MARCH 1888. 



Contents. 



PAGE 



Editorial ICotes, 323 



The Recent Attack on the Fkknch Fouest Seuvice, .... 325 

 On Development of Bifoliar Spurs into Ordixaky Btds in PiNrs 



svlvestris, 331 



Forms of Leaves 332 



Osier-Growing in France, 337 



School of Forestry and Museum, 338 



Miss Mark's Patent LiNE-Dn-iDEE, 339 



Woodl.us-ds in Sussex and Kent, 340 



Sylviculture on Poor Clay Soil 349 



Whin, 350 



The Rock Garden, 351 



The Royal Horticultural Society, 352 



The Australian Bottle Tree, 353 



The Forest Flora of Carnarvonshire, more particularly the Pen- 



rhy'n Estate, 354 



The Uses of a Forest Flora, 362 



Southampton Common, 363 



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



Teachings, 3G4 



The AVesley Ash Tree, 369 



The Wind and the AVoods, 370 



Planting under the Sh.\de of Trees, 374 



Charles Downing, 376 



Meteorology : — Tlie >[eteorological Society of Berlin — On Temperature and 



Wood-Growth in Deciduous and Evergreen Trees, .... 377 



Reviews of Books : — Indian Forest Service Reports, 383 



Letters to the Editor: — The Cutting and Harvesting of Oak Bark — 

 Lightning and the Horse Chestnut — A Fine Cedar in Bulstrode Park, 

 near Beaconsfield, Bucks — How Lightning Strikes Trees — Re Osier 



Cultivation, ............ 884 



Forest Work for the JIonth : — England, Scotland, Wales, . . . 389 



Legal : — The Bating of Woods and Plantations — The Korth Berwick M'ater- 



Supply Dispute — A Forester's Railway Accident — The Storage of 



Explosives — Compulsory Purchase of Land by Railway Compauies — ■ 



The Arbitration Case between Lord Blantyre and the Dumbarton 



AVater Commissioners, . 392 



Chips, 399 



