CONTENTS. 
The Society, as a body, ts 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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I. Address delivered at the Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting, 5th 
August 1890. By Mr D. F. Mackenzie, Morton Hall, 
Vice-President, . : ; : : ; : 1 
II. How to Combat the Attack of Injurious Forest Insects. By 
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE of Cormiston, D.(Kc., B.Sc., F.R.S.E., 
Lecturer on Forestry, Edinburgh University, . F ; 5 
III. On British Oaks. By JoHn Smiru, Romsey, Hants, : ‘ 21 
IV. The Beech Forests of Hesse Nassau. By GroRGE CADELL, Esq., 
14 Canning Road, Addiscombe, Surrey, : ; P 57 
VY. The Natural Regeneration of Woods. By W1tLI1AM SOMERVILLE 
of Cormiston, D.Cic., B.Se., F.R.S.E., Lecturer on Forestry, 
Edinburgh University, . : : ‘ : : 63 
VI. Old and Remarkable Trees on the Estates of Earl Spencer in 
Northamptonshire. By F. MitcuEtt, Forester, Harlestone, 
Northamptonshire, 5 : : : : : 83 
VII. The Formation of Plantations. By A. C. Forpss, Assistant 
Forester, Lintmill, Cullen, : , : 2 F 91 
VIII. Trees and Shrubs for Planting in Towns. By A. D. WEBSTER, 
Holwood, Kent, : : : : : . 123 
IX. The Utilisation of Small-Wood for Turnery and other Purposes. 
By A. T. Wriuramson, 7 Kew Terrace, Edinburgh, . . 145 
X. The Manufacture of Home-grown Timber. By A. T. WILLIAMSON, 
Edinburgh, - : : ; 3 : 5 lel 
ABSTRACT of AccouNTs of the RoyaL ScoTtrisH ARBORICULTURAL 
Society for Year ending 31st December 1890, . = 162 
