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Quercus tardissima, resembling very much in appearance 

 Q. pedunculata, was observed \vhich is said to come into leaf very 

 late in the season, and which may, therefore, prove valuable for 

 certain localities where early foliation is hazardous. 



On Wednesday, 27th July, the State Forest of Haye was 

 visited, and here again M. Cuif furnished all the particulars as to 

 management, etc. As at Champenoux, the principal feature of 

 this forest is conversion from coppice-with-standards to high 

 forest. The party was fortunate here, thanks to the early start 

 which was made, in escaping a heavy deluge of rain which 

 occurred when the homeward journey was nearly completed. 

 According to the original programme, the party was to leave 

 Nancy for the Vosges in the afternoon, but this arrangement was 

 departed from, and an early start next morning substituted. 

 This rearrangement gave a further opportunity of seeing the 

 town of Nancy, and several of the party paid a visit to Metz. 



About 4 A.M. on the following morning the party left Nancy for 

 the Vosges. Raon I'Etdpe was reached after a journey by rail 

 of about 2| hours, and from thence, after a light breakfast, the 

 party was conveyed by carriages to Celles. The day remained 

 fair, though somewhat dull, and the exploration of the fine 

 silver fir forests there was accomplished under most favourable 

 conditions. The party was met at Celles by M, de Gail, 

 Conservateur des Eaux et Forets, Epinal, who gave all the 

 explanations regarding the forests, and by Conservateur Mena, 

 Inspecteurs Rodolphe, Miiller, and Jolly, and other members of 

 the forest staff. After lunch, which was served in an open glade 

 in the forest, the return journey to Raon was started, and the 

 party reached Gerardmer by rail in the evening. 



Gerardmer is a popular summer resort, and with its beautiful 

 lake, the " Pearl of the Vosges," its wooded hills, and its pretty 

 villas dotted over the slopes in the vicinity of the town, it 

 presents a picture not to be easily eff'aced from one's memory. 

 Fortunately, too, by the time the party arrived the weather had 

 become brighter and warmer, and the district was therefore 

 seen under most favourable conditions. 



On Friday, 29th July, parts of the Communal and State 

 Forests, chiefly of silver fir and spruce, in the neighbourhood of 

 Gerardmer were visited, and here the party received a very 

 forcible reminder, in the shape of enormous quantities of blown 

 timber, that Britain is not the only country which suffers from 



