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istry of vegetation and of soils ; in the meteorological effects of forests 
on moisture, on temperature, and on constituents of the atmosphere ; 
in sylviculture, as applied in Belgium, etc., to utilise waste lands ; 
in the lands of France, to arrest and utilise drift sands; in the 
Alps, the Cévennes, and the Pyrenees, to prevent the disastrous 
effects and consequences of torrents; on the Karst, in Illyria, to 
restore fertility to land rendered sterile by the destruction of trees ; 
in the United States of America, to prevent anticipated evils; in 
India, to secure desiderated good; in Britain, to increase amenity, 
covert, and shelter; and instruction in the injurious effects of 
cattle, insects, and various diseases on trees. With attendance on 
the classes in the University for the study of geology, of agricul- 
ture, and, if it be desired, any of the following: for the study of 
political economy, of conveyancing, or of bandaging and surgical 
appliances ; or with attendance on the classes in the Watt Institu- 
tion for the study of animal physiology, of German, or of French. 
I may add that in connection with the above stndies I would advise 
that a course of instruction should be given in forest botany, in 
forest mycology, or the study of fungi, in forest entomology, in 
forest ornithology, and in forest masology.” 
“Would you suggest that in such a school, if established, there 
should be any opportunity for research as to the differeut circum- 
stances affecting forest products?” ‘I consider that it would be 
exceedingly desirable. There are now established at the seats of 
several of the schools of forestry upon the Continent stations for 
research; they are not connected with the school, they are sup- 
ported by the Government, but placed at the seat of the school in 
order that the students may have the benefit of the professor there ; 
and in some of the schools I have referred to, as in that in Spain, 
where they have failed to secure such an experimental station, very 
great advantage has resulted from the students being encouraged 
by the professor to engage in research upon a smaller scale,”— 
“Would you propose that such a school should likewise make any 
experiments with regard to the suitability of particular soils, 
exposure, the combination or association of different trees one with 
another, and other similar problems?” ‘There are no objections 
to their doing so. These stations for research to which I have 
referred have an international connection ; when one is formed they 
communicate with the others, and state the particular department 
to which they intend to give their attention, and they leave the rest 
to the others, so that no two of them shall be occupying the same 
