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sufficiently important to determine that a School of Forestry 

 should come to Oxford rather than go to any other University. 



Shortly before Michaelmas Term, 1905, negotiations were 

 concluded between the Secretary of State for India and the 

 University for the transference of the School of Indian Forestry 

 at Cooper's Hill to Oxford, under the superintendence of Sir 

 William Schlich. 



In November the Royal English Arboricultural Society 

 presented to Magdalen College a large number of young 

 Conifers, which were planted in a Pinetum in Tubney Wood. 



In the winter of 1905-6 a Nursery was laid out in Bagley 

 Wood, with the leave of St. John's College. 



The following account of the Bagley Forest Garden is 

 given by Sir William Schlich : " Over 100,000 plants of various 

 species, brought from Cooper's Hill, were planted in it, and 

 seed of a considerable number of species sown. In the 

 following year a commencement was made with the establish- 

 ment of sample plots of the more important timber trees, 

 and up to date 14 acres have thus been planted in groups 

 (each generally one quarter of an acre in extent) of the 

 following species : 



"In 1907 : 



Cedrus deodara Deodar 



Picea excelsa Norway Spruce 



,, sitchensis Sitka Spruce 



Pinus laricio, var. Corsicana Corsican Pine 



,, strobus Wey mouth Pine 



Pseudotsuga douglasii Vancouver or Oregon Douglas 



,, glauca Fir 



Abies pectinata Silver Fir 



Larix sibirica Siberian Larch 



Quercus pedunculata Pedunculate Oak 



,, sessiliflora Sessile Oak 



"In addition a plot of naturally regenerated Oak was 

 established. 



