196 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
This gentleman made the whole of the arrangements in connection 
with the tour, and supplied the informa’ion for the time-table 
and guide which had been translated and put into the hands of 
the Excursionists before starting. The care which Professor 
Schwappach had bestowed upon every detail of the arrangements 
was evident at every step of the journey, and could only be 
fully appreciated by those present; whilst the great courtesy, 
patience, and kindness which he exhibited towards each member 
of the company could not be overestimated. Indeed, what has 
been said of Professor Schwappach might with equal truth be 
said of the whole of the German officers met with at the Forests 
and other places visited. The members of the Society owe a 
debt of gratitude to their German friends which it will be 
impossible to repay. 
It is unnecessary to deal in this note with the Excursion from 
a Forestry point of view, as that part of the subject has been very 
fully treated in the ‘Short Account of Prussian Forests” by Dr 
Somerville, and the Essays by Messrs Slater and Robertson, all of 
which appear in the current number of the Z’ransactions. All 
that is necessary here is to give a few details regarding the route 
and the social side of the Excursion. 
In order to save the members as much trouble as possible with 
the financial arrangements, each member contributed a certain 
sum to a common fund, out of which all disbursements were 
made. The fund was converted into German money at Bremen, 
and the balance in hand at the end of the tour was re-exchanged 
at Hamburg. The arrangement worked very well, and appeared 
to give general satisfaction. 
On Monday morning, 29th July, the Excursionists visited an 
agricultural experimental station in the neighbourhood of Bremen, 
und afterwards left by train at 11 a.m. for Brockhdfe. Here 
several hours were spent in driving through young plantations, 
and insp3cting steam-ploughing operations, etc, at Lintzel. In 
the course of the afternoon the party was entertained to lunch in 
an improvised festive chamber, which bad been very artistically 
decorated for the occasion with forestry tools and foliage. Over 
the entrance, in large letters composed of fir twigs, was the 
Forester’s greeting, “‘ Waidmann’s Heil”; and on his plate each 
member found a beautiful bouquet of spruce and_ heather. 
Landesdirector Miller presided, and with him were Geheimrath 
Lauenstein and Landesforstrath Quaet-Faslem, 
