I I 6 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTTSH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



NOTES AND 0UP:RIES. 



Witch's Broom on Pseudotsuga Douglasii. 

 ( With Plate.) 



The photograph on the back of Plate IX. shows a remarkable 

 growth, a " Witch's Broom " found hanging from a Douglas fir. 

 It is a very perfect specimen, and measures 8 inches in diameter 

 and 6 inches deep, the small stem by which it is attached to a 

 branch being 7 inches long and only ^^ of an inch in diameter. 

 Its total weight when found was i lb. Witch's Broom on 

 Douglasii is believed to be the result of mite attack. 



James M'Callum. 



Appointment of Chief Conservator of Forests, 

 South Africa. 



One of the most important forest appointments of recent 

 times has lately been filled in South Africa. Mr J. Storr-Lister 

 has recently retired, and Mr Charles Legat has been appointed 

 in his place. 



The Chief Conservator of Forests, South Africa, has under his 

 direction the Conservators of the various Colonies which have 

 been united to form the Union of South Africa, viz., Cape 

 Colony, with four Conservators or their equivalents : and one 

 Conservator each for Natal, the Orange Free State, and the 

 Transvaal. 



Mr Legat has for some years been Conservator of the Trans- 

 vaal. Immediately after the war Lord Milner obtained expert 

 advice, and a Conservator for the Transvaal was resolved on. 

 It was first proposed to obtain a forest officer from India ; but 

 that not proving feasible at the time, Mr Legat, who was 

 already in the Transvaal in a junior capacity, was appointed 

 Conservator. The results have amply justified this selection ; 

 and the Premier, with that sense of fairness and knowledge of 

 a good officer which have given General Botha his influence 

 in South Africa, has now made the present appointment. 



Charles Legat is a B.Sc. of Edinburgh, and had his forest 

 training under the late Colonel F. Bailey. He has passed some 



