JUNE 1885. 



GONTENTS. 



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 

 AVaste and otherwise Unprofitable Lands in the United Kingdom, 



The Timber Trade of Memel, 



Magnolias, . .- 



Notes on B?.itish Orchids, • 



Madras Agricultural Department, . . . . 



Letters to the Editor: — The Tree Conundrum — An Irish Cupressua 

 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, . . . . 



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