INDEX. 



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Editorial Notes : — 



A few words about ourselves . 314 

 A New Year's greeting . . 597 

 Ash and its uses , . ,310 

 Bark harvest . . , .150 

 Bark-stripping season . . 820 

 Berberis Darwinii ... 80 

 Black Italian poplar . . 9 



Climatic influence of forests . 673 

 Collection of varieties of birch, 

 hornbeam, and hazel exhi- 

 bited by Dr. Hogg . . 742 

 Composition of forest leaves . 10 

 Coniferae recently introduced . 457 

 Conifers at the Carlisle show . 379 

 Conservation of Indian forests . 454 

 Consumption of wood for fuel on 



Indian railways . . .313 

 Destructive Insects Act, 1877 . 312 

 Dr. F. B. Hough's mission . 816 

 Dr. John A. Warder . . .600 

 Elder tree .... 79 



Foresters' excursions . .377 



Forestry in the United States . 671 

 Gardner's process of preserving 



timber 526 



Grafted coniferous plants . . 598 

 Highland and Agricultural Society 

 of Scotland, examinations of fo- 

 resters held by the . . 78 

 Hon. H. G. Joly's report on 



Canadian forests . . .818 

 Hop-poles . . . .10 



Importance of clearing away 



dead wood and debris . . 74 1 

 Introductory note ... 1 

 Lateness of the season . .148 

 New Forest Bill ... 73 

 New Zealand forests . . . 530 

 Old and picturesque trees . ,153 

 Peeling oak bark . . .11 

 Preservation of United States 



forests 460 



Prizes oflfered for forestry by the 



State of Massachusetts . . 307 

 Ravages upon vegetation by in- 

 sects ..... 146 

 Eelic of the forest of Glenmore . 311 

 Report on forestry in Scotland 



for the Paris Exhibition . .673 

 Report of H.M. Commissioners 



of Woods and Forests . .451 

 Say nor, Cooke, and Ridal's new 



" roll " of pruning tools . .458 

 School of Forestry . , 7, 77, 308 



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Scottish Arboricultural Society, 



449, 525, 669 

 Scottish universities"'."""'^. .* 813 

 Selection of stock for planting .'i 379 

 Social Science Congress at Aber-J 



deen ..... 459 

 Spanish chestnut {Casfanea vesca) ' 600 

 " Species " or " varieties " of firs ]"' 151 

 The weather, and its effect on 



coniferse .... 305 



" Tonite," the new explosive . 228 

 Visit of the Hon. B. G. Northrop 



to Europe . . . 227, 743 

 Weather during 1877 . • 602 



Contributed Articles : — 



Abies BouglasU, and its precocity 



Acclimatization of foreign timber 

 trees ..... 



A cheap and substantial strain- 

 ing-post (illustrated) 



Advantages of early planting . 



Advantage of home nurseries to 

 proprietors .... 



Aliceholt and Woolmer Forest . 



Ancient English forest laws 



Aphis, or plant louse . 



Bark and bark-stripping . 



Bark-peeling in Herefordshire . 



Beauty of expression : its theory 

 and application to forest trees 

 and landscape gardening 



Beneficial influence of trees 



£etula (birch) . 



Cedar .... 



Chemistry of paling rails . 



Comparative prices of forest pro 

 duce in 1877 . 



Coniferae at Hawkstone, Salop 

 ,, at Mells Park, Somer 

 set .... 



Construction and maintenance of 

 roads (illustrated) 552, 616 



Coppice-wood : its cutting or ex- 

 ploitation .... 



Cultural first principles . 316, 



381, 461, 532, 604, 675, 745, 821 



Cultivation of hemp . . . 775 



Deep cultivation : its effects on 

 the soil, mechanically and 

 chemically .... 



Degeneracy of Scotch fir . 



Drainage ..... 



Draining (illustrated) 



178 



464 



643 



628 



241 



43 



36 



485 



824 



99 



21 



28 

 416 

 479 



476 



31 

 326 



558 



751 

 165 



763 

 543 



768 

 678 



