I04 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Arboricultural Society and the English Forestry Association ; to 

 the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society and the Landowners 

 Co-operative Forestry Society. — I am, etc., 



LOVAT, 

 Chairman, Forestry Commission. 



It is satisfactory to be able to record that the scheme has 

 been taken up with enthusiasm, and that the response to the 

 Government's proposals has been very satisfactory. Not only 

 have municipal councils, local authorities, and landowners 

 welcomed the scheme, but the nursery trade have very materially 

 assisted by making a substantial reduction in the cost of plants 

 for the current year. 



In the following letter Lord Lovat has brought the progress in 

 the movement of forestry unemployment schemes up to date : — 



5/// December 1921. 



Sir, — In a recent letter I outlined certain schemes of 

 afforestation by municipal councils, local authorities, and 

 landowners, for which grants were available for works under- 

 taken and finished before 31st May of next year. 



The response to the proposals of the Government has, I am 

 glad to say, been very satisfactory, and many schemes for 

 planting, preparation, and scrub clearing are already in 

 operation, or about to begin, which will provide occupation 

 for a substantial number of unemployed. 



From the beginning the Forestry Commission anticipated 

 that the success of the planting proposals would largely depend 

 upon the quantities of plants available this year, and upon the 

 prices at which these could be purchased. With a view to 

 obtaining the necessary information the Commission arranged 

 for conferences with the Nursery Trade Associations in England 

 and Scotland, and as a result it is apparent that there are 

 considerable quantities of plants and seedlings, and the nursery 

 trade have agreed to reduce substantially the prices at which 

 their members will dispose of their supplies. 



While the stock of transplants is limited, there is an ample 

 stock of seedlings. A list of the prices agreed upon between 

 the Nursery Trade Associations and the Commission is annexed, 

 from which it will be seen that a substantial reduction has been 

 made in the prices of transplants as compared with those 



