CONTENTS. 



The Socieiy does not hold itself responsible for the statements 

 or views expressed by the authors of papers. 



I. A Development Grant, . . . i 



2 The Vegetation of Woodlands. By Dr W. G. Smith, 6 



3. Forestry Education : Its Importance and Requirements. By 



E. P. Stebbing, ....... 24 



4. An Attack by the Large Larch Sawfly, Nematus erichsoni. 



By A. W. B. Edwards, Hollie Bank, Thirlmere . 42 



5. The Corsican Pine in Dorset. By James M 'Galium, 



Canford, Wimborne, . . . . -45 



6. The Douglas Fir. By W. H. Whellens, Comlongon 



Nurseries, Ruthwell, . -47 



7. Observations on the Annual Increment of Spruce and Scots 



Pine. By J. H. Milne-Home, . . -52 



8. Continental Notes— France. By A. G. Hobart-Hampden, 56 



9. The Forest Nursery Station, Indian Head, Saskatchewan. 



By James Kay, . . 67 



10. The Annual Excursion. By Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, Bart., 73 



11. Trees in Cities, ....... 93 



12. Forestry in Japan, . . . -96 



13. Enhanced Value of Canadian Timber and Wood- Pulp, 99 



14. The Forestry Exhibition at Dumfries, .... I02 



Notes and Queries — Landowners Forestry Co-operative 

 Society — Progress on the Inverliever Estate— Durability 

 of Highland Scots Fir — Visits of Foreign Professors to 

 Scotland — Larix occidentalis -Attack of Lime Trees by 

 Larvae of Winter Moth— Seeds of North American 

 Conifers— Grant to Ireland from the Development Fund 

 —The Biltmore Forest School, U. S. A.— Rabbits— Felling 

 Trees by Electricity — Preservative against Wood Splitting 

 —Effect of Moisture on Wood— A New Larch— Retirement 

 of Mr Grant Thomson, ...... 104 



Obituary Notices:— The late Mr D. F. Mackenzie, F.S.I. — 

 The late Mr James Robertson, late Wood Manager, 

 Panmure — The late Mr W. R. Fisher— Death of M. 

 Broilliard, formerly Professor at Nancy, . .114 



