CONTENTS. 



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I. Departmental Committee on British Forestry, appointed by the 



Board of Agriculture, ...... 1 



II. Robert Hartig on the Larch Disease, . . . .19 



HI. Larch and Spruce Fir Canker. By George Massee, F.L.S. 



[With Plates I., II., III.], . . . . .25 



■■'' IV. Note on the Larch Disease. By A. W. Borthwick, B.Sc. , Hon. 



Consulting Cryptogamist to the Society, . . .37 



V. Larch Disease — Investigation l)y the English Arboricultural 



Society, . . . . . . . .43 



VI. The Larch in German Forests. By Forstmeister Franz Bod en, 47 



VII. Report on the Excursion of the Society to Sweden in 1902. By 



George U. Macdonald, Forester, Raitb, Kirkcaldy, . . 5G 



VIII. Excursion of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society to Sweden 



in 1902. By Fraser Story, The Glen, Innerleithen, . . 68 



IX. The Utilisation of Waterworks' Gathering Grounds by Afforestn- 



tion. By W. G. S.viith, Yorkshire College, Leeds, . . 80 



X. Creosoting Timber for Estate Purposes. By George Levkn, 



Forester, Auchencruive, Ayr. [With Plan and Photograph], . 93 



XI. On the Distribution of certain Forest Trees in Scotland, as shown 

 by the Investigation of Post-Glacial Deposits. By Walter 

 N. NiVEN. [AVith Map], . . . . . .97 



XII. Tiie Forests of the Basses Pyrenees. By Georgk Cadeij,, late 



Indian Forest Department, ..... 101 



XIII. Botanical Geography and Biological Utilisation of Soil. By 



Marcel Hardy, . . . . . .110 



XIV. The Origin and Development of Heather Moorland. By Dr W. 



G. Smith, ....... 117 



XV. The Injurious Effects of Smoke on Trees. By John Boyd, . 122 



XVI. On Thinnings in Planted Spruce. By Ch. Broilliard, . 129 



XVII. Note on the Collection and Preservation of Entomological Speci- 

 mens, with a Description of the Methods to be employed in the 

 Study of Life-Histories of Insects. By E. P. Stebbing, 

 F.L.S. , F.E.S., Instructor in Entomology at the Forest School, 

 Dehra Dun, India, ...... 1 •">•'> 



