CONTENTS OF VOL. VII. 



The Society, as a body, is not to be considered responsible for any facts or 

 opinions advanced in the several fapers, which must rest entirely on the authority 

 of the respective authors. 



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 I. — Address delivered at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting. By 

 Hugh Cleghorn, M.D., F.E.S.E., late Conservator of 

 Forests, Madras, ...... 1 



II. — On the Quantity of Rain which Falls in a Wooded Country 

 as compared with an Unwooded. By Robert Hutchison, 

 Esq. of Carlowrie, F.R.S.E., . . . .10 



III. — Report on an Arboretum at Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire. By 



William Gilchrist, Forester, Cluny Castle. With a Plan, 19 

 IV. — Report on the Houston Pinetum. By William Tivendale, 



Forester, Houston, Paisley, . . . .38 



V. — Report on the Comparative Advantages of the Different 

 Methods of Pruning. By Andrew Gilchrist, Forester, 

 Urie House, Stonehaven, . . . . .40 



VI. — On the Value of the Corsican, Austrian, and Douglas Firs, as 

 Timber Trees in Great Britain, and on their Adaptation to 

 different Soils and Situations. By Robert Hutchison, 

 Esq. of Carlowrie, F.R.S.E., . . . .52 



VII. — Report on a Collection of Geological Specimens, with an Out- 

 line of the Geological and Arboricultural Features of Bute- 

 shire. By James Kay, Forester, Bute Estate, Rothesay, . 60 

 VIII. — On Different Modes of Profitably Disposing of Home-Grown 



Timber. By David Tait, Forester, Owston Park,Doncaster, 72 

 IX. — On the most certain Method of getting rid of Beetles which 

 affect Coniferae. By William Tivendale, Forester, 

 Houston, Paisley, ...... 80 



X. — On the Best Modes of Starting from Seed, or Rearing from 

 Cuttings or Grafts, the various newer Coniferse. By John 

 Alexander, Assistant Forester, Abernethy, Strathspey, . 84 

 XL — On the Distribution of Forests in India. By Dietrich 

 Brandis, Ph.D., Inspector-General of Forests, Calcutta. 

 With a Map, ...... 88 



XII. — Address delivered at the Twentieth Annual Meeting. By 

 Hugh Cleghorn, M.D., F.R.S.E., late Conservator of 

 Forests, Madras, . . . . . .115 



XIII. — On the Natural History of Beetles and other Insects which 

 infest Conifers?, and suggested Remedies. By Robert 

 Hutchison of Carlowrie, F.R.S.E., Vice-President, . 123 



XIV. — On the Present State and Future Prospects of Arboriculture 



in Yorkshire. By David Tait, Forester, Owston Park, . 137 

 XV. — On the Different Modes of Profitably Disposing of Home- 

 Grown Timber. By William Gilchrist, Forester, Cluny 

 Castle, . . . . . . .140 



XVI. — On the Different Modes of Disposing of the Produce of Woods 

 and Plantations. By Andrew Peebles, Highclere Castle, 

 Hampshire, . . . . . . .159 



