FEBRUARY 188B. 



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NTENTS. 



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Editorial Notes, 243 



The Transport of Timber, 247 



Ceeosoting Timber, 248 



A New Kind of Canal, 250 



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



Moorland upon an Estate in the North of England, . . . 251 



Edinburgh News Notes, 254 



Rights and Liabilities of Well-Owners, 256 



A Public Park on the Canadian Pacific Railway, .... 257 

 The Forest Flora of Carnarvonshire, more particularly the Pen- 



RHYN Estate, 258 



The Tulip Tree of Waltham Abbey, 268 



Sources of Timber Supply, 269 



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



Teachings, 270 



The Jaerah of Western Australia, 276 



The Farther North the best Seeds? 278 



The Woods of New Zealand, 282 



Australian Timber Supplies, 285 



Insectivorous Plants, 287 



Furniture Woods, 291 



Can.vdian Forestry, 292 



JapjVnese Maples, 295 



About Indian Forest Matters, 296 



Meteorology: — Temperature of the Tree — ^How Lightning Strikes Trees, . 300 



The Entomologist : — The Scm-vy Bark Louse, 307 



Reviews of Books : — Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History 

 Society and Field Club— Transactions of the Essex Field Club— La Foret, 



Revue Forestiere — Garden Season's Catalogues, 308 



Letters to the Editor: — Pine Timber Statistics of "The Valley of the 

 Gander," Newfoundland— Trees and Lightning— Pot-Twisting : a Com- 

 plaint — The Saw versus Axe, 309 



Forest Work for the Month : — England, Scotland, Wales, . . . 313 

 Legal:— Railway Rates for the Carriage of Timber— The High Dale Park 



Case — The Daagsoeter Estate Company, Limited, Norway, . . . 316 



Chips 319 



