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able and animal, the greater knowledge he possesses 

 on the habits of his trees and the localities in which 

 they grow, the better forester he will prove and the 

 better the results he will show. He has opportuni- 

 ties, perhaps better than fall to the lot of most, for 

 carrying out research work in one of several distinct 

 branches. He may be interested in or develop a love 

 for botany or mycology, entomology or forest en- 

 gineering, with which is associated that important 

 branch connected with the extraction of the materials 

 from the woods in the cheapest manner. There is 

 room for much work in this direction in this country. 

 He may be of a mathematical turn of mind and carry 

 out studies into the methods of calculating the yield 

 which different soils and species can produce ; or 

 forest economics and the utilisation of the various 

 products of the forest may claim his interest ; or 

 finally the law of the forest, its connection with the 

 civil and criminal laws of the country, and the numer- 

 ous loopholes it affords the forest offender of escaping 

 from all penalties, may provide a fascinating and 

 intricate study during his spare hours. All these forms 

 of forest research exist. All are within the powers of 

 women to assimilate. And, so far as the forests and 

 woods of our great Empire are known to me, all of 

 them offer opportunities to the young scientifically 

 trained forester to make a name for her or himself. 



