JANUARY 1SS6. 



Contents. 



Editorial Notes, 



The Giants ok Ciiapl-ltepkc, 



British Apples, and Fruit-growing for Profit, . 



The Administration op French State Forests, 



On the Improvement of Woods and Plantations, also a Tract of 

 Moorland upon an Estate in the North of England, 



Future Supplies of Timber from Abroad, ... 



The Travelling Forester, 



The English Arboricultural Society, .... 



Insectivorous Plants, 



Sand-Plains of Belgium and Sand-Dunes of Holland, 



The " Loco " Weed, 



Bark-Stripping and Timber-Felling, .... 



The Rock Garden, 



The Forest Flora of Carnarvonshire, .... 



In the Forests of Northern Wisconsin, 



Sylvan Features of South-AVest Carjiartiienshire, 



The Beauties of British Trees, 



Legal : — An Arbitrator and his Award, .... 



Exhibition Intelligence : — The International Forestry E.\hibit 

 and Report Awards, 



Meteorology : — From the Top of Ben Nevis, 



The Entojiologist, 



Reviews of Books : — Sylviculture : The Principles of Rearing W 



in the Forest — Progress Report of Forest Administration in the Punjab 

 for 1883-84 — Origin of Cultivated Plants — Nursery Season's Catalogues, 



Letters to the Editor : — About Lightning on Trees — What is the most 

 durable Stake? — Wanted, a Cure for AVire-Worms- — Working-Men's 

 Lectures on Forest Science: A Proposal — Hattou and Harvey's 

 " Newfoundland," 



FoitEST Work for the Month : — England, Scotland, Wales, 



Chips 



Essay 



ood Plants 



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