iv ADVERTISEMENT. 
required of them in India, in our Colonies, and at 
home,’ 
This month has seen an International Exhibition of 
forest products, and other objects of interest connected 
with forestry, opened in Edinburgh, ‘in the interests of 
forestry, and to promote a movement for the establishment 
of a School of Forestry in Scotland, as well as with a 
view of furthering and stimulating a greater improve- 
ment in the scientific management of woods in Scotland 
and the sister countries which has manifested itself during 
recent years.’ 
The following is one of a series of volumes published 
in support of this enterprise, with a view to introduce 
into English: forestal literature detailed information on 
some of the points on which information is: supplied to 
the students at Schools of Forestry on the Continent ; and 
to make better known the breadth of study which is 
embraced in what is known there as Forstwissenschaft, or 
Forest Science,. 
JOHN C. BROWN. 
HappIneTon, 24th July, 1884. 
