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and it is still only in the experimental stage. The woods of it 

 are only sixteen or seventeen years old.^ Mr Ehves spoke of 

 following German methods, and sounded a warning note about 

 that. It must not be supposed that all I have said of German 

 forestry could be applied to this country. Not by a long way. 

 But I would not wish the members to think that the views which 

 I have just exhibited are merely of show-places, or anything of 

 that kind. They are typical of most of the woods one sees. In 

 fact, it was not possible to photograph many of the best woods. 

 Photography in the forest is always conducted with difficulty, and 

 the pictures do the forests only bare justice. Mr Richardson 

 asked about Finus Strobus. Well, I cannot say exactly what the 

 timber was used for from the wood which was cut at 95 years. 

 The timber is considered better than spruce, and not so good 

 as that of Scots pine. Most of the Finus Strobus woods are 

 young. They undoubtedly suffer from the pest Feridermium 

 Strobi in many parts of Germany. I agree with what Mr 

 Gillanders has said about the underplanting of Scots pine. 

 Underplanting is not quite so necessary in our moist climate — 

 especially with Scots pine, which makes such modest demands 

 upon fertility. It is a different matter with the oak. Under- 

 planting of Scots pine would be apt to lead us into a longer 

 rotation than is generally advisable. 



What I would say in conclusion is that the instruction we get 

 from the German woods is not so much direct as it is suggestive. 

 The treatment and so forth of German woods suggest very 

 much to us, but German management is not in all cases 

 suitable for imitation exactly. 



The proceedings, which had lasted about three hours, then 

 terminated. 



' Notwithstanding its quicker growtii at first, and its apparent hardiness 

 (as yet) against the attacks of the canker-fungus, the Japanese larch is not at 

 all likely to become so important a tree in Britain as the European larch. 

 Prof. H. Mayr (Munich), who did much for its introduction, says of it 

 {A/lgemeine Foist- und Jagd-Zeititng, Supplement, 1904, p. 4) : — " I have 

 never recommended the cultivation of the Japanese larch. I said its climatic 

 home was where that of the European larch originally lay, viz., in the region 

 of the spruce ; and I therefore concluded that it could be grown throughout 

 the whole of Germany, with the advantages and disadvantages pertaining to 

 the European species. I never said it could not be grown, but that it would 

 probably be found not to be worth growing." 



