THE NEW FORESTRY. 41 



Novar Estate, in Cromarty, in a booklet published in 1899, 

 states that the prices per cubic foot now prevailing there for 

 standing timber of oak and ash is is. to is. 6d., sycamore is. 

 to 53., elm is., beech 6d. to is., Scotch fir 3d. to 6d., spruce 

 3d., in fairly accessible places. 



These prices are not much below the best English prices, 

 denote timber of good size and quality, and speak for them- 

 selves as to the value of different kinds of crops. 



There is now a tendency among Scotch proprietors to con- 

 form to the new order of things, both as regards the best 

 kinds of trees to plant and methods of culture, and much will 

 depend on the kind of men they employ in future; but the 

 facts stated, and many more that could be given, show that 

 Scotch woods have not hitherto provided either schools or 

 teachers of forestry, as they are supposed to have done. 



Scotch gardeners have always displayed a far more correct 

 appreciation of the climatic conditions of the north of Scotland, 

 arboriculturally and horticulturally, than Scotch foresters have 

 done, if their writings and practice may be taken as an indica- 

 tion of their knowledge and observation. 



The productions of gardens in the north of Scotland, in 

 the shape of trees, shrubs, fruit and flowers, have often struck 

 visitors from the south, but seem to have been passed unnoticed 

 by foresters on the spot. Many years ago, the late Mr. Robert 

 Thompson, of Chiswick, a native of Aberdeen, published in 

 the " Gardener's Assistant " the following table : 



Latitude. Mean Temperature 



of March. 



Paris 48 50' 4379 



Rouen 49 26 41-12 



Brussels 50 5 1 4278 



Chiswick (London) ... 51 29 42*23 



Boston (Lincolnshire) 52 48 41*67 



Dublin 53 21 42-46 



Liverpool 53 25 44'44 



Edinburgh 55 58 40*53 



Dundee 5627 42-20 



Aberdeen 57 9 42-80 



Elgin 57 38 40-53 



Wick 58 29 41*94 



showing how very little difference there was between the mean 

 temperatures of the month of March from the north of France to 

 Wick in Scotland, for cultural purposes ; and since then (1884) 



