Il8 THE MANAGEMENT OF EPPINO FOREST. 



Works, and Mr. Angus D. Webster, formerly Forester to the Duke of Bedford 

 and who formerly acted in the same capacity for Earl Derby and Lord Penrh)m. 



Earl Ducie and Viscount Powerscourt were unable, owing to pressing engage 

 ments, to undertake the work. 



In asking these gentlemen to report upon the matter, they were requested t 

 consider the question solely with regard to the preservation of the natural aspec 

 of the Forest, and not to the commercial value of the timber. 



The Experts visited the Forest on the 25th April, and the 22nd, 23rd. and 24t' 

 days of May last, and examined portions of the Forest thinned at various period 

 during the last 14 years, including those places where the action of the Cor 

 servators has been severely criticised, and also other parts of the Forest which ai 

 still overcrowded. 



On the 7th and 8th instant they met at Guildhall to consider and sign the 

 Report, a copy of which we beg to submit to your flonoiuable Court. 



The Report is unanimous, with the sole exception that Dr. Schlich disseni 

 from the last paragraph in the Addition to the Report as to there being no nee 

 for a nursery. 



In presenting this Report, we are glad to find that the Experts support th 

 policy which the Conservators have pursued. 



All of which we submit to the judgment of this Honourable Court. Date 

 the fourteenth day of June, 1894. 



James Salmon, P. Gellatly, Richard Adam Ellis, W. T. Brown, John Green 

 wood, William Battye, Graham King, Oliver Henry Davis, T. Fowell Buxtor 

 R. C. Halse. 



June ^t/i, 1894. I 



Sir, — In accordance with the wishes of the Corporation of the City of Londoi 

 we have visited Epping Forest, and have very carefully examined it, haviii; 

 regard to its management in the past, and with a view of offering suggestions a 

 to its future treatment. 



(i) We have been greatly struck by the immense value to London of S' 

 beautiful a tract of sylvan scenery in its immediate neighbourhood, and it is witi 

 a view of preserving for the present, and perpetuating for the future, the beautie 

 of the Forest that our recommendations are made. 



(2) We leave on one side all questions of forestry for profit, and we do no 

 propose to treat this natural woodland from the point of view of a park ; wij 

 consider that the only way of doing justice to Epping Forest is by maintaininji 

 intact those characters which have been its chief distinction. | 



Our proposals are as follows : — 



(3) As there is much beautiful landscape in and around the Forest, the openins! 

 up of which would add much to its charms, we think that the best views shoulc 

 be carefully opened up by making judicious clearings. Such views would be ii 

 every wa}' a gain. Honey Lane Quarters is an example where by careful clearing 

 pretty views of the Lea Valley may be obtained. 



(4) The Rides and Drives are beautiful features of the Forest, and thosi 

 made in recent years are well designed. They should receive constant attention 

 lest the encroachments of vegetation should mar their picturesque effect. In thi 

 connection we would call attention to the beauty of the glades which alread; 



, exist. These should be increased in number where it can be done withou 

 sacrificing the finer trees or interfering with the massive groups of the Forest. 



