IIO TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Estate Forest MUSEUMS. 
In an article which appeared recently in the Zvdian Forester, 
the formation of local forest museums is strongly advocated, and 
the writer of the following note trusts that the day is not far 
distant when no considerable forest estate in this country will be 
without its small museum, the contents of which have all been 
obtained in the local woods. 
The collection would include, among other objects, the 
following, viz.:- Specimens of insects and fungi (each in its 
various stages) which attack the forest crops—these being 
required to facilitate the recognition and suppression of the 
pests; Specimens of diseases and defects due to other causes ; 
Examples of damage by fire, snow, hail, or other injurious 
phenomena ; Specimens illustrating the quality of the timber of 
various species produced on the estate; Articles manufactured 
on the estate, including timber creosoted, or otherwise treated 
with the object of increasing its durability. Specimens of the 
buds, leaves, flowers, seeds and fruits of forest trees (including 
exotic species which may not yet have been established as such), 
with a collection of dried seedlings in their successive stages of 
development, would form a useful and interesting addition to the 
above. 
The Society’s Honorary Scientists would, the writer feels assured, 
willingly identify objects submitted for their examination. 
The accommodation necessary for such a museum would be 
on a very modest scale; a small room in some out-building, 
furnished with a deal table, a chair and a few shelves would 
satisfy all requirements. And the equipment required would be 
correspondingly limited—a few glass-stoppered bottles, some 
methylated spirit, a collecting-box and one or two books of 
reference would afford a good start, and the cost of these would 
be trifling. Measures should of course be adopted to effectually 
protect the building and its contents against risk of destruction 
or injury by fire. 
At first, no doubt, a good many objects would be brought in; 
but later on, additions to the collection would obviously be made 
more rarely, and the time occupied in forming the little museum 
would not be found to interfere with the ordinary duties of the 
forester. 
On the other hand, the following, among other important 
