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as good as Sundruin larch in this respect ; but untreated beech 

 will nob last for more than two years. 



Four barrels, each holding 120 lbs. of creosote, will suffice for 

 750 stobs ; each therefore absorbs about "65 gallon of oil, costing 

 about 2^d. Fuel and labour, which cost about an additional Id., 

 bring the cost per stob to 3|d. The cost of the plant, which is 

 not included in this rate, is about £50. 



Scottish Tree-Seeds for Norway and Sweden. 



Several Edinburgh nurserymen have received orders from 

 Norway and Sweden for seed of Scotch-grown larch and Scots fir 

 seed. Experiments made in those countries appear to indicate 

 that trees raised from such seed are particularly healthy and 

 hardy. 



An Arboricultural Society for Ireland. 



The following circular has been received by the Secretary : — 



Ballycourcy, Enniscorthy, 

 Co. Wexfoed, November 1901. 



Irish Arboricultural Society. 

 Several gentlemen interested in Agriculture, and the condition 

 to which Ireland is likely to be reduced by being further 

 denuded of timber trees, met in Dublin on the 19th October, by 

 the invitation of Dr Robert Cooper, of London, to consider the 

 subject. After a full discussion, they resolved to form a Society 

 on the lines of the Scottish and English Arboricultural Societies, 

 its object being to disseminate information among our country- 

 men on the subject of the injury done to the climate and agri- 

 cultural prosperity of the country by the continued destruction 

 of timber, and the benefit to be derived from replanting the 

 mountain and waste lands with forest trees. The indiscriminate 

 destruction of forests, and the consequent injury thereby accruing 

 to their country, are at present seriously occupying the attention 

 of the United States Government. In most European countries, 

 also, such as Germany, Hungary, Scandinavia, Denmark, France, 

 etc., there are Governmental Departments which control the 

 management of woodlands, and they have insisted upon cleared 

 ground being systematically replanted with suitable tree and 

 shrub growth. In the United Kingdom there is no such depart- 



