112 TRANSACTIONS OF ROVAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY 



old men and young lads — now almost the only inhabitants of 

 many Highland parishes, which have given to the King's service 

 a proportion of men many times greater than the average pro- 

 portion of the country. 



" Yours very truly, 



"Archibald Stirling." 



Collection and Storage of Forest Seeds. 



The Board has also issued a leaflet (No, 21) which deals 

 with the collection and storage of forest seeds. Practical and 

 useful hints are given concerning such matters as — source of 

 seed, time of ripening, methods of collection, preliminary storage 

 and extraction, permanent storage and testing. A handy table 

 is added at the end, which gives information regarding time to 

 collect and time to sow, depth to cover, and kind of storage 

 suitable for the seeds of the more important forest trees, both 

 broad-leaved and coniferous. Copies of this leaflet may be 

 obtained, free of charge and post free, on application to the 

 Secretary, Board of Agriculture for Scotland, 29 St Andrew 

 Square, Edinburgh. Letters so addressed need not be stamped. 



The Utilisation of Small Home-Grown Timber. 



The following important circular has been issued by the 

 Board of Agriculture for Scotland : — 



" The attention of landowners, factors, timber merchants and 

 sawmill owners is called to the fact that at present the Director 

 of Army Contracts (ib/ War Office, Whitehall, London, S.W., 

 is advertising for manufacturers to tender for the supply of 

 the following articles made solely, mainly, or partly of wood : — 



" Wooden tent poles, made of white deal (poles), elm (blocks) ; 

 wooden tent pins, made of beech, ash or oak ; wooden picketing 

 pegs, made of ash ; helves and handles, made of ash ; dry 

 cooperage (cask vat), consisting of deal (heads), oak (staves, 

 battens, and cants) ; form and table tops, made of yellow or 

 white deal. 



"The tent poles are of two sizes — Mark IIL, 9 ft. 9 ins. long 

 and 2\ ins. in diameter, and Mark IL, 11 ft. 10 ins. long and 

 2f ins. in diameter; the poles are made in two parts, joined 

 by a socket, the parts in each case to be interchangeable. 



