NOTES AND QUERIES. 2J3 



Teaching of Forestry in the Provinces. , i 



Under the auspices of the County Councils of Fife, Perth, 

 Linlithgow, and Selkirk, and by arrangement with the Edinburgh 

 and East of Scotland College of Agriculture, courses of instruct 

 tion in forestry were conducted by Dr A. W. Borthwick, the 

 Lecturer in Forestry at the College, at Cupar, Perth, Kirkliston, 

 and Selkirk, during the winter of 1904-05. The initial attend- 

 ances on these courses were — Cupar 24, Perth 49, Kirkliston 30, 

 Selkirk 23, and as the courses proceeded these figures rose to 44, 

 62, 42, and 33 respectively. At Cupar the course was an 

 advanced one, dealing with Special Forest Botany, Forest Pro- 

 tection, Structure of Timber, etc., while at the other centres 

 general Sylviculture was treated of ..;:;.r :.::; 



Forestry at the Edinburgh University. 



During the course of the current session, a separate class- 

 room has been provided for the use of the Forestry Class ; and 

 the Lecturer has now, for the first time, the means of accommo- 

 dating and making use of a portion of the apparatus, such as 

 specimens and diagrams, without which class-room teaching 

 cannot be efficiently carried on. He will gratefully receive and 

 acknowledge objects of the above nature, such as, — 



Fruits and seeds of forest trees. 



Seedlings and young plants of various species. 



Specimens of timber of various species. 



Sfides and photographs illustrating matter of sylvicultural 



interest. 

 Examples of damage by fungi, insects, birds, game or 



other animals ; or of damage by frost, sun, hail, wind, 



and other atmospheric causes. 

 Examples of defects in timber. 



Gentlemen who may be willing to contribute to the University 

 Class Collection are requested to address their contributions to the 

 Lecturer at the Forestry Class-room, University of Edinburgh. 

 But in order to avoid the sending of more than a sufficient 



