AUGUST 1885. 



Contents. 



Editohial Notes, 



EmxBURGii News Notes, 



The American Association of Nukseuymen, Seedsmen, and 

 Highland Society's Prize Essay on Ross-shire Forestry, 



Fallen Monarchs, 



The Black Walnut, 



The Destruction oe Canadian Forests, .... 



The Otavay Forest, 



Will it Pay to Plant Timber in America? . 

 Historical Notice of Some Celebrated Trees, 



ous Trees and 



Florists, 



Variegated and Ornamental-Leaved Decidu 



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-Saying Helps, .... 



The Entomologist : — Galls in Bedfordshire — The Sirex Gigas, 



Reviews of Books: — Report on Forest Administration in the Chota 

 Nagpore Division of Bengal — Sport, Travel, and Adventure in Xew- 

 fonndland and the West Indies — The Great Auk or Garefowl : lis 

 History, Archseology, and Remains — La Foret — Congres International 

 de Botanique at d'llorticulture d'Anvers — Woods and Forests Depart- 

 ment — Revue des Eaux et Forets — American Gardeners ^lonthly. 



Obituary : — Dr. Franklin B. Hough, 



Legal : — Government Foreshore Eights — The Pollution of the River Tay — 

 Alleged Breach of Irish Timber Contract, 



Letter to the Editor : — Britisli and Foreign Forestry Systems, 



Forest Work for the Month : — England, Scotland, Wales, 



Chips, 



Shrui'.s, 



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