Il6 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



silvicultural area ; Part III. gives proposals for future 

 management ; Part IV. describes the various compartments ; 

 and Parts V. and VI. contain notes on the adjoining woods of 

 Quoigs and Ardchullary. 



The soils, which rest on the Old Red Sandstone formation, are 

 stated to be generally suitable for the growth of the more 

 valuable broad-leaved trees, and it is proposed, ultimately, to 

 have crops mainly of those species, worked on a rotation of loo 

 years. Douglas fir, larch, and other conifers are also to be used 

 in certain cases. 



The decision to have hardwood crops appears to be a wise 

 one. The extent of suitable land available for the growth of 

 hardwoods is certainly limited, and for this reason a good 

 market in the future, for this class of timber, is well assured. 



It is worthy of note that the proprietor has transferred 

 practically all the woods in his policy grounds to the economic 

 woods. This step seems dictated by sound common sense. To 

 have a proportion of the woods, even in the home park, occupied 

 by a close crop of fine, shapely stems, such as one sees, for 

 example, in the Spessart, can only tend to enrich and enhance, 

 by contrast, the effects of the more open parts, and this 

 arrangement has the advantage of ensuring that the land is 

 being utilised to its fullest capacity. 



This is a carefully prepared working-plan, and it is accompanied 

 by an excellent map, prepared by the estate architect, showing 

 the various woods and compartments throughout the estate. 

 The whole is printed and bound in pamphlet form. J. F. A, 



The Practice of Forestry, coticerning also the Financial Aspect 

 of Afforestatio7i. By Percival Trentham Maw, late Pro- 

 fessor of Forestry at the Royal Agricultural College, 

 Cirencester, etc., etc. Walter & Walter, Heatherside, 

 Brockenhurst, Hants, 1909. Price 17s. 6d. net. 



The author of this book devotes the first chapter chiefly to a 

 consideration of the financial aspects of afforestation. He sets 

 forth his reasons for and against general schemes of afforestation, 

 and the conclusions he arrives at are so unfavourable to all such 

 schemes, and his views generally are so pessimistic, that one is 

 almost tempted to ask why he took the trouble to write a book 



