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large library with reading rooms ; and the Royal Scottish 

 Museum possesses a large and separately arranged collection of 

 works on forestry, called the " Cleghorn Library," which was 

 founded by the late Dr Hugh Cleghorn. 



Other Forestry Education in Scotland. — Provision is made for 

 instruction in forestry at each of the three agricultural colleges 

 supported by the Scottish Education Department. In Edinburgh 

 the university and the college together supply courses to meet 

 the requirements of all classes of students, including those who 

 make a comprehensive scientific study of the subject with a view 

 to graduation. The West of Scotland College grants a special 

 Certificate in Forestry, and at all three centres (Edinburgh, 

 Glasgow, and Aberdeen) courses are given which cover the 

 ground prescribed when forestry is taken as a subject for the 

 B.Sc. in Agriculture. There is also a comprehensive scheme of 

 Extension Work in Forestry in connection with these centres. 



Edinburgh a/td East rf Scotland Agricultural College. — Instruc- 

 tion in forestry has been given at this college almost since its 

 foundation. The courses of study prescribed are : {a) A course 

 for the College Diploma in Agriculture, given at the university by 

 the university lecturer in forestry, to whose salary the college 

 contributes in respect of this work. (/>) An evening class, 

 instituted in 1905-6, and held annually since that date. A 

 course at this class consists of 21 lectures, besides excursions 

 for demonstration purposes. The attendance is principally com- 

 posed of foresters, gardeners, nurserymen, and the young men 

 employed in the estate management departments of large legal 

 firms, (f) Extension courses consisting of from 12 to 20 lectures. 

 Since the foundation of the college in 1901, courses of this kind 

 have been given at eleven different centres within the college 

 area, the average attendance at each course being 48. 



Some of the classes of this College are recognised by the 

 University of Edinburgh as qualifying for the B.Sc. in Forestry. 

 Facilities for practical work are provided by several of the land- 

 lords in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, and the large collec- 

 tions illustrative of forestry in the Royal Scottish Museum (an 

 institution administered by the Scottish Education Department) 

 are available for use by the students of the college. The fee for 

 course {a) mentioned above is ^^3, 3s., that for course {b) is 5s. 



West of Scotland Agricultural College, Glasgojv. — The Forestry 

 Department at this college was established in 1904. The 



