114 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



International Memorial to Karl Gayer. 



Appeal. 



Johann Karl Gayer, State Councillor and Professor of 

 Silviculture and Forest Utilisation at the University of Munich, 

 D.CEc, honoris causa, was born on the 15th October 1822, 

 and died in Munich on the ist March 1907, honoured and 

 lamented by thousands of his pupils and friends, and by 

 foresters throughout the world. 



For over forty years Karl Gayer took an active and 

 prominent part in the teaching of forestry ; first at the Forestry 

 School of Aschaflfenburg, and subsequently (1878-1892) at the 

 University of Munich, of which he was elected Rector, officiating 

 during the period 1889-90. In 1880, in Munich, Karl Gayer 

 first started his great propaganda on the silvicultural principles 

 of the preservation of the natural productivity of the soil ; 

 principles which soon made his name and his teaching 

 famous, and brought him pupils from all parts of Europe and 

 America. He was decorated by Bavaria, Russia and Greece, 

 and was made an honorary member of several forestry societies. 



Apart from his work on silviculture, Karl Gayer's name is 

 well known to all British foresters through his classic book 

 on Forest Utilisation, which was translated into English by 

 the late Professor W. R. Fisher. 



The world of forestry owes a permanent deep debt of 

 gratitude to Karl Gayer for his work in the advancement of 

 silvicultural knowledge. A movement has been set on foot in 

 Munich in this year, the 90th anniversary of Karl Gayer's 

 birth, to perpetuate his memory by the erection of a monument 

 over his grave. Yielding to the oft-expressed wishes of foresters 

 throughout the world, it has been decided to give the 

 memorial an international character, and it is thought that 

 many British foresters may welcome this opportunity of 

 joining in honouring the memory of a great forester. 



Contributions may be sent direct to Geheim Ministerialrat 

 Dr Kast, Munich, Bavaria; or to Dr A. W. Borthwick, 

 46 George Square, Edinburgh ; or Professor W. Somerville, 

 12 Banbury Road, Oxford ; or A. M. F. Caccia, 19 Linton Road, 

 Oxford. 



