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THE influence of the great war was distinctly to be noted in the character of the papers presented at the first post-war meeting. The Botanical Section was fortunate in having a president so well able to review the actual and potential plant resources of our Empire, and to lay stress upon the pressing necessity for their scientific development. This note was struck again in the Forestry discussion, which took place jointly with the Agricultural Section. To this discussion Prof. A. Henry contributed a paper on the afforestation of water-catchment areas. He urged the planting of all suitable portions of gathering grounds (which probably vary in different cases from 10 per cent, to 70 per cent.), largely on account of the paramount importance of ensuring the purity of the watersupply, which can so adequately and profitably be done by this means. The scheme practically necessitates co-operation between State and corporation for the acquirement of the necessary land.
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T., E. Botany at the British Association . Nature 104, 520–521 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/104520a0
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