CONTENTS. 
The Society, as a body, is not to be considered responsible for any statements or 
opinions advanced in the several papers, which must rest entirely on the authority 
of the respective authors. 
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Letter from the President read at a General Meeting held on 
3rd August 1896, 
The Importance of Density in Sylviculture. By Dr ApAm 
ScuHwaPpacH, Professor of Forestry, Eberswalde, Prussia, 
Report on a Visit to the Forests of Scotland in August 1896. 
By Dr ApAm ScuwapPacH, Professor of Forestry, Eberswalde, 
Prussia, . - : - 4 5 
The Genus Pissodes and its Importance in Forestry. By R. 
Srewart MacDovea tt, M.A., B.Sc., Lecturer on Entomology, 
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 
. Is British Forestry Progressive? By Arraur C. ForBrs, Wood 
Manager, Bowood, Calne, Wiltshire, 
On the Rearing of Natural and Artificial Undercover for Game. 
By ALEXANDER M‘RaAx, Forester, Castlecomer, Kilkenny Co., 
Ireland, . 
REpPorRTS BY THE HONORARY OFFICIALS, 
Nores AND QUERIES, . 
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EXCURSION OF THE SOCIETY TO THE Upper FortrH AND Locu LomMonp 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE RoYAL ScorrisH ARBORICULTURAL Soclery. 
District. 
EXCURSION OF THE SOCIETY TO ARNISTON, MIDLOTHIAN. 
List oF MEMBERS, 
