APRIL 1886. 



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NTENTS. 



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Editorial Notes, 403 



eucalyptographia, 405 



Wood for War-Ships, 406 



Meridian Surveying, 408 



Vines on House Fronts 409 



Commercial Classification of Willows, 410 



Italian Forests, 412 



Edinburgh News Notes, 415 



Recent Facts and Opinions respecting Canadian Forestry, . . . 417 



Contemporary American Thought and Action, 419 



The Rooster Rock, 428 



The Society of Arts Conference, 430 



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



Teachings, 433 



The Travelling Forester, 445 



The Forest Flora of Carnarvonshire, more particularly the Pen- 



rhyn Estate, 447 



Tree-Growing and Forestry", 450 



The Weight of an Axe, 454 



Notes on Fruit Prospects in the Carse of Gowrie, .... 455 



On Cutting and Laying Hedges, 456 



The Rock Garden, 457 



Packing Nursery Trees, 460 



Hand Saws, 462 



Spring Vegetation, 464 



Reviews of Books : — Flora Forestal Espanola — Forestry Bulletin — Indian 

 Forest Service Reports — Woods and Lakes of Maine: A Trip from 



Moosehead Lake to New Brunswick in a Birch Bark Canoe, . . . 465 



Obituary :— The Late Professor Archer, 467 



Letters to the Editor : — The Wind and the Woods — Steel Railway- 

 Sleepers — Answers to Correspondents, 468 



Forest Work for the Month: — England, Scotland, Wales, . . . 469 



Sales, 471 



Chips, 472 



