The outdoor recreation potentials of the Foy’s lake area have been investigated. Participant’s observation and informal pcrsonal/group interview techniques were applied to assess the intensity of visits, monthly income from visitors, monthly expenses for park management, natural and artificial facilities of tourists, outdoor recreation problems and constraints, and the recreation activities participated by the visitors. Picnicking is the highest rccrcaton activity (487c) and walking in the nature is the lowest (5%). The highest number of visitors by occupation, age group, and nature of visits are student (58%), 15-30 years (527c) and friends (327c) respectively. The male-female ratio is 67 : 33. The most serious problems for the visitors is safety and for the management authority is water pollution. The study identifies that the Foy’s lake area has all the components of a recreation park and it identifies some recommendations for development of the lake area to cater the outdoor recreation demand of the dwellers of metropolitan Chittagong.

Vegetative propagation of silkoroi (Albizia procera), lohakath (Xylia kerrii) and sal (Shorea robusta) from root cuttings was tried. The results on the propagating environment with silkoroi root cuttings showed that a mixture of sawdust-sand medium in open bed was found more suitable than the sand medium in open bed and gravel medium in the mist bed. The age of the stock plant from which lohakath root cuttings were collected appears to have an important influence on their success rate and sucker production. Rooted cuttings taken from the three years old transplants regenerated more successfully than the cuttings taken from the mature trees. Sucker production is higher in longer and thicker cuttings, but when a thin (4-5 mm) and longer (10 or 15 cm) cuttings or thick (5.1-10 mm or 10.1-15 mm) and small (5 cm) cuttings were used poor regenerative capacity was observed. All successful cuttings of silkoroi and lohakath produced both roots and shoots. Regeneration of sal from root cuttings was not successful.