CONTENTS. V 



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Notes and Queries :— Taxation of Woodlands— Income Tax : 

 Plantations that can be treated as Separate Estate — 

 Forests of New Zealand — Empire Timber Exhibition — 

 Forests and Water Supply— The Dunkeld Hybrid Larch- 

 Two Diseases new to Scotland caused by Species of 

 Hypoderma— The Occurrence of Botrytis Douglasii on the 

 Douglas Fir ....... 217 



Reviews and Notices of Books:— A Manual of the Timbers 

 of the World, their Characteristics and Uses. By A. L. 

 Howard. Pp. xvi + 446. London: Macmillan & Co., 

 Ltd., 1920. Price 30s. net .... 



Conifers and their Characteristics. By Charles Coltman 

 Rogers. London: John Murray. Pp. ix + 333. Price 

 21s. net ....... 



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224 



The Theory and Practice of Working-Plans. By A. B 

 Recknagel. Second Edition. New York : John Wiley 

 and Sons, 1917. London : Chapman & Hall, Ltd. Pp 

 xiv + 265, 6 plates. Price 10s. 6d. net . . . 225 



The Fungal Diseases of the Common Larch. By W. E 



Hiley. Oxford : The Clarendon Press. 12s. 6d. net . 226 



Forest Law in America. By J. P. Kinney, A.B., LL. B., ■ 

 M.F., Chief Supervisor of Forests, United States Indian 

 Service. New York : John Wiley & Sons. London : 

 Chapman & Hall, Ltd. ..... 229 



Obituary :— Mr John Boyd— Mr James A. Duthie 232 



Proceedings of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 

 1919, with Appendices. 



