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Tli.'i Society, as a body, is not to be considered responsible for any facts or 

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

 oftht respective authors. 



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 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 Conifer*, and suggested Remedies. By Robert 

 Hutchison of Carlowrie, F.R.S.E., Vice-President, . 12:} 



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, Foi'ester, Cluny 

 Castle, . . . . . .146 



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

 and Plantations. By Andrew Peeblks, Highclere Castle, 

 Hampshire, ....... 159 



XVII. — The Different Ages at which various Timber Trees may be most 

 profitably felled in different soils and situations. By Lewis 

 Bathe, Forester, Kinmel Park, North Wales, . .175 



XVIII. — On the Natural Production or Self- Sowing of the Common 

 Silver Fir {Picea pectinata). By William Gilchrist, 

 Forester, Cluny Castle, . . . . .180 



XIX. — Note on a Wood damaged by Gases from Calcining of Iron- 

 stone. By Andrew Slater, Forester. Loftus, Yorkshire, . 184 



XX. — On a new Transplanting Machine. By James Kay, Forester, 



Bute Estate, Rothesay. (Plates I. and II.), . . 186 



XXI. — On the Altitude and Appearance of the Wellingtonia gigantea. 

 By Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie, F.R.S.E., &a 

 (Plate III.), ....... 190 



XXII.— The Self-Sown Oak Trees of Sussex. By R. W. Clutton, . 194 



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Abstract of Accounts for 1871-72 and 1872-73, 

 List of Members, corrected to August l s 74, 

 Prize Essays, &c., for 1873-74. 

 Laws of the Society, . . . . 



Office- Bearers for 1873-74, 



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