CONTENTS. 



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 uersus Broad-leaved 

 Forests — Reafforestation 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 : — Sylva : 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 + 620 pp. , with two Illustrations, including Portrait of 

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

 21S. net, ....... 115 



Wald nnd 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 + 

 833 pp., with numerous Illustrations and an Index. 

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



Obituary :— John Booth, . . . . .120 



