74 Forestry Quarterly . 



Among the disadvantages of a general character may be noted 

 the necessity of caHpering the mixed stand once for each species, 

 an objection which will for a long time preclude the introduction 

 of such calipers into work in this country. The impossibility of 

 checking the results obtained by the use of this instrument as well 

 as the added weight the recording apparatus brings in are items 

 to be considered. 



Revue des Eaux et Forets. 

 October ist. 



Une Invasion de Pissodes. By E. Henry. An account of an 

 insect {Pissodes notatus), destructive to young pine plantations. 

 Under the heading, Chronique Forestiere, an account of the an- 

 nual continental trip of the English Arboricultural Society is given. 



November 15th. 



Conservation des Bois par I'l^lectricite. By Raymond Brunei. 

 A description of a process of wood preservation by means of an 

 electrical injection of a saline solution in the wood tissue. 



Lcsnoy Journal. 

 Jtdy- August. 



Statistical Investigations of the Administration of the Public 

 Forests for the last thirty-three years (1868-98). By G. Daniel- 

 Bekow. Pp. 675-770. 



Observations on the Life and Activity of a new Bark Beetle 

 {Tomicus vorontzovi) . By A. Vorontzov. 



