JULY 1885. 



GONTENTS. 



— Pruning 



Editorial Notes, 



Exhibition Lessons on Timber-Freservini;, 



Gaillot's Patent Automatic 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 Fly, 



Letters to the Editor : — Forestry at Novar, Eoss-shire 

 Queries — Arboriculture Round "West Calder, 



Reviews of Books: — Russian Central Asia, including Kuldja, Bokhara, 

 Khiva, and Merv — The American Forestry Bureau — The Indian Forest 

 School, etc. — Planting Trees in School Grounds and the Celebration of 

 Arbor Day — Polish Forestry — Manitoba Described : Being a Series of 

 General Observations upon the Farming, Climate, Sport, Natural His- 

 tory, and Future Prospects of the Country — South Australia : Reports 

 on Planting Olives and ^lulberries on Mallee Sands, and Dates in the 

 Far North; also "Wattle Cultivation generally in the Colony — Waliis in 

 Epping Forest — The Pheasant and the Partridge : Notes on Treatment 

 in Covert — in Pens — Sitting and Hatching — Feeding and Rearing — 

 Diseases of Pheasants — Pheasant and Partridge Shooting, etc. — Ttie 

 Indian Forester — Englisli Trees and Tree-Planting — Tanners' and 

 Curriers' Journal, . 



Obituary : — Mr. John Colquhoun — Mr. James "Welsh, .... 



Forest AYork for the Month : — England, Scotland, "Wales, 



Legal: — The Value of Land in the New Forest — "Unclean" Timber from 



Epping Forest — Highland Right of AVay Case, 



Sales : — Sale of Timber at Pluckley, Kent, 



Chemistry: — The E.^traction of Tannin from Oak-AVood — Gas from Fir 



Shavings, 



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