i 4 PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



gain the knowledge. His knowledge consists prin- 

 cipally of measuring and valuing. 



The gardener, as a rule, is a faulty woodman. His 

 services, however, may be found useful in the nursery, 

 and in the ornamental planting near the mansion. 



Among the ordinary woodmen we have found the 

 most willing and able men, men anxious to learn and 

 willing to carry out directions. Many of them make 

 most excellent foremen ; and we would rather carry 

 out extensive plantings, and other branches of forestry, 

 with their direct aid, than employ a more advanced 

 woodman as intermediary. 



What then should guide the proprietor of a landed 

 estate in his selection of a forester? It must depend 

 greatly on what his intentions are. If he is himself 

 fairly qualified and willing to conduct the operations, 

 he will find one of the latter class the best, and 

 sufficient. If he has not the necessary skill, he will 

 do best to consult and employ a professional expert, 

 who will on his part employ probably one of the same 

 class. If his agent is qualified, he will consult him, 

 and place confidence in him. The choice of a gardener 

 we do not under any circumstances recommend. 

 Then, he will naturally ask, what are the qualifications 

 needful ? 



The true forester should be a man of education, 

 possessing a fair knowledge of, at least, elementary 

 science, and this term is comprehensive, i.e., it 

 should include botany, vegetable physiology, geology, 

 and entomology ; also a knowledge of land drainage, 

 simple surveying, timber measurement, and of com- 

 mercial values and uses of hewn timber. He must 



