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directors for the proper working of the objects of the 

 association. He would be assisted by a professor of botany 

 and vegetable physiology, and one of geology and chemistry, 

 the latter combining physical geography and climatic 

 science ; while he, the manager, would also have the 

 assistance of a first-class practical forester, whose duties 

 would be to carry outfall the practical operations, under 

 the directions of the manager, in dealing with the woods, 

 and at the same time instruct and guide the pupils while 

 at their various works in the woods. 



' To accommodate a staff of this kind, together with, say 

 fifty or sixty pupils, a convenient house would require to 

 be provided, and as to whether the pupils would be resi- 

 dent in it or not, would of course depend on a careful 

 consideration of all the circumstances in connection with 

 the locality in which the field was situated. At all 

 events, one-half of the pupils would require to attend at a 

 given hour every morning, to bear lectures and other 

 instructions on the subjects to be taught by the professors, 

 while the other half would go out to work in the woods. 

 These would return in the afternoon to get their course of 

 instructions, while those who were studying in the 

 morning would go out and take their places in the woods ; 

 and in this way the routine of daily theoretical and 

 practical instructions would be carried on. Of course a 

 portion of the waste land would be taken up for planting 

 every year, in order to have the young men trained to the 

 proper way of doing it, as also thinning in the different 

 plantations, with bark-stripping, pruning where necessary, 

 draining, &c. In short, all these branches of work would 

 be undertaken every year on some portion of the crops ; 

 and as all the works would be performed by the pupils 

 themselves, under the direction of the forester, every one 

 would have the full opportunity of gaining practical 

 experience, as well as theoretical knowledge, on the 

 various branches of forestry. And it would be necessary 

 to keep all the woods under the management of the 

 association in the very best possible condition, so that 



