CONTENTS. 



APRIL. 



Editorial Notes— On Endeavours which have been made to effect the Establishment 

 of a National School of Forestry in Britain — The Larch as an Avenue Tree — The Giant 

 Arbor-Vitae — Concerning the Forestal Usefulness of Millipedes — Chapters on Propa- 

 gating — The Uses of the Thicket — Judas Tree (Cercis) — The Value of Underwood — 

 Influence of Forests upon the Flow of Streams and upon Floods aud Droughts — The 

 Silver Tree — How Lumbering is carried on — The Maples of Canada — Societies : Falkirk 

 Horticultural Society ; Glasgow and West of Scotland Horticultural Society ; Scottish 

 Horticultural Association ; Edinburgh Botanical Society — Forest Work for the Month : 

 England; Scotland — Letters to the Editor : Rating of Forest Lands ; Durability of Oak 

 Sapwood ; Spanish Chestnut— Legal : Theft of Trees at Redcastle — Reviews of Books : 

 The Scottish Geographical Magazine ; Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture on the 

 Division of Forestry ; Progress Report of Forest Administration of British Burma for 

 1884-85 ; Progress Report of Forest Administration in Bengal for 1884-85 — Obituary : 

 The late Mr. R. P. Ker, Liverpool— Miscellaneous — Chips, '. . . pp. 727-788 



