213. 
Within the last eight years an experimental forest has been 
formed at Avondale in Ireland. It is under the control of the 
Board of Agriculture for Ireland, and 106 acres, divided into 
91 plots, have been planted with various kinds of trees. A 
description of the work carried on there is to be found in the 
“ Quarterly Journal of Forestry,” v., Jan. 1911, pp. 58-60. As 
yet it is too early to gain definite information as to how certain 
purposes are taken from Hough’s “ American Woods”; “ Timber,” 
J. R. Batterden ; “ Timber and Timber Trees,’ by Thomas 
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with regard to the behaviour of various trees in this country. In 
some instances directions of culture, as recommended by the United 
States Department of Agriculture in various Forest Planting 
Leaflets for American trees, are given as a possible guide for 
intending planters. ost ue melee ee sei 
