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than the young woods after 25 years. There is no necessity to 

 thin these woods over much for game covers, and though they 

 might give the beaters a little more trouble, that would not 

 matter much. In that way we would grow the trees for timber, 

 and have the woods as game covers as well. One point I should 

 like to make, and that is, that a thing might be right in Germany 

 which might not be so in this country. For example, I do not 

 think it would be a sound principle in this country to go too far 

 with the underplanting of Scots pine with beech. There would 

 be difficulties connected with the thinning of it ; it would be very 

 expensive; and in the end I do not think we would get more for 

 it per acre than we do at present. 



Mr James M'Donald mentioned that in connection with a 

 contract which his firm had with the telegraph department to 

 supply oak, that department would not take Scots-grown oak. 

 Had it been grown in the German way, it would doubtless have 

 been accepted. 



Mr Davidson, Secretary of the English Arboricultural Society, 

 emphasised the necessity of getting the Government Depart- 

 ments interested in planting on estates which were under their 

 own care. There was far too little wood on the Government 

 properties. 



Mr Richardson : — I should like to ask Mr Story if he has 

 noticed much disease in Pinus Strobus in Germany. Mr Story 

 mentioned a mature crop of Pimcs Strobus at 95 years of age, 

 but Pinus Strobus could not be of great size at that age. One 

 of the essentials of that pine is the production of boards of 

 large size, otherwise it would be of comparatively little use.^ 

 Yellow pine at 95 years of age cannot be much better as regards 

 size than the timber we get from the Baltic ports. Is it a 

 practice to fell this pine at 95 years of age in Germany? I do 

 not think that Pinus Strobus is adapted for growing for timber 

 in this country, or will ever be a success in Britain. It is now 

 a long time since it was introduced, and it has made very 

 little progress, and a great many of the trees are infested with 

 Peridermium. As to Japanese larch, Mr Story said it was 

 adapting itself to German conditions. It is rather a revelation 

 to me to find it is growing so well in Germany, because Japan 

 has a climate more like our own, and one is surprised to see 

 a Japanese tree taking well to a climate like that of Germany. 

 ^ It is used for match-making ; see remarks on page 172. — Hon. Ed. 



