CONTENTS. 



The Society does not hold itself responsible for the statements 

 or views expressed by the authors of papers. 



1. Report of General Meeting held in Christian Institute, 



Bothwell Street, Glasgow, on Wednesday, nth July 

 1917 ' 



2. State Forest Policy in America. By Edgar C. Hirst, 



State Forester of New Hampshire (on leave) . 38 



3. Deputation to the Secretary for Scotland. Report of 



Speeches ....... 49 



4. Forestry Reconstruction. By Colonel Stirling of Keir . 72 



5. Memorandum on the Classification of Standing Timber 



(with Plate). By P. Leslie, B.Sc, University of Aber- 

 deen ........ 77 



6. Women's Labour in Forestry. By Mary Sutherland, 



B.Sc.(For.) ....... 81 



7. The Birch in the Scottish Highlands. By Colonel Martin 



Martin ........ S4 



8. Floods and Defective Drainage as Affecting Food Pro- 



duction. By Alexander Ross, Past President of the 

 Institution of Civil Engineers . . . .86 



9. The Forests of New Zealand ..... 9° 

 10. Summary of the Report of the Forestry Sub-Committee of 



the Reconstruction Committee . . . .95 



Notes and Queries : — The Society's Roll of Honour : Sixth 

 List — Forestry Importance of Myelophiliis minor, Hart. — 

 The Care and Management of Hedges — Modern 

 Ensilage Practice — Earljr Transplantation of Exotic 

 Conifers as a Protection against Frost Damage — In- 

 crease in Prices of Imported Timber, 1913-1917 — 

 — Haulage of Timber by Motor Truck— Steel Ships and 

 Need of Timber, 1913— The Forestry Industry of Japan 

 —Agricultural Forestry — British Columbia Spruce for 

 Aeroplanes — Small-Holdings and Afforestation — Ferro- 

 concrete Railway Sleepers — "Will Russia's Forests pay 

 her War Debts ? " . . . . . -97 



Reviews and Notices of Books : — Trees and Shrubs Hardy 

 in the British Isles. By W. J. Bean, Assistant Curator, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Two volumes. Illustrated. 

 London : John Murray, 1914 ..... 109 



