8o TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



of the rest-house with a few botanical books of reference under 

 proper supervision. 



Glenbranter lies between the Firth of Clyde and Loch Fyne. 

 It has a maritime climate with heavy rainfall and little 

 frost, and is sheltered by hills rising to over 2000 feet. The 

 geological formation is mica-schist, in places overlaid with peat. 

 The plantations of the Forestry Commission on this estate will 

 extend to 4500 acres, planting being at the rate of 400 acres 

 a year. The site reserved is near the middle of the estate. 

 Glenbranter can be reached from Glasgow in a little over two 

 hours. It is 15I miles from Dunoon on the road to Strachur. 

 Charabancs run in summer. Motors can be hired at Dunoon. 

 Between Glasgow and Dunoon there is an ample service of 

 trains and boats. Glenbranter can also be reached by motor 

 from Glasgow via Arrochar and the Rest Pass, a run of 65 miles 

 through lovely country. 



It is hoped that this proposal to commemorate Sir Isaac in a 

 place named after him, where the trees and shrubs in which 

 he was so deeply interested can be grown as he wished, will 

 appeal to his friends. A small Executive Committee has been 

 formed consisting of Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Pollok House, 

 Pollokshaws, Professor W. Wright Smith, Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh, Mr F. R. S. Balfour, Dawyck, Stobo, and 

 Mr John Sutherland, 25 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, 

 who is acting as Honorary Secretary and Treasurer and to 

 whom subscriptions should be sent. Those already received 

 vary from ;£ioo to 5s. 



Notes on German Forestry. 



The Secretary of the American Paper and Pulp Association 

 has been so kind as to send certain notes which he has received 

 from a German correspondent. It was his hope that they 

 would prove of interest to members of the Society. While 

 there is naturally much about paper pulp in them, the 

 notes have been written by a forester, and his notes on 

 forestry in Germany and elsewhere are of considerable 

 value. 



In this country the present-day practice in planting spruce 



