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two millions were included in the returns of mountain and heath 

 land, that area from the afforestation point of view would be re- 

 duced to less than u million acres." 



JOHN FLEMING. Afforestation in England. When Afforestation 

 Conies. -- Trans, of the Ro^al Scottish Arbor. Soc., Volume 

 XXXIII, Part II. Edinburgh, July 1910, pp. 124-132. 



Various considerations have brought about the necessity of 

 Afforestation in England. 



I. The high price to which timber has risen. 

 II. The extraordinary demand for timber for paper-making; 

 III. The laudable desire to create some new industry to keep 

 more people on or about the land of the country. 



As to what kinds of timber should be cultivated the A. sug- 

 gests larch and Scotch fir, better than spruce, which is expected 

 to come into use for pulp-making, but for that purpose a wood much 

 freer from knots is necessary. In hardwoods, three varieties are 

 recommended: oak, ash, and the elm. All these trees, as grown 

 in England and central and southern Scotland are far superior, in 

 quality to the same timber grown in any other part of the world. 

 Data are given on the movement of timber import from Russia, 

 Sweden, Canada and, Finland. 



Afforestation of catchment areas. -- The Journal of the Board 

 of Agriculttire, vol. XVI, n. 4, 265-274. London, July, 1909. 



By considering that the supply of water obtained from land 

 forming a " catchment area " is materially affected by the planting 

 of trees, the Departmental Committee on British Forestry was in- 

 duced in 1902 to recommend that the attention of Corporations 

 and Municipalities should be drawn to the desiderability of plan- 

 ting with trees the catchment areas of their water supply, and 

 in communicating this recommendation to the Local Authorities 

 the opportunity was taken to ascertain some particulars as to 

 the area and character of their catchment areas. Recently the 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have asked the Local Autho- 

 rities principally concerned for an account of any work in the 

 direction of planting the areas under their control which has 



