ON ESTABLISHING AN EXPERIMENTAL FOREST ARBA. 185 
scientific and practical; and if agriculture be added, he should be 
well acquainted with that subject, and be capable of imparting 
his knowledge to others. The director should have at least one 
assistant capable of teaching and leading in the “ out-door” 
demonstrations, and several others under him, such as a capable 
working forester, sawmiller, nurseryman, and a joiner. The 
director should have the full control of the establishment, 
including the teachers, for whom he should be held responsible, 
such responsibility to include the exercise of discipline, arrange- 
ments from time to time regarding the teaching, and the engaging 
and dismissal of the servants of the institution. He should also 
be responsible for all sales and purchases in connection with the 
establishm ent. 
In conclusion, the writer is of opinion that the key of the 
scheme is the finding of the means wherewith to purchase land 
suitable for the purpose, and thinks that, failing the Government 
taking the matter up heartily in either of the ways indicated, 
steps should be immediately taken to obtain the funds from the 
public, either through the agency of the press or the county and 
municipal authorities throughout the country, or through all 
combined. If such steps are taken, the success of the scheme is 
assured. 
