i02 transactions of royal scottish arboricultural society. 



Correction. 



The footnote to Mr Richardson's article on Mr Henry's 

 Investigations of Ehn SeedHngs, printed at page 189 of 

 vol. xxiv., is by Mr Henry, and Mr Richardson's initials 

 were erroneously attached to it. 



RE\'IEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Development of British Forestry. 274 pp., 71 Figs. By 

 A. C. Forbes, F.H.A.S., Chief Forestry Inspector to the 

 Board of Agriculture for Ireland. London: Edward Arnold, 

 Publisher to the India Office, 191 1. Price los. 6d. net. 



This book deals with some of the practical aspects of the 

 afforestation question. The arguments for and against ex- 

 tensive afforestation as a practical undertaking in these islands, 

 are becoming so familiar to the parties chiefly interested that it 

 is exceedingly difficult to find anything really fresh to say on the 

 subject. 



A perusal of Mr Forbes' book leaves one with the impression 

 that he is not over sanguine of the ultimate financial success of 

 any schemes of afforestation. It is not easy, however, for the 

 reader to decide exactly what the author's own personal views 

 are. He gives extensive quotations from various writers to show, 

 apparently, that there are still very extensive tracts of good 

 forest land in Europe and America which, if properly worked, 

 could be made to supply not only the needs of the regions 

 named, but also those of our own country. In further support 

 of this view, he asserts that practically all the land in this 

 country capable of producing first-class timber is already devoted 

 to agriculture, and that on the land not so taken up, which is for 

 the most part situated at high altitudes, the production of paying 

 crops of first-class timber could not as a rule be looked for. On 

 the other hand, he points out (p. 30) that " it is this larger class 

 of timber which will sooner or later be reserved for home con- 

 sumption " (in the exporting States) ; and '' that some form of 

 export duty will be put upon it in the round or unmanufactured 

 condition ": and " that it should become a settled policy in 



