iv CONTENTS. 



JULY. 



Editorial Notes— Exhibition Lessons on Timber-Preserving— Gaillot's Patent Auto- 

 matic Torches— International Bird Protection— June Leafage in Kent- Tree Growth- 

 Historical Notice of some Celebrated Trees— Aspects of Oregon— Notes on British 

 Orchids -Meteorology : The Influence of Forests on Climate— The Entomologist : The 

 Pine Weevil ; The Ox Warble Fl)'— Letters to the Editor : Forestry at Novar, Eoss- 

 Shire • Pruning Queries ; Arboriculture round West Calder— Reviews of Books : Paissian 

 Central Asia, including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva, and IVIerv ; The American Forestry 

 Bureau ; The Indian Forest School, etc. ; Planting Trees in School Grounds and the 

 Celebration of Arbour Day ; Polish Forestry ; Manitoba Described : Being a Series of 

 General Observations upon the Farming, Climate, Sport, Natural History, and Future 

 Prospects of the Country ; South Australia : Pteports on Planting Olives and Mulberries 

 on Mallee Sands, and Dates in the Far North, also Wattle Cultivation generally in the 

 Colony ; Walks in Epping Forest ; The Pheasant and the Partridge : Notes on Treat- 

 ment in Covert, in Pens, Sitting and Hatching, Feeding and Rearing, Diseases of 

 Pheasants, Pheasant and Partridge Shooting, etc. ; The Indian Forester ; English Trees 

 and Tree Planting ; Tanners' and Curriers' Journal— Obituary : Mr. John Colquhoun ; 

 Mr. James Welsh— Forest Work for the Month : England ; Scotland ; Wales— Legal : 

 The Value of Land in the New Forest ; " Unclean Timber" from Epping Forest ; High- 

 land Right of Way Case— Sales : Sale of Timber at Pluckley, Kent— Chemistry : The 

 Extractron of Tannin from Oak-Wood ; Gas from Fir Shavings— Chips, pp. 151-210 



AUGUST. 



Editorial Notes— Edinburgh News Notes— The American Association of Nurserymen, 

 Seedsmen, and Florists— Highland Society's Prize Essay on Ross-shire Forestry— Fallen 

 Monarchs— The Black Walnut— The Destruction of Canadian Forests— The Otway 

 forest— Will it Pay to Plant Timber in America ?— Historical Notice of some Celebrated 

 Trees— Variegated and Ornamental-Leaved Deciduous Trees and Shrubs— The Jerusalem 

 Artichoke— "The Irish Forest Problem— French Planting of Timber on Poor Soils- 

 Notes on British Orchids— Fresh Air and Recreation Societies— The American Bird 

 Market— Pine Blight in France— Waste in Timber- Felling— How Lightning strikes 

 Trees— Labour-Saving Helps— The Entomologist : Galls in Bedfordshire ; The Sirex 



Q\a-as Reviews of Books : Report on Forest Administration in the Chota Nagpore 



Division of Bent^al ; Sport, Travel, and Adventure in Newfoundland and the West 

 Indies • The Great Auk or Garefowl : its History, Archaeology, and Remains ; La 

 Foret • Cono-res International de Botanique et d' Horticulture d'Anvers ; Woods and 

 Forests Department— Revue des Eaux et Forets ; American Gardeners' Monthly- 

 Obituary : Dr. Franklin B. Hough— Legal: Government Foreshore Rights; The Pollu- 

 tion of the River Tay ; Alleged Breach of Irish Timber Contract— Letter to the Editor : 

 British and Foreign Forestry Systems — Forest Work for the Month : England ; Scot- 

 land ; Wales— Chips, pp. 21.5-276 



SEPTEMBER. 



Editorial Notes — Notable Trees at Whittinghame — Australasian Forests — Historical 

 Notice of some Celebrated Trees — A Talk about some Tree Leaves — The Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society — The Scottish Arboriculturists in the Vicinity of Carlisle — Notes 

 on British Orchids — The Forestry Committee — Labour-Saving Appliances — Letters to 

 the Editor : Oak - Planting ; The Bladder - Nut Tree ; Triple Crops from the same 

 Ground in a Year ; A Mistake Corrected ; Oak-Growing ; Sutherlandshire Flora — Pond- 

 Cleaning — Dry Silos — Budding — Reviews of Books : How to make the Land Pay ; or. 

 Profitable Industries connected with the Land, and suitable to all Occupations, large or 



