CONTENTS OF VOL. XYIIL 



The Society docs not hold Itself responsible for the statements or mews expressed 

 by the aiithors of papers. 



I. Address delivered ;it the Fifty-first Aumial Meeting, 16tli 

 February 1904. By W. Steuakt Fothringham, Esq., 

 President of the Society, ..... 1 



II. The Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 1854-1904, . . 5 



III. A brief Survey of the History of Forestry iu Britain during the 



last Fifty Years. By the Honorary Editor, . . 20 



IV. The Society's Jubilee Dinner, . . . . .31 

 V. Conference on Forestry Education, . . . .51 



VI. Excursion to Dunkeld, Murthly, and Scone, Perthshire, July 



1904. By A. MuKKAY, Forester, Murthly, . . . 61 



VII. Forestry Exhibition in connection with the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society's Show at Perth, July 1904. By A. 

 Murray, Forester, Murthly, Perthshire, . . .65 



VIII. The Twenty-seventh Annual Excursion — France, 23rd July to 



6th August 1904, ...... 68 



IX. A Short Account of the State and other Forests of France 

 visited by the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, July- 

 August 1904, and of the Forets de St Araand, et de Raismes 

 (Valenciennes). Prepai'ed from official sources by Colonel 

 Bailky, R.E., Lecturer on Forestry in the University of 

 Edinburgh, and Professor Fjsher, Royal Indian Engineering 

 College, Coopers Hill, ...... 74 



X. Report on the Excursion to France, from 23rd July to 6th August 



1904. By George U. Macdonai.d, Forester, Raith, Fifeshire, 118 



XI. German Forestry. By Fraser Story, Lecturer on Forestry, 



Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture, . 138 



XII. Notes on a Visit to some Bavarian and Saxon Forests with 

 Dr Schlich and the Coopers Hill Students, 1904. By John 

 J. R. Meiklejohn, Novar, Evanton, Ross-shire, . . 150 



XIII. Notes on Continental Forestry, 1904. By the Hon. Editor, . 161 



XIV. On Planting Waste Land for Profit. By George U. Macdonald, 



Forester, Raith, Fifeshire, . . . . .183 



XV. The Colorado Variety of the Douglas Fir {Pseudotsiuja Bouglasii, 



Can-.), with Photograph. By the Assistant Editor, . 194 



XVI. The Douglas Fir Plantation at Taymount (with Photogiaj)h). By 



the Assistant Editor, ...... 200 



XVII. An Account of a Chafer Infestation (with Plan). By Frederick 



Moon, Forester, Mount Trenchard, Foynes, Co. Limerick, . 201 



