APRIL 1886. 



Contents. 



PACK 



Editorial Notes 727 



On Endeavouks which have been made to effect the Establishment 



OF A National School of Forestry in Britain, .... 732 



The Larch as an Avenue Tree, 739 



The Giant Arbor-Vit.e, 740 



Concerning the Forestal Usefulness of Millipedes, .... 745 



Chapters on Propagating, 740 



The Uses of the Thicket, 751 



Judas Tree (Cercis), 753 



The Value of Underwood, 754 



Influence of Forests upon the Flow of Streams and upon Floods 



and Droughts, . 750 



The Silver Tree, 759 



HoAv Lumbering is carried on, 761 



The Maples of Canada, 704 



Societies : — Falkirk Horticultural Society— Glasgow and AVest of Scotland 

 Horticultural Society — Scottish Horticultural Association — Edinburgh 



Botanical Society, 760 



Forest Work for the Month : — England, Scotland, .... 768 ' 

 Letters to the Editor : — Rating of Forest Lands — Durability of Oak Sap- 

 wood — Spanish Chestnut . . . 771 



Legal :— Theft of Trees at Redcastle, 774 



Reviews of Books: — The Scottish Geographical Magazine — Report of 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture on the Division of Forestry — 

 Progress Report of Forest Administration of British Burma for 

 1884-85 — Progress Report of Forest Administration in Bengal for 



1884-85, 775 



Obituary : — The late Mr. R. P. Ker, Liverpool, ...... 778 



Miscellaneous, 779 



Chips, 788 



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