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INDEX. 



Meetings, June 1878, Appendix A, 12— 

 January 1879, Appendix A, 17. 



Hutchison, Robert : On the Picea Nohilis 

 and its Value for Planting in Scotland, 

 24 ; On the Old and Remarkable Spanish 

 Chestnuts in Scotland, 43. 



Hylobius Abictis or Fir Weevil, On the, 

 by John M. Aitken, 72. 



Implements Selected for Trial, Reports on. 

 Appendix A, 6, 7, 9, 10. 



Johnstone, Death of Admiral Sir William 

 Hope, K.C.B., Appendix A, 5. 



Judges, List of, at Dumfries Show, 1878, 

 Appendix A, 54. 



Kelso Show, 1880, Proceedings in regard to. 

 Appendix A, 7, 9, 11, 20— Classes of 

 Stock, Appendix B, 69. 



Lawson, Thomas: On Results of Experiments 



with Lime and various Artificial Manures, 



106. 

 Leases of Land, History of, from the 



Earliest Times, by John M'L'ulloch, 1. 

 Lime, On the Results of Experiments with, 



and various Artificial Manures, by Thomas 



Lawson, 106. 

 Lockhart, Death of Mr Eliott, of Borthwick- 



brae, Appendix A, 3, 12. 



M'Culloch, John : On the History of Leases 

 of Lands from the Earliest Times, 1. 



Manure, On the Advantage of Ploughing in, 

 at once on being Spread, or leaving it 

 Spread for a Time, by John Ainslie, junior, 

 41. 



Manures, On Results of Experiments with 

 Lime and various Artificial, by Thomas 



• Lawson, 106. 



Maxwell, Death of Sir William Stirling, of 

 Pollok, Bart., 12. 



Members, List of, Appendix C, 1. 



Menzies, Mr F. N., Testimonial presented 

 to, Appendix A, 31. 



Muirhead, George : On continuous Corn- 

 growing at Paxton, 190. 



Oats, on Variations in the Composition of, 

 by Professor Henry Tanner, 76. 



Office-bearers of the Society for 1879, Ap- 

 pendix B, 5. 



Parasites, On Animal, by John Scott, 98. 

 Paris Agricultural Congress — Proceedings 



in regard to. Appendix A, 1, 3, 5, 7, 



15. 

 Picea Nobilis, On the, and its Value for 



Planting in Scotland, by Robert Hutchi- 



son, 24— On the Old and Remarkable 



Spanish Chestnuts {Omtanea vcsca) in 



Scotland, 43. 

 Perth Show, 1879— Proceedings in regard 



to, Appendix A, 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, 19. 

 PlouEjhing Competitions, List of, held in 



1877-78, Appendix A, 63— Regulations 



for. Appendix B, 44. 

 Premiums awarded by the Society in 1878, 



Appendix A, 35— ofl'ered by the Society 



in 1879, Appendix B, 22. 

 Proceedings at Board Meetings of the 



Society, 1878-79, Appendix A, 1. 

 Proceedings at General Meetinge of the 



Society, June 1878, Appendix A, 12— 



January 1879, Appendix A, 17. 



Queen, Address of Condolence to the, on 

 the Death of the Princess Alice, 17. 



Ringshake in Trees, On the Cause of, 

 by Thomas Wilkie, 192. 



Scaling, William : On the Growth and Cul- 

 tivation of Willows in Scotland, 90. 



Scott, John : On Animal Parasites, 98. 



Spanish Chestnuts in Scotland : On the 

 Old and Remarkable, by Robert Hutchi- 

 son, 43. 



Statistics (Agricultural) of Scotland 1878, 

 215. 



Tanner, Professor Henry : On Variations in 



the Composition of Oats, 76. 

 Trees, on the Cause of Ringshake in, by 



Thomas Wilkie, 192. 

 Trials of Implements, Reports on. Appendix 



A, 6, 7, 9, 10. 

 Tweeddale, Death of Arthur, Ninth Marquis 



of. Appendix A, 18. 



Veterinary Department : — Historical Ac- 

 count of, 121 — Report of Examinations, 

 Appendix A, 15— Report to General 

 Meeting, Appendix A, 29 — Medals 

 awarded to Students, Appendix A, 69 — 

 Note as to the Institution of the Vete- 

 rinary Department, Board of Examiners, 

 Syllabus of Examinations, and Agreement 

 between the Society and the Royal College 

 of Veterinary Surgeons, Appendix B, 13- 

 18. 



Waste Land, On the Reclamation of, on the 



Farm of Ballimore, Banfishire, by George 



Grant, 87. 

 Wilkie, Thomas ; On the Cause of Ringshake 



in Trees, 192. 

 Willows, (Jn the Growth and Cultivation 



of, in Scotland, by William Scaling, 90. 



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