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it will be seen that foreign countries take forestry very seriously, 

 and find satisfactory means of assisting it. 



One wonders if the experiment mentioned above, of a society 

 starting its own forest domain, is satisfactory. There is much 

 that might be said for it. It would have plenty of science and 

 zeal behind it, and — an especially important point— the proprietor 

 would be a practically imperishable one, while the method of 

 treatment should provide a useful model, not only for members 

 of the society, but for all. But who would form the executive ? 

 It could only, perhaps, be a committee formed by the council, 

 and it is to be feared that there might be disagreements, since 

 doctors disagree often enough, and more especially forest 

 doctors, while, since the executive committee could not be 

 permanent, there would not be the necessary continuity in policy. 

 On the whole it seems doubtfully feasible, but this is a pity, for 

 the idea is a fascinating one. If a forest society would find 

 difficulties in the way of working a forest domain of its own, 

 there is at least one matter, of a cognate nature, for which a 

 society would be a specially suitable body, viz., the formation of 

 a Research Bureau, for the investigations of which some small 

 areas of woodland might advantageously be maintained. 



9. Proposed Scheme for the Afforestation of the 

 Camps Catchment Area, Middle Ward, Lanark- 

 shire. 



By G. P. GORDOX, B.Sc. 



In essence the scheme comprises the economic afforestation 

 of certain of the lands on the water-catchment areas of Camps 

 and Glengavel, in addition to the formation of a large permanent 

 forest nursery at Hairmyres. The area over which it will operate 

 consists approximately of some 6000 acres, but this extent is 

 dependent upon whether certain additional lands can be acquired. 

 As regards the feasibility of the undertaking, it may be pointed 

 out that the areas are particularly well suited to produce 

 profitable timber crops. The conditions of soil and climate are 

 such as to make possible the production of first-class quality 

 timber of certain coniferous species. The elevation, though 

 generally speaking high, will have no injurious influence upon 

 tree-growth, since the plantable ground is very well sheltered by 



