REPORT ON A VISIT TO THE FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. el 
Ill. Report on a Visit to the Forests of Scotland in August 1896. 
By Dr Apam Scuwappacu, Professor of Forestry, Ebers- 
walde, Prussia. 
In accordance with the desire of my Scottish friends, I beg to 
submit to the consideration of the members of the Royal Scottish 
Arboricultural Society the following short account of the im- 
pressions which I took home with me from my tour in Scotland. 
On August 4th, along with the members of the Society, I 
visited the parks and woods of Airthrey, Keir, Blair Drummond, 
and Lanrick Castle. On August 5th we traversed the beautiful 
Lochs of Katrine and Lomond, but at Balmaha I had to say 
‘good bye” to the party, in order that I might fulfil some 
engagements that had been made for me to visit the north of 
Scotland. 
On account of illness, Professor Somerville and Colonel Bailey 
were unable to start with me on my extended tour, but Pro- 
fessor Bayley Balfour most kindly undertook to act as my guide. 
On the 7th of August Professor Somerville and Mr Dunn joined 
us at Dunkeld, and accompanied us on our delightful excursion 
of August 8th. 
After leaving Balmaha I had the pleasure of again sailing over 
the whole length of the magnificent Loch Lomond. From Ardlui 
the Highland Railway brought us to Banavie, where we arrived 
on the evening of August 5th. The 6th of August was occupied 
with the passage of the Caledonian Canal, which I found most 
interesting. We were met in Inverness by Mr Gossip, who con- 
ducted us to the most beautiful points of that charming town. 
The view over Inverness and the Moray Firth from the cemetery 
—which is unequalled for situation and beauty—was most im- 
pressive. Our visit to Mr Gossip’s nursery had unfortunately 
to be undertaken so late in the evening that we had not the 
opportunity of making such a careful inspection of it as we should 
have liked. It was interesting to find that the Highland one- 
year old seedling pines were very much smaller than similar 
seedlings grown on the Continent, and similarly with regard 
to larches grown from Scottish and Tyrolese seed. 
On August 7th we spent some hours in the extensive pine 
woods of the Countess of Seafield in the neighbourhood of 
Grantown, and in the evening we visited the magnificent larch 
