CONTENTS. 



The Society does not hold itself responsible for the statements 

 or views expressed by the authors of papers. 



i6. Statement by the Council regarding Afforestation . .81 



17. The Society's Annual Meeting: President's AJdress and 



Discussion . . . . . . • 9^ 



18. Organisation and Activities of the Chinese Forest Service. 



By Forsythe Sherfesee, Adviser in Forestry 115 



19 Chermesidae in Relation to British Forestry (with Plates). 

 By H. M. Steven, B.Sc.( Forestry), Carnegie Research 

 Scholar in Entomology, the University of Edinburgh 131 



20. The Importance of Plantation Margins. By Alexander 



Murray . . . . .156 



21. An Improved Transplanting Lath (with Plate). By J. 



Lyford-Pike, B.Sc. (Forestry), B.Sc (Agriculture) . 160 



22. Forestry Work by Boy Scouts and Schoolboys . . 162 



N Aes and Queries : — The Society's Roll of Honour : Fifth 

 List — Forestry and Schoolboys— Timber Transport (with 

 Plate) — Over-Ripe and Dying Trees — Particulars of 

 Form- Factors worked out for Corsican Pine and Larch . 168 



Obituary: — The late James Kay .174 



Proceedings of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 

 1917, with Appendices. 



