CONTENTS. 



The Society does not hold itself responsible for the statements 

 or views expressed by the authors of papers. 



1. Deputation from the Society to the Right Hon. T. MKinnon 



Wood. M.P.. Secretary for Scotland — 7th November 1913 i 



2. The Development Commission and Forestry. Extracts from 



the Report of the Commissioners for the year ended 31st 

 March 1913 . . . . . .14 



3. The State Forests of Saxony (with Illustrations . (Con- 



tinued from Vol. xxvii., p. 187.) By A. D. Hopkinson. B.Sc. 28 



4. Some Vegetation Types at High Altitudes (with Illustra- 



tions). By G. P. Gordon, B.Sc.(Edin.\ BSc. Oxon.) 



5. Forestry at Home and Abroad. By A. W. Borthwick, D.Sc 



6. Continental Notes — France By A. G. Hobart Hampden 



7. The Formation of Plantations on Deep Peat (with Plate) 



By Donald Grant ..... 



8. A Plan Adequate to Meet our Needs for Wood Timber 



72 

 78 



9. The Excursion to Switzerland with Illustrations). By 



G. P. Gordon, B.Sc. . 83 



ID. The Forestry Exhibition at Paisley. By G. P. Gordon, B.Sc 97 



11. Visit to German Forests by the Royal English Arboricultural 



Society — 1913. By A. T. Gillanders, F. E. S. . 100 



12. Timber Research Work at the Cambridge School of Forestry 103 



13. Thuja gigantea and Douglas Fir in Mixture with Plate). 



By D. K. M'Beath ...... 107 



14. Nursery and Plantation Competition . . .110 



Notes and Queries : — Witch's Broom on Pseudotsuga Doug- 

 lasii 'with Plate — Appointment of Chief Conservator of 

 Forests, South Africa — Protection of Scots Pine against 

 Black Game — Leaflet on the Large Brown Pine W^eevil — 

 Tree-Growth in 1913 — Forestry and the Anglo-American 

 Exposition — The Excursion to Switzerland . 116 



Reviews and Notices of Books:— The Forest of Dean. By 

 Arthur O. Cooke. With four Illustrations m Colour and 

 fifty-six in Black and White. Price los. 6d. net. London : 

 Constable & Co. . . . . .120 



Albury Park Trees and Shrubs. 66 -x pp. By A. Bruce 

 Jackson. London: West, Newman & Co., 1913 . .120 



