MARCH 1886. 



Contents. 



PAOR 



Editorial Notes 663 



ox the esirlgtment of national funds in the establishment 01" a 



National School of Forestry, 670 



The Surface Culture of Forest Trees, 675 



A Glimpse of the Duthie Park, Aberdeen, 678 



Drawbacks to the Ailanthus, 680 



Remarks about Planting, both Old and New, 680 



An Anglo-Canadian Forest School, 682 



The Resuscitation of Choice Trees by Top-Dressing, .... 685 



The Redwoods of Northern California, 688 



Tkees of Monmouthshire, 69^, 



The Japan Cedar, 695 



Boxwood and its Substitutes, 697 



Spanish Chestnut, 702 



Societies : — Edinburgh Botanical Society — Scottish Horticultural Associa- 

 tion — Scottish Arboricultural Society, 703 



Forest "Work for the Month : — ^England, Scotland, .... 707 

 Letters to the Editor: — A Remarkable Tree — Sycamore or Plane — 



Mechanism of a Tree — Pruning, 709 



Legal: — Rating of Forest Lands, 714 



Reviews of Books:— Canadian Forests, Forest Trees, Timber, and Forest 

 Products — The Scottish Geographical Magazine — Government of 

 India : Code of Instructions for the Conduct of Office Business, 

 and for the Regulation of Accounts in the Forest Department; 



with Forms, 719 



Obituary : — The late Mr. David Doig, luchture, 720 



Wood Sales, 720 



Miscellaneous, 721 



Chips, 724 



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