I02 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



planting the catchment areas of reservoirs as well as round all 

 the Other contributory sources of supply, loss of water would 

 gradually cease and a regular steady flow into the reservoirs 

 would result. Until such a course is adopted the energy 

 available in winter floods can never be fully utilised, while 

 in summer the curtailment of the proper normal load-flow will 

 cause a wastage in power. 



When it becomes a question of maintaining deer for sport, 

 and at the same time using sections of the forests for other 

 purposes, as suggested by the Committee, the claims of tree- 

 planting should have priority against stock. Trees are silent, 

 and do not disturb the sportsmen or the deer. Then they do 

 more, they give a better return, and when planted with discre- 

 tion will save the surface wastage, deterioration, and erosion 

 which are ever working in the open country. 



13. Empire Forestry. 



Under the above title there has come to hand the first issue 

 oi\\\& Journal oi the Empire Forestry Association. For foresters 

 within the Empire this is the most important new periodical that 

 has been published in recent years. It is a Journal with great 

 possibilities. Its pages may carry to foresters in places that are 

 easily accessible, and to those whose work lies in the remote 

 parts of the Empire, ideas which have proved useful to others 

 who have overcome problems similar to those with which they 

 themselves are dealing. One should look to it as a source of 

 additional information on old subjects, and a mine of facts and 

 details of matter that is new. But this is not all. Forestry is a 

 commercial undertaking, and advertisement has proved its value 

 in most lines of business. 



The Journal may advertise the numerous and varied forest 

 products of the Empire, and at the same time it should not omit 

 an advertisement of the means of conservation and reproduction 

 which will ensure a continuous supply of those products. The 

 latter part will be the more difficult to keep before the public, 

 and to guarantee. The British nation is notoriously lax in the 

 administration and conservation of its forest properties. One 

 finds from old records in Scotland and England that forests were 

 not favoured by the people, and the early colonists carried this 



