8i6 The Journal of Forestry. 



Science of Forestry in the United Kingdom, will not bear a moment's 

 investigation. The outlay at the most can be but an insignificant 

 item in the national expenditure, and the immediate result would be a 

 vast increase in Forestal economy and national prosperity. 



In reference to students obtaining a practical knowledge of Forestry, 

 while attending, for instance, a Forest School established in Edinburgh, 

 nothing could be easier than to make arrangements wiUi the Foresters 

 on the estates possessing the most extensive and best managed forests 

 in Scotland, or in England north of York, for practical instruction 

 being given to any probable number of students, until such times as a 

 special forest could be set apart by Government for the purpose. 

 None of these forests are distant from Edinburgh more than a few 

 hours' run by rail, and are easily accessible at all seasons of the year, 

 which is more than can be said of the almost limitless areas of wild 

 natural forests attached to most of the Continental Forest Schools. 

 We have abundance of corroborative evidence that such an arrangement 

 is the best method for teaching the Art and Science of Forestry. Our 

 able and learned correspondent. Dr. J. C. Brown, of Haddington, has 

 industriously collected from a variety of sources, and the best authori- 

 ties, a large amount of valuable experience bearing on this subject, and 

 which has appeared from time to time in our pages. An article from 

 his pen in our present issue, to which we would draAv the attention of 

 our readers, is his latest and most conclusive evidence in support of 

 the fact that it is not at all necessary, for the teaching of the science 

 and technics of Forestry that a School of Forestry should be located 

 in the midst, or even in the near neighbourhood, of a forest. So long 

 as a moderate extent of well-managed forest is accessible to students, 

 at any reasonable distance from the centre of education, it is found 

 perfectly sufficient to meet all rec[uirements in the teaching of practical 

 forestry. 



Special efforts have been made by Dr. Franklin B. Hough to collect 

 every particular reTative to the extent, value, and produce of the forests 

 of the United States, so as to embody the statistics thus obtained in 

 his report upon the Forestry of the States recently laid before 

 Congress. We have been favoured with copies of the Circulars and 

 Forms he has employed, which appear to be very suitable for the 

 purpose, as the results obtained by their use clearly indicate, and they 

 fully merit the notice of those who may be collating information and 

 statistics on any kindred subject. 



Forestry Circular, No. 1, is addressed to "Nurserymen and others 

 engaged in raising and planting trees," with the design of obtaining 

 facts of practical value with reference to the cultivation of trees. 



