OCTOBER 188B. 



Contents. 



PAGB 



Editorial Notes, 343 



A September Raid in Northumberland, 350 



The Value of Timber affected by Site of Gnowxir, .... 353 



A Talk about some Tree Leaves, 355 



The English Arboricultural Society, 357 



Notes on the Excursion of the Scottish Arboricultural Society, 



August 5th and 6th, 1885, 361 



Notes on British Orchids, 365 



Arboriculture about Stirling, 371 



Historical Notice of Some Celebrated Trees, 373 



The Entomologist : — Joint-'Worms Destroying Wheat Stalks, . . . 377 

 Reviews of Books: — Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society — The 

 Scottish Geographical Magazine for September — Forestry and Forest 

 Products : Prize Essays of the Edinburgh International Forestry 

 Exhibition, 1884 — Essay on the Formation and Management of Plan- 

 tations, in various Sites, Altitudes, and Exposiores — Revista de Montes 

 — Nuova Revista Forestale publicata per cura dei Professori dell' 

 Istituto Forestale di Vallombrosa diretta dall' Ingegnere Comm. F. 

 Piccioli — Review of Forest Administration in British India for the year 

 1883-84: — Introduction of Systematic Treatment to the Crown Forests 

 of the Cape Colony : Summary of Rules and Instructions, . . . 382 

 Letters to the Editor : — Peeling Oak Standing — On Seasoning Oak 

 Timber — Count A. de Cars' Book: a Criticism — "Why the Trees in 

 Kensington Gardens Die — The Bladder-Nut Tree — Answers to Cor- 

 respondents, 391 



Legal: — Decisions by the English Superior Courts concerning Landed 



Properties— Can a Proprietor Work ^linerals below a Public Railway? 397 

 Forest Work for the Month : — England, Scotland, Wales, . . . 400 



Chips, 404 



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