When people are told to plant timber trees, they are seldom told what kinds of trees are most profitable, yet this is a most important part of forest culture. In our own country few people know what kind of wood is in demand and what therefore to plant with a view to profit. They know that Black walnut is valuable for coffins and cabinet-ware generally, the locust for fence posts, the Catalpa for posts and railway carriage building; but little more. The Agricultural Department has undertaken a good work at the New Orleans Exhibition by making a national exhibit of wood-work, which will have a great educational value. Philadelphia is famous for its wood-working industries, and has contributed freely to the government displays. So far as our Forestry Congresses and Conventions are concerned, we learn little but that, unless more trees are planted the water courses will dry up, and the country become a howling wilderness - the story varied perhaps by the number of feet of lumber left to cut, or the great advantages of free trade.

The practical information, that would enable one to plant with a view to profit within a few years, is seldom forthcoming.

In the Old World information of this character is widely diffused by forestry associations. In a paper issued in Scotland we learn of the forest products of that region, that apple is used to make imitation rosewood and walnut, and for clubs, bowls, wainscotting. Ash - largely by wheelwrights and agricultural implement makers. Mountain ash - for light crates and machinery, es-. pecially in potteries. Beech - chairs, tools, and for spinning, weaving and similar machinery. Birch - shoe-pegs, veneering and furniture. Cherry - same purposes as apple. Elder - for imitation of bone, box and ebony, and for printing blocks. Elm - very great demand for railway carriage building, and for almost anything where no paint is desirable. Hazel - hoops for barrels. Holly - mathematical instrument makers. Hornbeam - millwrights, especially for the cogs of wheels. Horse-chestnut - packing boxes and mould patterns for castings.

Laburnum - fancy turnery. Larch - boat building, mining, fencing, pumps, and such like. Linden - railway carriages, carving, shoemakers' and saddlers' work, packing boxes. Maple (Acer campes-tre) - machinery, furniture, musical instruments - high priced and profitable. Oak - ship building, and for every purpose where extreme strength is desirable. Scotch Fir - everything where our pine wood would come into use. It is the "deal" of their commercial trade.