CONTENTS. 



The Society does not hold itself responsible for the statements 

 or views expressed by the authors of papers. 



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12. Speeches by the Representatives of the Board of Agriculture 



for Scotland and the Interim Forest Authority at the 

 Annual Meeting of the Society, held in Edinburgh on 

 8th February 1919 ...... 93 



13. The Realisable Resources of the German Forests . . 101 



14. Timber as a Factor in the Price of Coal . . . 10S 



15. Reafforestation and the Supply of Plants. By Nurseryman 112 



16. Memorandum as to Taxation of Woodlands in Scotland, 



with special reference to Liability for Income Tax, etc. 115 



17. The Forests of New Zealand. By D. E. Hutchins . 119 



18. A Bark Beetle, Cryphalus abietis, Ratz . . .123 



19. The Measurement of Timber (with Plate). By John 



Cape, Statistician, Board of Trade, Timber Supply 

 Department, Scotland ..... 



20. Forest Tree Seed. By Alexander S. MacLarty 



21. Forestry in the Past, Present and Future. A Review 



22. Red Pine or Norway Pine (Pinus resinosa) (with Plates 



By James Kay, Forestry Branch, Ottawa 



Notes and Queries : — Importance of Burning Brushwood — 

 Douglas Fir for Railway Sleepers — Forestry in Western 

 Australia — Prolonging the Life of Wooden Poles— For- 

 estry in South Africa . . . . . .161 



Reviews and Notices of Books : — Regional Spread of Mois- 

 ture in the Wood of Trees — I. Deciduous-leaved Trees 

 during the Period Late Autumn to Early Spring. By W. 

 G. Craib. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Edinburgh ....... 165 



Seaside Planting. By A. D. Webster. London : T. Fisher 

 Unwin, Ltd. Price 18s. net ..... 167 



The History of the London Plane. By A. Henry and M. G. 

 Flood. Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., xxxv. Section B., 

 No. 2, 1919 ....... 169 



Afforestation. By A. D. Webster, author of "Seaside 

 Planting," " Firewoods," etc. 160 pp. T. Fisher Unwin, 

 Ltd. London, 6s. net . . . . .170 



Proceedings of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 

 1918, with Appendices. 



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