From a circular issued on the 12fch of last June, by the Governor 

 -of the State of Connecticut, we learn that the Hon. B. G. Northrop, 

 of the Board of Education of that State, has been commissioned by 

 the said board to visit the Schools of Forestry, Forests, and Planta- 

 tions, and other schools of rural industry in Europe, to examine into 

 their various modes of teaching and working, and afterwards to 

 report the results of his observations for the benefit of the schools 

 and people of the State, so as to instruct them in the best methods 

 followed in Europe, and adapted to their wants ; and more especially 

 to encourage the reclamation of waste lands by the propagation and 

 planting of trees. In sketching out the work before him during his 

 visit to Europe, Mr. Northrop says : — " One object of this trip is to 

 gather facts from a wide field of observations which may further the 

 work of rural adornment and village improvement, so well inaugurated 

 in the State of Connecticut. The interest awakened in our State in 

 tree planting has been limited mostly to fruit and ornamental trees. 

 My special aim will now be to encourage the planting of timber trees, 

 and to help reclaim sterile or exhausted lands by tree planting. 

 The experiment of thus reclaiming barren lands in Scotland, France, 

 Germany, Austria, and other European countries, has been tried on a 

 large scale and with great success. The economic bearings of forest- 

 culture are too little appreciated in America. In this respect Europe 

 ^can teach us a much-needed lesson." 



Mr. Northrop brings excellent credentials from Governor Eichard 

 D. Hubbard, who commends him to the courtesies and co-operation 

 of the managers of the institutions above named, and to all others 

 who are interested therein, more especially those who have it in their 

 power to promote the furtherance of the objects of his visit. We 

 know that British foresters will not fail to uphold the courtesies and 



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