CONTEN'JS. 



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15. The Forestry Exhibition at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Show 

 of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. By a 

 Correspondent, ....... 92 



16 British Forestry, ....... 97 



Notes and Queries : — Silvicultural Notes— The Silver Fir — 

 The Appin Woods — Coniferous versus Broad-leaved 

 Forests— Re-afforestation in Italy— Railway Fires Act, 

 1905 — The Douglas Fir in Germany — Remains of Ancient 

 Forests in Scottish Peat Mosses Larch Disease in 

 Ireland— Sir Walter Scott on Thinning— Appointment, . 104 



Reviews and Notices of Books :— Sylvia : A Discourse on 

 Forest Trees. By John Evelyn, F. R.S., with an Essay 

 on the Life and Works of the Author by John Nisbet, 

 D. CEc. A Reprint of the Fourth Edition in two Volumes. 

 cxv. -f 620 pp., with two Illustrations, including Portrait of 

 John Evelyn. Arthur Doubleday & Co.. Ltd., London 

 2is. net, . . .115 



Wald und Forstwirtschaft. Vom Kgl.-Forstmeister Dr. 

 A. Schwappach. Deutsche Verlagshaus Bong u. Co.. 

 Berlin. With Map and many beautiful Illustrations, 118 



Neudammer Forster-Lehrbuch By Several Authors. J. 

 Neumann, Neudamm. Third Edition, 1907. Price 10 

 marks. 203 Illustrations, including 6 Coloured Plates, . 118 



Schlich's Manual of Forestry. Vol. V. "Forest Util- 

 isation." By W. R. Fisher, M.A. 2nd Edition, xxii. -f 

 833 pp.. with numerous Illustrations and an Index. 

 Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 12s. net, . 119 



Obituary:— John Booth, . . . . .120 



17. Forestry in Some of its Economic Aspects. By Professor 



William Somerville, M.A, D.Sc, .121 



18. The State in Relation to Forestry. By Dr. W. Schlich, 



CLE., F.R.S., ...... 132 



19. Afforestation and Timber - Planting in Great Britain and 



Ireland. By Dr. J. Nisbet, 139 



20. Afforestation. By Lord Lovat, ..... 156 



21. Afforestation. By R. C. Munro Ferguson, MP., 169 



22. The Royal Commission on Afforestation : their German 



and English Critics and remarks thereon. By Bert. 

 Ribbentrop, CLE., . . .180 



