. 



" Considering its great strength, also its safety in manipulation, it is, 

 in my opinion, the best agent that can be employed in removing tree 

 roots. 



" I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



" S. Shellabeer, Esq., H. Munro." 



" LonglancUy 



As Mr. Munro very justly remarks, tonite is the best and safest agent 

 that can be employed in breaking up tree roots. With a few minutes' 

 instructions in its use, and a little caution exercised with the cap, any 

 ordinary labourer can use it without danger, if the instructions are care- 

 fully followed. "With a little experience in the best methods of using it, 

 I have no doubt that a saving of from 30 to 50 per cent, can be effected 

 by the use of tonite. The costly process of dragging roots away from their 

 beds is entirely done away with, as tonite breaks them up in their beds. I 

 shall be glad to give any gentleman willing to try it every information 

 necessary. 



17, Queen Street, Leeds. Thos. Dinben. 



UNDEE FORESTERS. 



Sir, — I am not sure if any under forester has yet had the courage to 

 write anything for the pages of your Journal, but I trust you will find 

 room for this letter from one of that humble but necessarily aspiring 

 class, regarding a subject which must sooner or later engage the earnest 

 attention of all foresters. I refer to the great difficulty at present experi- 

 enced by uoder foresters in getting situations as master foresters. Byway 

 of illustrating what I mean, I will in a few words relate my own experience 

 in this matter. I am at present employed on an estate in the east of 

 Scotland, and during the six years that I have served here I have en- 

 deavoured to gain a thorough practical knowledge of my profession, and, 

 along with this, I have read all the works on forestry which it has been in 

 my power to purchase or borrow from an obliging neighbour, but as my 

 wage has always been comparatively small, and my forester neighbours 

 unavoidably limited, these opportunities for acquiring professional learning 

 have not been many. Brown's " Forester " I luckily got the loan of, being 

 beyond my means to purchase, and with considerable labour and patience 

 I transcribed all the principal items of information contained in that 

 valuable standard work. 



Like most of my compeers I began life in a very humble way, but 



