CONTENTS. 



MAY. 



Editorial Notes — Edinburgh News Notes — Alexandra Palace Exhibition — The 

 National Land Company — Russian Tea-Growing — The Willow Oak — Items discussed 

 in previous Numbers — Sharpen your Axes — A Day in an English Park — New York 

 Central Park Forestry Collection — Tree Photographs — A Forest Commune — Personal 

 Experiences in the Life of a Gardener — Profitable Fruit Culture — The Forms of Leaves 

 — Forest Literature — The Value and Management of Government Timber Lands — 

 American Thought and Action — The Best and Most Economical System for the Afforesta- 

 tion of Waste and otherwise Unprofitable Lands in the United Kingdom — The Con- 

 quering Oak — Notes on British Orchids — Forest and Wood Working Machinery — 

 Australasian Notes — Spring Vegetation — Trade Catalogues — The Entomologist : The 

 Willow Beetle — Letters to the Editor : Growth of Grass among Trees ; A Grand Sight ; 

 Foresters' and Gardeners' Benevolent Institution ; Oak Planting — Reviews of Books : 

 Forestry in North- Western Provinces of India ; United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Miscellaneous Reports ; The Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science ; Eighth 

 Report of Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests during the Year 

 1884, with Methods of Prevention and Remedy— Forest Work for the Month : England ; 

 Scotland; Wales — Obituary: Mr. James Ritchie; Mr. Edwin Fuchs — Legal: The 

 Greenock Railway Compensation Case — Chips, ...... pp. 1-72 



JUNE. 



Editorial Notes — Forestry in the House of Commons — Edinburgh News Notes — 

 Historical Notice of some Celebrated Trees — The Late Professor Archer — Settling in 

 British Columbia — The Debate on Sir John Lubbock's Motion — On Pruning — Forest 

 Literature — Propagation of Trees from Seed — Draining Marsh Lands — A Day in an 

 English Park — The Best and Most Economical System for the Afforestation of Waste 

 and otherwise Unprofitable Lands in the United Kingdom — The Timber Trade of Memel 

 — Magnolias — Notes on British Orchids — Madras Agricultural Department — Letters to 

 the Editor : The Tree Conundrum ; An Irish Cupressus Macrocarpa ; A Foresters' 

 Organization ; Notices to Correspondents — Reviews of Books : The Journal of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England ; Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society of Scotland ; The Forest Flora of South Australia ; Annuaire des Eaux et 

 Forets pour 1885 ; The Indian Forester ; The Journal of the Society of Arts — Forest 

 Work for the Month : England ; Scotland ; Wales — Obituary : Mr. William Evans ; 

 Mr. Alexander Croall— Chips, pp. 75-148 



