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XII. On the Cheapest and most Effectual Means of Clearing Land 

 for Planting. By D. F. M'Kenzie, Forester and Overseer, 

 Meldrum House, Old Meldrum, . . . .136 



XIII. On the Disease of the Larch. By D. F. M'Kenzie, Forester 



and Overseer, Meldrum House, Old Meldrum, . .140 



XIV. Report on Old and Remarkable Trees growing on the Estates' 



of Bayham Abbey and Wilderness Park, in the County of 

 Kent. By James Duff, Wood Manager, Bayham Abbey, 147 



XV. On the Arboriculture of the County of Kent. By James 



Duff, Wood Manager, Bayham Abbey, Tunbridge Wells, 153 



XVI. On the Deleterious Effects of Sulphur upon Iron Fencing. 



By Thomas Wilkie, Forester, Invergarry, Fort- Augustus, 165 



XVII. Pieport on the Meteorological Observations made at Carnwath, 

 Lanarkshire. By Alexander Buchan, M.A., F.R.S.E., 

 Secretary of the Scottish Meteorological Society, . . 168 



XVIII. On Two New Modes of Fencing. By Thomas Wilkie, 



Forester, Invergarry, Fort- Augustus, . . .171 



XIX. On Insects Injurious to Forest Trees, and their Destruction. 



By Malcolm Dunn, Palace Gardens, Dalkeith, . . 173 



XX. Brief Account of the Royal Forest School at Vallombrosa. 



By Hugh Cleghoen, M.D., Stravithie, St Andrews, . 182 



XXI. On the Best Method of Seasoning Timber. By Thomas 



Wilkie, Forester, Invergarry, Fort-Augustus, . .190 



XXII. Address delivered at the Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting. 



By the Eight Hon. W. P. Adam of Blairadam, M.P., . 193 



XXIII. The Movements of Fluids in Stems, considered in relation to 



the Felling and Seasoning of Timber. By W. Ramsay 

 M'Nab, M.D., F.L.S. 203 



XXIV. Report on the Forests of India. By C. F. Ameet, Forest 



Department, North- West Provinces, India, . .213 



XXV. On Forest Schools. By Rev. J. Croumbie Brown, LL.D., 225 



XXVI. On the Woods and Plantations of the Mackintosh Estate in 

 Brae Lochaber. By James Hutton, Sub-factor, Roy 

 Bridge, Kingussie, ..... 233 



XXVII. On the Use of Dynamite and Tonite in Forestiy. By D. F. 



M'Kenzie, Forester, Murthly Castle, Perthshire, . 241 



XXVIII. On the Best Kinds of Wood for Charcoal, and the Process of 

 Charring. By Robert Baxter, Forester, Dalkeith 

 Park, ....... 246 



