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(4) Forestry in all its branches. 



(5) Forest Engineering and Surveying. 



(6) A practical course extending over not less than six months. 

 The elements of Biology comprise a botanical and a zoological 



part ; the former includes a course on the structure and function 

 of the stem, leaf, root, flower, fruit and seed of plants ; the 

 zoological part deals specially with the animals which are of 

 interest to the forester and with the classification of insects. 



Forestry is divided into (a) the Economics of Forestry and 

 Forest Policy ; (6) Silviculture ; (c) Forest Protection, including 

 special courses on forest insects and on fungi ; (d) Forest Utiliza- 

 tion, with a special course on the structure and quality of timber ; 

 (e) Forest Mensuration; (/) Forest Management; (g) Forest 

 Valuation and Finance. 



Practical work in the woods accompanies the theoretical 

 instruction during term time in Bagley Wood, situated within 

 two miles of the University, where broad-leaved woods and 

 extensive plantations of conifers are studied, including a series of 

 experimental plots used for statistical purposes, and a forest 

 nursery. 



The Practical Course is taken during the vacations, partly in 

 the Dean, High Meadow Woods, and the Tintern Crown woods, 

 and partly by visits to other British and continental forests. 



Students who have satisfied the examiners in the above sub- 

 jects, which they can do in the course of two years, receive the 

 Diploma in Forestry. Those who have passed Responsions and 

 remain a third year are also awarded the B.A. degree. Special 

 courses are arranged, as required, in British Estate Forestry and 

 in subjects wanted by Probationers for the Indian Forest 

 Service. 



A Research Institute is attached to the School of Forestry, 

 which has, up to date, dealt with the diseases of trees, especially of 

 the larch, soil surveys and entomological questions. The com- 

 parative rate of growth of important forest trees is studied in 

 sample plots established on silvicultural lines in Bagley Wood. 



The University of Cambridge instituted instruction in forestry 

 in 1907 by appointing a Reader in Forestry. A Diploma in 

 Forestry is offered to those who satisfy the examiners in forestry 

 and the allied sciences in a course extending over two years. 



