318 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



NOTES AND QUERIES 



The "Transactions" Committee desire to urge on members 

 of the Society the importance they attach to the publica- 

 tion of short notes on subjects of professional interest. 

 A certain number of formal papers or essays will always 

 occupy a fair proportion of the available space ; but 

 the Committee are strongly of opinion that the appear- 

 ance in the Society's annual volume of numerous well- 

 authenticated facts relating to the raising, tending, and 

 protection, and to the harvesting and sale of forest trees, 

 would form an easy means of communication on such 

 subjects between members of the Society, would tend 

 to encourage careful experiment, observation, and record, 

 and would have an important effect on developing our 

 system of forestry upon correct lines. Such notes 

 could not fail to enhance the interest of the Society's 

 Transactions, and they might serve to increase the 

 membership. The Committee will, therefore, cordially 

 welcome contributions of the kind above indicated; and 

 they will also be glad to receive cuttings and extracts 

 relating to subjects of professional interest, some of 

 which might be noticed in the annual publication. 



Damage to Pink Woods by Crossbills. 



Sir, — With your permission, I would like to bring under the 

 notice of the managers of forests in Scotland one of the difficulties 

 with which we have to contend at Novar, with a view to united 

 action for its removal. 



It has been sufficiently demonstrated that the natural regenera- 

 tion of woodlands is a practical and economical method of re- 

 planting forest areas ; and the difficulty I refer to above is the 



