CONTENTS. 



The Society does not hold itself responsible for the statements 

 or views expressed by the authors of papers. 



15. Discussion on Forestry in Scotland, held at the Annual 



Business Meeting, Feb. 7, 1914 .121 



16. Summary of the Position of Scottish Forestry in regard to 



the Development Fund and the Agriculture (Scotland) 

 Fund, [2nd February 1914.] By R. Galloway, S.S.C., 

 Secretary of the Society . . 13S 



17. Report on Tour of Inspection of Woods and Afforestable 



Lands in Scotland, made by the Society's Foreign, Indian, 

 Colonial and other Guests, in connection with the Cele- 

 bration of the Diamond Jubilee, and also with Thirty-seventh 

 Annual Excursion (with three Plates) . .154 



18. The Conference and Dinner .179 



19. The Right Hon. Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, K.C.M.G., 



Hon. Secretary, 1898-1914 ..... 226 



20. Mr Robert Galloway, S.S.C., Secretary and Treasurer (with 



Portrait) ....... 229 



21. Landowners' Co operative Forestry Society . . .231 



22. Nctes from Oak and Beech Forests in Denmark (with Plate). 



By W. G. Smith, B.Sc, Ph.D., Edinburgh and East of 

 Scotland College of Agriculture . . .241 



23. The Silvicultural Treatment of the Douglas Fir. By W. 



Steuart Fothringham ...... 248 



24. The Economic Disposal of Coniferous Timber (with Plate). 



By D. K. M'Beath ...... 251 



25. The Japanese Larch {Larix leptolepis). By Geo. Leven . 259 



26. The Sitka Spruce in Ireland. By A. C. Forbes . . 264 



