76 FORESTRY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



The degree of B.A. in a group of subjects including forestry, is 

 open to candidates who keep three years' residence at Cambridge. 

 Facilities for practical work are provided on the Midhurst Estate 

 in Sussex. Investigations are carried on regarding timber 

 technology, identification of colonial timbers, and the properties 

 of timber in respect of dye-stuffs. 



The University of Wales, Bangor, in addition to the B.Sc. 

 degree after three years study, provides a two years' diploma 

 course designed to meet the requirements of students who cannot 

 afford the time necessary for obtaining the higher qualifications 

 of a degree. Before obtaining the diploma at least six months 

 must be spent in practical training in forestry. An experimental 

 area of 50 acres in extent has been laid out, and investigations 

 regarding the rate of growth of the principal trees have been 

 conducted on a number of private estates. Research regarding 

 the influence of heredity from seeds and damage done to trees 

 by smoke and chemical fumes were interrupted by the war. 



The Armstrong College, University of Durham, offers no degree 

 in forestry, but agricultural students may take forestry as a 

 subsidiary subject for the degree examination and the College 

 Diploma in Agriculture. There is also a special course in forestry 

 including practical work and demonstration in the Chopwell 

 woods. These woods, extending over 900 acres, are now systema- 

 tically managed. Experimental plantations at Cockle Park are 

 also available for demonstration. Before the war research on the 

 preservative treatment of timber was conducted. 



Edinburgh University gives a three years' course for the 

 B.Sc. degree in forestry, the syllabus being similar, in general 

 character, to that followed at Oxford University ; practical 

 courses are conducted in woods in Scotland and at the forest of 

 Dean. Visits to the Continent, as usual before the war, have 

 been resumed. A two years' diploma course, open only to officers 

 and others who have served in H.M. Forces during the war, is also 

 provided. 



Aberdeen University provides a degree course of three years 

 duration, a diploma course of two years, and an applied science 

 course which may extend over a single session only. A forest 

 garden at Craibstone affords scope for training the students in 

 practical work for experiments and demonstration. There are 



