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room cannot be conveniently procured, although in general estate 
work these considerations are not likely to give trouble. 
The advantages of creosoting timber, and the most suitable kinds 
of oil to employ, have been fully discussed in many publications. Of 
these, Dr C. Meymott Tidy’s “ Handbook of Modern Chemistry ;” 
a valuable paper by Mr 8. B. Boulton, Assoc. Inst. C.E., on - 
“The Antiseptic Treatment of Timber,” in vol. lxxviii. of the 
Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers ; 
and a useful paper by Mr W. Greenhill, M. Inst. C.E.I., on “A 
Creosoting Yard for Railway Purposes,” read before the Institu- 
tion of Civil Engineers of Ireland in 1886, may be mentioned as 
worthy of reference to those interested in the question. 
In concluding, the writer warmly acknowledges how greatly he 
has been indebted to several kind friends for many useful hints 
and practical information, and especially to J. B. Bennett, Esq., 
Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., Edinburgh, and George Bell, Esq., District 
Engineer, North British Railway, for their valuable assistance 
and facilities afforded for carefully inspecting Creosoting Works 
in full operation. 
BRITISH FORESTRY LITERATURE. 
The recent publication by Messrs Wm. Blackwood & Sons, Edin- 
burgh, of a thoroughly revised and brought up to date edition 
of Dr James Brown’s standard work, “The Forester,” marks 
an epoch in the literature of Forestry, worthy of note by the 
Members of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society. The origin 
and improvement of the work have been almost coeval with the 
institution and progress of the Society. The first edition of the 
book, which appeared in 1847, was followed by a second edition 
in 1851, a third in 1860, a fourth in 1871, and a fifth in 1882, 
good evidence of the popularity of the work and the demand for 
information on Forestry subjects, even with the limited knowledge 
of the scientific principles of Forestry whieh prevailed in this 
country till latter times. The fact that the author of “The 
Forester” was elected the first Presedent of the Seottish Arbori- ° 
cultural Society, on the 16th of February 1854, and re-elected to 
the honourable office in the three folowing years, retiring on the 
6th October 1858, lends an additional interest to the Members of 
the Society in noting the success of his efforts to spread a sound 
knowledge of Forestry in all its branches among the public, as 
