The Journal of Forestry and Estates Management, Vol. 1: A Monthly Illustrated Magazine Devoted to the Science and Practice of Arboriculture and the General Management of Estates; May 1877 to April 1878 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Journal of Forestry and Estates Management, Vol. 1: A Monthly Illustrated Magazine Devoted to the Science and Practice of Arboriculture and the General Management of Estates; May 1877 to April 1878

It cannot be said by any one that the interest in whose favour we offer to originate a centre is one of slight significance. The best authorities inform us that'the value of the forest produce of Great Britain alone exceeds sterling per annum. That repro sents a large total of capital and industry, as well as a wide area of country occupied; and it indicates that there is a material interest involved, quit-e sufficient to call for some com bination of effort to secure its full development, better progress, and continuous welfare. In this all are concerned, - the proprietors of the extensive acreage laid out in wood and forest, the promoters of public parks and pleasure-grounds, the chiefs of those industrial arts in which timber is employed, the gentlemen of taste and position to whom arboriculture presents itself as an aesthetic pursuit, and all those who as factors, managers, assistants, labourers, &c., are engaged in carrying out practically the desires of those who have interest in forestal lands, either as investments, as property, as ornaments in landscapes, as objects of scientific research, or as industrial pursuits. When, however, we extend our thoughts and reflect on India and the Colonies as sources of interest in regard to wood produce, the sense of the necessity of a Journal of Forestry receives enhance ment, and our wonder is excited that such an organ has not long ago been established in this country for the organization and centralization of forestal interests. It is true, we know, that the want of one has been felt keenly and widely, although various obstacles have hitherto prevented the establishment of it; but, that hesitancy has been exercised heretofore on inadequate grounds will, we trust, be proved by the support given to the present endeavour to enfranchise Forestry in the Republic of Letters.

It may not be out of place to attempt a brief outline of the matter which may wisely and usefully form some portion of the contents of such a journal as shall bring Forestry into the foreground as a science, an art, an economic department, and a source of social and personal delight.

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