CONTENTS. 



The Society does not hold itself responsible for the statements 

 or views expressed by the authors of papers. 



I. The Development Commission and Forestry . . . i 



2 Experimental Forestry Area in Wales. By Eraser Story, 



University College, Bangor ..... 19 



3. Official Notifications : — i. Statement by the Development Com- 



mission in regard to State-aided Afforestation — 2. Advisory 

 Committee on Forestry for Scotland — 3. Technical Advice 

 for Private Owners ...... 28 



4. The Utilisation of Disused Pit-banks (with a Plate). By 



P. Murray Thomson, Whitehall Estate Office, Mealsgate 30 



5. Observations on the Annual Increment of Spruce and Scots 



Pine (Third Article). By J. H. Milne-Home 



6. Death Duties on Woods. By Robert Galloway, S.S.C. 



7. Continental Notes — France. By A. G. Hobart- Hampden 



8. On Protecting Young Spruce from Frost. By William Hall 



Bilton, York ...... 



II The Annual Excursion (with Plate). By Wm. Dawson 

 M.A., B.Sc. ...... 



12. Douglas Fir Plantation : Taymount Estate. By Frank 

 Scott ....... 



13 The Arboretum ...... 



14. Nursery and Plantation Competition . 



15. Forestry Exhibition held in the Highland and Agricultural 



Society's Showyard at Cupar . 



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9 Some Uses of a Demonstration Forest in Forestry Education 



(with Plates). By J. F. Annand . '54 



10. Research Work and Educational Methods of the Forestry 

 Departments and Forestry Schools in the United States 

 and Canada in connection w^ith the study of Timber and 

 other Forest Products. Compiled from the Report of a 

 visit by E. R. Burdon, M.A., to those countries 



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