CONTENTS. 



Titc Society, as a body, is not to be considered responsible for any statements or 

 opinions advanced in the several pajKrs, ichich must rest entirely on the authority 

 of the respective authors. 



VIII. Address delivered at the Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting, 7th August 



1888. By Malcolm Dunn, Dalkeith, . . . .189 



Pkesentation to Hugh Cleghorn of Stravithie, M.D., 

 LL.D., F.KS.E., 198 



IX. On tlie Comparative Value of Exotic Coniferte as Ornamental or 

 Timber Trees in Britain. With Table of Measurements. By 

 Thomas Wilkie, Forester, Tyninghame, East Lothian, . 206 



X. The Douglas Fir {Abies Doucjlasii) in Scotland. By Dr W. 

 ScHLiCH, Professor of Forestry, Cooper's Hill Engineering 

 College, Staines, Surrey, ...... 226 



XI. Old and Remarkable Trees on the EoUe Estate, Stevenstone, Tor- 

 ringtou, Devon. By J.\MES Barrie, Forester, Stevenstone. 

 [Plates II. to v.], ...... 242 



XII. The Comparative Value of E.Kotic Coniferai as Ornamental or 

 Timber Trees in Britain. By A. D. Webster, Holwood Estate, 

 Kent, ........ 246 



XIII. Plan and Specification for the Erection of a Forester's Cottage. 



By R. B. Keay, Forester, Redcastle, Ross-shire. [Plate VI.], . 288 



XIV. Old and Remarkable Trees on Holwood Estate, Kent. By A. D. 



Web.ster, Holwood, Kent, ..... 301 



XV. Landscape and Economic Planting. By Charles S. France, 



Bridge of Dee, Aberdeen, ..... 322 



XVI. On tlie Advantnges of forming Belts of Plantations on Hill Pasture 

 Land. By Thomas Wilkie, Forester, Tyninghame, East 

 Lothian, ........ 337 



XVII. The Giant Arbor-Vita> {Thuja gigantca). By A. D. Web.ster, 



Holwood, Kent, ....... 341 



XVIII. Tables for the Conversion of Measurements from one Denomination 



to another. By Colonel F. Bailey, R.E., . . . 351 



XIX. The Ligneous Plants of Hampshire. By .John Smith, Romsey, 



Hants, ........ 356 



XX. Report upon the rearing of Underwood for Game Coverts in High 

 Forest. By Thomas Wilkie, Forester, Tyninghame, East 

 Lothian, ........ 371 



Abstract of the Accounts of the Royal Scottish Arbori- 

 cultural Society for Year 1888, .... 374 



