CONTENTS. 



The Society does not hold itself responsible for the statements 

 or views expressed by the authors of papers. 



17. Forestry in Some of its Economic Aspects. 

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



By Professor 

 By Dr. W Schlich 



18. The State in Relation to Forestry. 



C.I.E., 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, M.P., . 169 



22. The Royal Commission on Afforestation : their German 



and English Critics and remarks thereon. By Bert. 

 Ribbentrop, C.I.E., . . . 180 



23. Report of the Royal Commission on Afforestation. By Sir 



John Stirling-Maxwell, Bart., . . . .186 



24. The Erosion and Afforestation Royal Commission Report. 



By J. F. Annand, ...... 188 



25. Deputation from the Society to the Chancellor of the 



Exchequer on National Afforestation, . . 200 



26. Afforestation of Waste Lands in Denmark. Holland, France, 



Belgium, and Germany, ..... 207 



27. The Aberdeen Branch of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural 



Society — Excursion to Forglen and Hatton, . 211 



28. The Trees of California. By F. R S. Balfour, . 213 



29. The Glencorse Smoke Case By Marion I Newbig^in, D.Sc , 221 



30. Continental Notes Germany (with Two Plates). By Bert. 



Ribbentrop, C I E, . . . . 227 



Notes and Queries : — Forestry Museum : Murthly Estate, 237 



Reviews and Notices of Books : — Illustrations of Conifers. By 

 H. Clinton Baker. Vol. i. 12 + 75 pp., with 66 beautifully 

 executed full page plates showing foliage and cones. 

 Printed privately by Simson. Hertford, 1909, . . 239 



Schlich's Manual of Forestry. Vol. V. " Forest Utilisation." 



By W. R. Fisher, M.A. 2nd Edition . . 240 



Proceedings of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 1909, 

 with Appendices. 



