The Xylarium is mainly intended to display the wood collections for scientific research, teaching, environmental education and other xylarium programmes. This activity is useful for forest utilisation research and education. Nevertheless, it is not a new activity of the Department because wood samples of some 32 species are already existed in the library. Most of these species are of lowland or Terai origin. Therefore, with a view to increase diversity of wood samples, 21 more species specimens were collected from midhills of the country. The study area includes forest and farmland of Kaski and Syangja districts. The specimen collection was carried out during Feb.-April, 2008 and the wood treatment and labeling was done consequently. The dimension of the specimens is: length: 8", breadth: 4", thickness: 1". Each specimen has a label of its local name, scientific name and main uses.
