976 Forestry Education in Great Britain, [march, 



Committees of these contributing counties by which owners 

 of woodlands and persons who contemplate planting, may 

 receive advice free from the Reader in Forestry; and from 

 time to time his services have been solicited. In addition, 

 the Reader has advised in regard to various woodlands 

 belonging to the Colleges of the University. 



In the new building for the Agricultural Department, which 

 is now completed, provision is made for a room for the Reader 

 and for some museum and lecture-room accommodation. 



Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. — The course of 

 instruction in Forestry was established in this College in 1903. 

 There are two branches of the curriculum of the College, 

 viz., the Estate Management and Forestry Branch, and the 

 Farming and Colonial Branch. The majority, however, of 

 the subjects are common to both Branches; and the Diploma 

 may be taken in either Branch of the College. 



The full Diploma Course occupies three years of three terms 

 each. In addition, there is a two years' course. The fees are 

 ^45 a term for in-students and £2$ a term (with an entrance 

 fee of £$) for out-students. The average number of students 

 in the Forestry Branch is about thirty. Instruction is given 

 in the General Principles of Sylviculture, Forest Manage- 

 ment, Preparation of Working Plans, Forest Protection, 

 Forest Utilisation, and English Forest Law. 



By the permission of Earl Bathurst, the Oakley Park and 

 Woods, which cover an area of over 3,000 acres, and have 

 been for many years under systematic management, are 

 used for instructional purposes. They comprise fine 

 woods of oak, ash, Scots pine, beech and larch. About 

 90 acres of coppice are annually cut over. Lord Bathurst has 

 also placed some acres of the Park at the service of the College 

 for an experimental area or forest garden. This is divided 

 into ten half-acre plots, surrounded by screen belts. A useful 

 Guide to the Forest Garden was printed in 1907 for the use 

 of students. Visits for class instruction are also made to the 

 estate nurseries and trade nurseries in the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood ; and periodical excursions are made to Gloucester- 

 shire forest areas, and in the Summer Vacation (if so desired) 

 to Continental forests with the Professor of Forestry. 



University of Edinburgh. — The first course of lectures in 

 Forestry in this University was delivered during the Winter 



