CONTENTS OF VOL. XVII. 



The Society does not liold itself responsible for the statements or views expressed 

 by the authors of papers. 



PAGE 



I. Departmental Committee on British Forestry appointed by the 



Board of Agriculture, ...... 1 



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



III. Larch and Spruce Fir Canker. By Gkorge Massee, F.L.S. 



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



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



Consulting Cryptogamist to the Societj', . . .37 



V. Larch Disease — Investigation by the English Arboricultural 



Society, ........ 43 



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



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



George U. Macdonald, Forester, Eaith, Kirkcaldy, . . 56 



VIII, Excursion of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society to Sweden 



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



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

 tion. By W. G. Smith, Yorkshire College, Leeds, . . 86 



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



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-GIacial Deposits. By Walter 



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



XII, The Forests of the Basses Pyrenees, By George Cadell, late 



Indian Forest Department, . . . . .104 



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 



