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17. The Thirtieth Annual Excursion, August 1907 (with Plate), 95 



Notes and Queries:— The Forestry Committee (1902) and 

 Training in Forestry — First Steps at Inverliever — Note 

 on Damage to a Young Coniferous Plantation by Water- 

 Voles — An Irish Forestry Committee — Rural Employment 

 in Ireland and Re-Afforestation — Publication of Indian 

 Departmental Literature — The Albert or Hemlock Spruce 

 at Loganbank Appointments by the Department of 

 Woods — Two Exceptional Trees— Plantations at Inver- 

 liever — Erratum, ...... 102 



Obituary :— Sir Dietrich Brandis, K.C.I.E., F.R.S.— 



M. Lucien Boppe, CLE., ..... 112 



Reviews: — Forest Mensuration. By H. S. Graves, M.A. 

 New York, John Wiley & Sons; London, Chapman 

 and Hall, Ltd., 1906, ..... 117 



Schlich's Manual of Forestry. Vol. IV., "Forest Pro- 

 tection," 2nd ed., by W. R. Fisher. Bradbury, Agnew, 

 and Co., London, ...... 120 



Quarterly Journal of Forestry published for the Royal 



English Arboricultural Society. Vol. I. No. 4, .120 



Proceedings of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society 

 1907 — continued. 



Syllabus of Competitions — 1908. 



18. Trees of Western America. By F. R. S. Balfour, 



19. Soil : its Origin and Nature. By Professor James Geikie 



LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S. (concluded from p. 21), 



20. A Scheme for Establishing a National Industry of Forestry 



By a Correspondent, ..... 



131 

 135 



21. Root Disease in Scots Pine on Farm Lands (with Two 



Plates). By Bert. Ribbentrop, CLE., -143 



22. The Cultivation of Hardwoods. By J. Boyd (continued from 



p. 49), ........ 150 



23. Impressions of Forestry in the Schwarzwald (with Two 



Plates). By J. F. Annand, . . 159 



24. Notes of Silvicultural Interest. By Thomas Hall, . 176 



25. Continental Notes— Germany. By Bert. Ribbentrop, CLE., 180 



26. The Selection and Training of Probationers for the Imperial 



Forest Service of India. By J. Nisbet, D.CEc, formerly 

 Conservator of Forests, Burma, .... 191 



