148 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



now completed, provision is made for a room for the Reader and 

 for some museum and lecture-room accommodation. 



Royal Agriculiural College, Cirencesier. — The course of in- 

 struction in forestry was established in this college in 1903. 

 There are two branches of the curriculum of the college, viz., 

 the Estate Management and Forestry Branch, and the Farming 

 and Colonial Branch. The majority, however, of the subjects 

 are common to both branches; and the diploma may be taken 

 in either branch of the college. 



The full Diploma Course occupies three years of three terms 

 each. In addition, there is a two-years' course. The fees are 

 ^45 a term for in-students and ^25 a term (with an entrance 

 fee of ^5) for out-students. The average number of students in 

 the Forestry Branch is about thirty. Instruction is given in the 

 General Principles of Silviculture, Forest Management, Prepara- 

 tion of Working-Plans, Forest Protection, Forest Utilisation, and 

 English Forest Law. 



By the permission of Earl Bathurst, the Oakley Park and 

 Woods, which cover an area of over 3000 acres, and have 

 been for many years under systematic management, are used 

 for instructional purposes. They comprise fine woods of oak, 

 ash, Scots pine, beech and larch. About 90 acres of coppice 

 are annually cut over. Lord Bathurst has also placed some 

 acres of the park at the service of the college for an experi- 

 mental area or forest garden. This is divided into ten half-acre 

 plots, surrounded by screen belts. A useful Guide to the 

 Forest Garden was printed in 1907 for the use of students. 

 Visits for class instruction are also made to the estate nurseries 

 and to trade nurseries in the immediate neighbourhood ; 

 periodical excursions are made to Gloucestershire forest areas, 

 and in the summer vacation (if so desired) to Continental 

 forests with the Professor of Forestry. 



University of Edinburgh. — The course of lectures in forestry 

 in this university was first delivered during the winter session 

 of 1888-9, ^"d the course has been conducted annually since that 

 year. The degree of B.Sc. in Forestry has recently been 

 instituted, with special courses in Advanced Forestry, Forest 

 Botany, Forest Entomology, Chemistry of Forest Soils, and 

 Forest Engineering with Drawing and Surveying. The Degree 

 Course extends over three academic years, of which two and 

 one-third are spent at the university. The First Course in 



