308 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
A certain number of men will be employed as members of the working 
staff of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during the period of the 
curriculum. Such men will serve under all the regulations in force in the 
Garden, and will receive the current wages of their grade. Through the 
co-operation of the nurserymen in Edinburgh, arrangements will be made for 
the employment of others in the nurseries about Edinburgh during the period 
of the curriculum. 
Those who are admitted to the curriculum will be examined from time to 
time upon the subjects of study, and any one who does not show satisfactory 
progress may be debarred from continuing the curriculum. 
Practical foresters and gardeners desirous of entering on the curriculum 
are requested to fill up the form on the other side, and to return it not later 
than the 5th October, along with the recommendation and certificate of 
character mentioned above, addressed to the Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, 
Edinburgh. 
Should it appear to be necessary or advisable, some method of selection 
amongst the applicants may be adopted. 
Applicants will be duly informed whether or no they have been admitted 
to the curriculum. Isaac BAYLEY BALFouR, 
Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 
15th September 1892. 
SCHEDULE. 
Form to be filled up by Applicants for admission to the Course of Instruction 
for Practical Foresters and Gardeners ut the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Edinburgh. 
Name 
Address 
Date of Birth 
Birthplace 
Forester or Gardener 
Name and address of present employer 
Length of time in present situation 
Previous situations and length of time in each 
Do you desire employment in the Royal Botanic Garden, or in a Nursery 
at Edinburgh, during the period of curriculum ? 
Roya Boranic GARDEN, 
EpinzureGu, 15th September 1892. 
Sir,—I have the honour to send the annexed prospectus (with form of 
application) of a Course of Instruction for Practical Foresters and Gardeners 
about to be instituted in this establishment, and to ask for your co-operation 
in making known the course to suitable men. I shall be glad to send 
additional application forms should you require them. 
I would specially invite your attention to that feature of the scheme by 
which it is proposed to find employment in and about Edinburgh for young 
