CONTENTS. 



PACK 



27. The Larch Shoot Moth {Argyresthia (Tinea) laeuigntella) 



(with Plate). By R. Stewart MacDougall, M.A., D.Sc, 195 



28. Underplanting. By Lieut.-Colonel F. Bailey, . 198 



29. Experiments on the Relative Value of certain Timber 



Preservatives, ....... 201 



30. The Northern Branch of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural 



Society — Visit to the Lovat and Novar Estates, 205 



31. The Aberdeen Branch— Excursion to Durris, . . 215 



32. Forestry Section in the Scottish National Exhibition, Edin- 



burgh, 1908, organised by the Royal Scottish Arbori- 

 cultural Society, ist May to 31st October, . . 217 



Notes and Queries : — Arboriculture and Arable Land— The 

 Ardgoil Estate — Afforestation of Surplus Lands — Forest 

 Preservation in the United States — Afforestation of Re- 

 claimed Lands — Basic Slag on Seed- Beds (with Plate) — 

 Working-Plan for the Ardross Woods — Forestry at the 

 West of Scotland Agricultural College— Forestry at the 

 University of Edinburgh — Chair of Forestry at Cambridge 

 — Forestry Appointment at Inverliever — Wood : its 

 Botanical and Technical Aspect — The Cost of Fencing — 

 Experimental Study of Larch Canker — The Foresters' 

 and Gardeners' Society of Argyll — Some recent Forestry 

 Books, ........ 222 



Reviews and Notices of Books : — Forest Entomology. By A. 

 T. Gillanders, F.E.S., Wood Manager to the Duke of 

 Northumberland. xxiiH^422 pp., including Index. 351 

 Illustrations. Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1908. 

 Price 15s., ....... 238 



Trees and their Life - Histories. By Percy Groom. 

 London : Cassell & Co. Price 25s. net. With 512 

 Illustrations, ....... 239 



Webster's Foresters' Pocket Diary (Sixth Edition 1 for 

 1908, for the use of Foresters, Estate Agents, Nursery- 

 men. 2s. 6d. net. London : William Rider & Son, Ltd., 240 



Laws of the Society. 



Proceedings of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 

 1908, with Appendices. 



List of Members. 



