Training of Forest Officers

Abstract

IN a sympathetic notice in the Indian Forester of the late distinguished Inspector-General of Forests in India, Mr. H. C. Hill, Sir Dietrich Brandis stigmatises as “absurd” “the idea which, until a short time ago, was current in England, and which to this day is held by many English botanists, that a good botanist must necessarily be a good forester.” I quite agree that the idea is absurd; but as I am probably better acquainted with the English, botanical world than Sir Dietrich Brandis, I doubt very much whether the idea was ever current in this country, or is held at the moment by many English botanists. For my part I entirely dissociate myself from it, as I know many accomplished botanists who would probably make very indifferent forest officers.