CONTENTS. V 



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28. Note on the Occurrence in Scotland of Megastigmus pinus 



in the Seed of Abies nobilis, Lindl. By James Fraser, 

 B.Sc 178 



29. Note on Beneficial Insects. By R. Stewart MacDougall, 



M.A., D Sc. . .180 



30. The Canker of the Scots Pine caused by Dasijscypha 



subtilissima, Cooke (with Plate). By A. W. Borthwick, 

 D.Sc, and Malcolm Wilson, D.Sc, F. L.S., Lecturer in 

 Mycology in the University of Edinburgh . .184 



31. The Two Rust Diseases of the Spruce (with Plate). By 



A. W. Borthwick, D.Sc, Advisory Officer for Forestry 

 to the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, and Malcolm 

 Wilson, D.Sc, F.L. S., Lecturer in Mycology in the 

 University of Edinburgh . .187 



32. The Great War. The Society's Roll of Honour .192 



33. Fourth Report of the Development Commissioners for the 



year ending 31st March 1914 . .199 



Notes and Queries :— Appointment for Hon. Editor (with 

 Portrait) — Excursion, Exhibition, and Nursery and Planta- 

 tion Competitions — Japanese Larch — Sitka Spruce and 

 Douglas Fir at Mount Melville (with Plate) — Timber 

 Removing (with Plate)— Cucurbitaria pithyophila, Fries. — 

 Timber Growing for Profit — Employment in Forestry for 

 Women and Disabled Soldiers— Afforestation, and Soldiers 

 and Sailors returning at the end of the War . 204 



Reviews and Notices of Books : — Chinese Forest Trees and 

 Timber Supply. By Norman Shaw, B.A. 351 pp. with 

 a map and 33 illustrations. Price los. 6d. net. London 

 and Leipsic : T. Fisher Unwin .... 213 



Pocket Register of Woods and Plantations. By James 

 W. Mackay. Published by The County Gentleman's 

 Association, Ltd. . . . . .214 



The Law of Forestry in Great Britain and Ireland, com- 

 prising the Law relating to Trees and the Law relating 

 to Trespass and Game, xlviii + 400 pp., including index 

 and tables. By Benaiah W. Adkin, Fellow of the 

 Surveyors' Institution, etc Price ids. London : The 

 Estates Gazette, Ltd. . . . . . .215 



Wood-Pulp and its Uses. By C. F. Cross, E. J. Bevan, 

 and R. W. Sindall, with the collaboration of W. N. 

 Bacon, xi + 270 pp. , with 25 illustrations. Price 6s. net. 

 London: Constable & Company, Ltd., 1911 . . 215 



Obituary : — The Late Mr David W. Thomson . 216 



Proceedings of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 1915, 

 with Appendices. 



