CONTENTS. 





1. On the History op Leases of Lands from the Earliest 



Times. By John M'Culloch, .... 1 



2. On the Picea Nobilis, and its Value for Plantincx in 



Scotland. By Egbert Hutchison, . . .24 



3. On the Advantage of Ploughing in Manure at once 



ON BEING Spread or leaving it Spread for a Time. 



By John Ainslie, Junior, ..... 41 



4. On the Old and Kemarkable Spanish ■ Chestnuts 



(Castanea vesca) in Scotland. By Robert Hutchi- 

 son, 43 



5. On the Hylobius Abietis or Fir Weevil. By John M. 



Aitken, •••.... 72 



6. On Variations in the Composition of Oats. By Professor 



Henry Tanner, ...... 76 



7. On the Reclamation of Waste Land on the Farm of 



Ballimore, Banffshire. By George Grant, . . &7 



8. On the Growth and Cultivation of Willows in Scot-^ 



LAND. By William Scaling, , . . .90 



9. On Animal Parasites. By John Scott, . . .98 



10. On Results of Experiments with Lime and various 



Artificial Manures, By Thomas Lawson, . . 106 



11. Historical Account of the Veterinary Department of 



the Highland and Agricultural Society, . . 121 



12. On Continuous Corn-growing at Paxton, Berwickshire. 



By George Muirhead, . , . . .190 



13. On the Cause of Ringshake in Trees. By Thomas 



Wilkie, ....... 192 



14. Experimental Stations— Progress of Experiments. By 



Dr Andrew P. Aitken, ..... 200 



15. Agricultural Statistics op Scotland, 1878. From the 



Government Returns, . , , . > . 215 



APPENDIX (A). 



Proceedings op the Highland and Agricultural Society— 



Proceedings at Board Meetings, February 1878 to January 



1879, ....... 1 



Proceedings at General Meeting, 5tli June 1878, . 12 



Proceedings at General Meeting, 15th January 1879 17 



Presentation of Testimonial to Mr F. N. Menzies, . 31 



