SEPTEMBER 26, 1874.] 
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vancement of arboriculture. In 1857 the late Earl of 
Ducie was President, and contributed a valuable 
paper, enti itled ‘* Remarks o n the Effects of Geologi- 
ad Toen on cert Coniferæ. His successors 
the Earl of Stair, 1858; Sir TA Hall, of 
i the la of Duke of Har, 1860; 
e ; Earl hii Airlie, 
1962 "R of Dun e, rat 
under g 
Sr offic ce till fa, as lai ireal 
liitis by his uad piers he, on beha if of 
the Society. 
Fina EORR is paisa has had a very fluctuating 
xperie some years the income was ex- 
Dicer F Cf “There is reason to hope that, with 
ing popula nd an increasing number of 
E iber , the income w i steadily rise, as th 
e 
funds are still inade equi meet many desirable 
objects Sumito with our Society, such as the wider 
by y our conveying ncil the pat of my 
cordial wishes for the saintly of the Society.” 
Transactions to 
as far as possib 
' This will | tend to "a the object of 
of experiences. 
the deputation which it was proposed last year should 
visit the Continent, and we m ope to receive in 
= land so of "e hae pe foresters of those 
ot 
ountries, t ould show much that would 
whom 
~ highly aeaa pol s potev ructive 
circulation of our Proceedings, the acta of a Among the materials for an address on the progress 
library, and grants for scientific inqui nd state of forestry in ae tain z specially notice a 
e examination of our printed Transactions Lea small v me of Repo n Forest Management in 
that a considerable change is hg in plac e sub- many, Austria, and G Britain lately printed 
jects to which our gay is dire om a jae by tds of H.M. Sec itary “of State for -n (Duke 
four years I find that out of “ton -five papers | of Argyll) [This volume was noti columns, 
and rep Sa majority were on purely practical | 1873, p. 1463.] The fo leiar pesana piee to 
subjects connected with the routine duty of a British | Scotch Fir forests in Germany I may quote by way of 
forester, such ge, pruning, thinning, fencing, | example : 
ike ; but a wider scope has lately been given 
to our efforts, and papers have been recorded on the ‘In the plains of North-east Germany, Hanove 
influence of climate sve soil, the g f various | Brandenburg, Saxony, the extensive Scotch Fir rah 
introduced trees, improved instruments, Continental | which are mainly regenerated by sowing and planting, 
systems, Indian forestry, and collateral branches of | should be visited. Insects have been the great difficulty 
; The estimation in which our Zransactionsare | 1 many of these tracts, and som attempt 
` held may be inferred fre notices in journals, and from ian. Ta he fores 
the following letter of Dr. Brandis, Inspector-General | fres hay. 
of Forests to the € t of India, high | o nia (St 
Morir on on aie science dministration, with e pri main 
principally 
whom I was long associated, and fr ve | these forest: anna 
sian derived valuable information :— of Beech to improve the 
o you my obligations to the | be noticed. 
the results of this ne are seen in the shape of magni- 
ficent stems, with dark red heartwood, which fetches a 
‘irs actin es to the nd Potatos a 
planted between the lines. The second year a cropo 
Rye, and then two more crops of Potatos and Rye, ar 
taken, In this manner the young plants are sheltered 
during the firs years of their existence, and the 
ground is kept clear of grass. Under the peculiar cir- 
cumstances a ey cer deep but moist sand, much 
exposed to late frosts in spring, this system answers 
ays the hat of the trees is better than where 
TOPS 
are taken off the ground (in the vicinity), and 
of the operati on orest officers m Burmah will sil 
glad to see this system, which is Bee agous to what was 
-cakerooam in the Teak rrai. near 
On rch 24, 1873, a paper was Far Ba Mr. 
William pie, at ‘the Institution rveyors 
London, on ‘* Beech bed org Be = nd Larc k “Plantations 
which was follo erestin 
corded in the 77 a a ge that osien, ig s 
t. ix. The rem: ious 
pt. 
W foe es 
