68 E eal Notes. [JUNE, 
early productiveness of the plantations under their charge will be as 
certain a result of good management, on educated and sound pri inci- 
ples, as the early maturity of the improved breeds of sheep and oxen 
and the anxiously-tended crops of the field and garden now are, in 
accordance with the careful study and teachings of cultural science, 
and the consequent vastly-improved practice of the farmer and 
‘Qe ardener of the present time. Considering the utter neglect, in a 
. public point of view, from which forestry has suffered so long in this” 
‘country, compared with that of most continental nations, 1b is 
encouraging to think that private enterprise, and a patriotic desire 
amongst many of our best landowners, has done so much to improve 
and atond our forests and woodlands, thereby ameliorating the 
asperities of the country, affording a much-needed shelter to food 
crops, adding largely to the supply of remunerative labour for the 
working man, and greatly i moreasing the general productive economy 
of the nation. . 
Instances of successful and extensive planting are by no means a 
varity among our enterprising landowners, and one particularly note- 
worthy example, of quite recent date, is given on another page of our 
present issue. What Mr. Mackay of Glengloy has so ably and suc- 
ssfully accomp! 
immensely to their amenity and market value, and it requires no 
prophet to foretell the largely-increased income which the land so 
judiciously planted will return to the owner at a comparatively early. 
period. Considering the great extent of fencing, which adds about £1 
per acre to the cost of planting (set down at £3 11s. per acre), we 
must say that the operations of forming these plantations have been 
carried out by Mr. Mackay in an exceedinyly efficient and economical 
manner, the success of which appears to be already beyond a doubt. 
such a spirited practical example, of which the facts are plainly 
detailed, ought to give confidence to the hesitating owner of inferior 
land, the value of which for agriculture or grazing is rapidly diminish- 
ing, to begin at once a systematic course of planting, upon a scale 
commensurate with the wants. and capacity of his property. rom a 
monetary point of view, the investment is thoroughly safe, and the 
profits good and sure. Such a thing as failure need scarcely be 
anticipated, as sound judgment and good management are certain to 
command success. 
Turoven the courtesy of Professor Sargent, of Brooklyn, Massa- 
chusetts, we have received a preliminary catalogue of the forest Lrees 
of North America. The flora of North America is unusually rich in. 
lished. on_ his rugged Highland estates, must. add 
