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Dr James Brown, in his treatise on Forestry,* already 

 referred to, laments thatthere is notaschool in Great Britain 

 where young men can learn efficiently all the branches of 

 study in connection with forestry ; and he gives the following 

 advice as to the way in which a self-supporting institution 

 for that purpose might be established : ' Let an arboricul- 

 tural association be f owned of some of the leading landed 

 proprietors in the country, with a few men of science 

 among them, having for their object the cultivation of 

 trees on the most approved and improved principles of 

 the age, and the training up of young men as foresters 

 according to these principles, in order to fill the places of 

 the existing foresters of the school, and thus as early as 

 possible bring about an improved state of arboriculture for 

 the general welfare of the country. 



' Then, supposing that such an association were formed, 

 where and how is the field of their operations to be had ? 

 Of course, they could not undertake anything in a definite 

 and practical way in respect to forestry without this. Such 

 a field may be easily had, as there are many landed pro- 

 prietors in this country who have more estates than one, 

 and who would be willing, I have no doubt, to give over 

 the woodlands on one of them for the purpose of forming 

 an arboricultural school of it, of course under safe and 

 proper conditions to both parties. The outline of the 

 conditions might be made somewhat as follows : The 



proprietor, R. F., lets to the association , for a period 



of, say forty years from date, all the woodlands at 

 present on the estate of A., extending to about 2000 acres, 

 as per plan of the property to be referred to, at an annual 



rent of . The several crops embraced to be thinned, 



and otherwise to be dealt with for their improvement in 

 health and value by the said association, and according to 

 a mode to be proposed by them and approved of by the 

 said R. F., the proprietor, who is to sell the timber and 



'Forestry; or, A practical treatise on the planting, rearing, and general manage- 

 ment of forest trees.' Fourth edition, William HlacKwoocJ & Sons, Edinburgh and 

 Condon. 1871, 



