IV CONTENTS. 



FACE 



Notes and Queries : — Deputation to the Chairman of the 

 Board of Agriculture for Scotland in June last— Afforesta- 

 tion at Talla — The Woodlands of Argyllshire— The Ardgoil 

 Estate — The Effects of Light and Shade on Tree-Growth 

 — The Uses of Douglas Fir Timber — Production of 

 Timber in Great Britain- Appointments — The Action of 

 Grass on Fruit Trees — Collection and Utilisation of 

 Information for a Forest Survey— International Forest 

 Congress at Paris — A Comparison between the Yields 

 from Afforestation and Pasture Lands . 104 



International Memorial to Karl Gayer . . . .114 



Reviews and Notices of Books :— History of Forestry. By 

 Bernhard E. Fernow. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 

 516 pp., including Index. University Press, Toronto, 

 1911 ........ 115 



The Forest Trees of Britain. By the late Rev. C. A. Johns, 

 loth Edition. Revised by Professor G. S. Boulger. 

 Published by the Society for Promoting Christian Know- 

 ledge. Price 6s. net . . .117 



Flora and Sylva : A Monthly Review for Lovers of Gardens, 

 Woodland Tree and Flower ; New and rare Plants, 

 Trees, Shrubs and Fruits ; the Garden Beautiful, Home 

 Woods and Home Landscape. Edited by and printed 

 and published for W. Robinson, author of The English 

 Floiver Garden, and other -works . . . .118 



The Story of our Trees. By Margaret M. Gregson. 16 pp. 



and 74 figures. University Press, Cambridge, 1912 . 118 



The Care of Trees in Lawn, Street and Park : With a List 

 of Trees and Shrubs for Decorative Use. By Bernhard 

 E. Fernow, Dean of the Faculty of Forestry, University 

 of Toronto, x -1-392 pp. including Index. Illustrated 

 New York : Henry Holt & Company, 1912 . .119 



The Oak : Its Natural History, Antiquity, and Folk-lore, 

 By Charles Mosley. 126 pp., with 8 Illustrations 

 Price Ss. London : Elhot Stock . 



16. Discussion on the Relation of Forestry to Agriculture and 



other Industries . . . . , .121 



17. Letter to the Board of Agriculture for Scotland . . 143 



18. Development of Forestry in England. Reports by Advisory 



Committee . . . . , . ,147 



19. The Place of Forestry in the Economic Development of 



Scotland. By Sir John Stirling- Maxwell, Bart. . . 161 



