CONTENTS. 



The Society does not hold itself responsible for the statements 

 or views expressed by the authors of papers. 



1. 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 . 34 



6. Death Duties on Woods. By Robert Galloway, S.S.C. . 36 



7. Continental Notes — France. By A. G. Hobart- Hampden . 41 



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



Bilton, York ....... 51 



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 with the study of Timber and 

 other Forest Products. Compiled from the Report of a 

 visit by E. R. Burdon, M.A., to those countries , . 60 



11. The Annual Excursion (with Plate). By Wm. Dawson, 



M.A., B.Sc. ....... 67 



12. Douglas Fir Plantation : Taymount Estate. By Frank 



Scott ........ 77 



13. The Arboretum ....... 79 



14. Nursery and Plantation Competition . . . . 85 



15 Forestry Exhibition held in the Highland and Agricultural 



Society's Showyard at Cupar ..... 102 



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