210 FORESTRY IN SPAIN. 



' As the young men became proficient in all the 

 branches (after three years' residence at the institution), 

 theoretical and practical, of forestry, and leave the insti- 

 tution, they should have each his certificate or diploma, 

 stating his general acquirements and abilities, and 

 whether he isjirst, second, or third class in his profession. 

 These certificates should of course be given by the presi- 

 dent and directors, ancl signed also by the professors ; and 

 they should form a guarantee to landed proprietors who 

 might be in want of foresters that the holders are men of 

 undoubted professional abilities, and worthy of being 

 trusted with the mangement of their woods.' 



In the first editorial article in the Journal of Forestry it is 

 said, vol. i., p. 9 : ' It is necessary for a properly equipped 

 Forest School to have a large extent of forest attached to 

 it, having a variety of elevations and soils suitable for the 

 profitable cultivation of all our hardy trees, besides the 

 garden, nursery, or arboretum, which forms the nucleus or 

 head-quarters for the schools. By proper arrangements, 

 such an extent of suitable land could be got within easy 

 reach of Edinburgh, along the slopes amongst the glens, 

 and upon the Pentland Hills; or if for a school in 

 England, amid the uplands of Surrey and Hants, or 

 among the hills of Derbyshire, or in Wales, where trees 

 thrive to perfection, and the land is of comparatively 

 small value for any other purpose.' 



At a meeting of the English Arboricultural Society held 

 last summer 1886, there was advocated by Mr 

 Wallace, land agent for Ravensworth, the purchase, with 

 Government assistance, of a large tract in the Northum- 

 brian Hills for a Forest School on a large scale. It was 

 with the design that this should be in addition to any- 

 thing which might be done in Scotland, it being alleged 

 that it was well known that trees growing luxuriantly in 

 Scotland will not live in the north of England. 



