CONTENTS. 



The Society, as a body, is not to be considered responsibU for any furls or 

 opinions advanced in the several papt rs, which must rest rutin/;/ on the atithority 

 of the respective authors. 



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



By the Right Hon. W. P. Adam ofBlairadam, 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. Amery, Forest 



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



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



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

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

 Bridge, Kingussie, ..... 233 



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



M'Kexzie, 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 



XXIX. Cryptogamic Plants Injurious to Forest Trees, and their 

 Treatment. By Malcolm Dunn, the Palace Gardens, 

 Dalkeith Park, ...... 250 



XXX. Report on the Meteorological Observations made at Carnwath, 

 Lanarkshire, in connection with the Influence of Forests 

 on Climate. By Alexander Buchax, M.A., F.R.S.E., 

 Secretary of the Scottish Meteorological Society, . . 257 



XXXI. On Tree Measurements. By Sir Robert Cheistison, Bart., 262 



APPENDIX (C.) 



10. Abstract of the Annual Account for the Year 1876-7* 



11. List of Members, corrected to March 1878, 



12. Subjects offered for Competition during 1877-78, . 



13. Office-bearers for 1877-78, .... 



14. Laws of the Society, .... 



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