Io8 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



men in the South of England, asking how to treat their lime trees, 

 which are attacked by the larvae of the winter moth {Cheimatobia 

 brumafa), which devour the foliage in early summer. 



Mr Elder adopts the following measures : — About the end of 

 October, he winds a hay-band three or four times round the 

 bole of the tree at about i ^ feet from the ground, and he then 

 smears it with " tree lime," which can be obtained from Messrs 

 .Shaw & Son, Worksop. None of the trees so treated have been 

 infected, and for the past two years he has seen but little of the 

 pest on those which were not treated. 



Seeds of North American Conifers. 



With much regret we have to announce the death of Mr 

 Angus Cameron, whose generous offer to supply Scottish 

 proprietors with seeds of North American conifers was intimated 

 in our last issue. 



Grant to Ireland from the Development Fund. 



The Development Commissioners have decided to recommend 

 a grant of financial assistance from the Development Fund for 

 forestry purposes in Ireland. — Times (Pari. Debates) of 24th Nov. 



The Biltmore Forest School, U.S.A. 



The following statement is extracted from the Director's 

 announcement for the current year : — 



1. All lectures and all school work are meant to convey such 

 information only as is capable of immediate exploitation in the 

 American woods ; science is not taught with the view to the 

 training of scientists ; it is taught with the sole view to the 

 training of practical workers. 



2. The topics treated in the classroom are invariably and 

 immediately worked upon in the woods, the students taking a 

 hand, as far as possible, in all woodwork, engineering work, 

 road work, and sawmill work. 



3. The term " forestry " is interpreted at Biltmore in the 

 broadest sense possible, so as to comprise all technical work in 

 any way connected with the forest . . . indeed all timber 

 cruising, logging and lumbering ; all work at the sawmill, at the 



