JANUARY 1886. 



Contents. 



PACK 



Editorial Notes 535 



Edinburgh as a Site for a Natioxal School of Forestry, . . 542 



Trees of Monmouthshire, 549 



Pruning Evergreens, 550 



Drainage of Land for Plantation Purposes, 65'> 



The Liberton Mains Nursery, 558 



Effect of Red Lead, Caubolic Acid, and Petroleum on Germination, 561 



The Birch, 565 



Seaside Tree-Planting at South Shields and Elsewhere, . . . 567 



The Oriental Plane Tree, 569 



PiCEA Breweriana, 571 



Notes on the Genus Rhus (Sumach), 571 



Indian Forestry Report, 574 



Appointment, 574 



Meteorology, 575 



Obituary', 575 



Societies: — English Arboricultural Society — Royal Caledonian Horticul- 

 tural Society — Scottish Horticultural Association, .... 576 

 Reviews of Books : — Studies of Plant Life in Canada — The Scottish Geo- 

 graphical Magazine — Trade Catalogues received, .... 682 

 Forest Work for the Month : — ^England, Scotland, .... 584 

 Letters to the Editor: — Ross-shire Forestry — Raising Plantations of 



Oak from Acorns instead of Planting, 586 



Miscellaneous, 589 



Chips, 595 



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