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Notes and Queries :— Afforestation of Privately-owned Lands 

 — Collection and Storage of Forest Seeds— The Utilisation 

 of Small Home-Grown Timber— A Useful Type of Stile 

 —Re-introduction of Scots Pine {Pintis Siluestris) into 

 Southern England — Abnormal Growths on Willow Trees 

 —The Janker Cart (with Plate' — Home Grown Pitwood . 109 



Reviews and Notices of Books : — Hardy Trees and Shrubs 

 in the British Isles. By W. J. Bean, Assistant Curator, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Two volumes, 1440 pp., 

 with over 250 line-drawings and 64 half-tone illustrations. 

 Price £2, 2s. net. London : John Murray . .120 



Trees. A Woodland Notebook containing Observations 

 on certain British and Exotic Trees. By the Right Hon. 

 Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bt., F.R S., LL.D., D.C.L. 

 Illustrated with photographs by Mr Henry Irving and 

 others. 21s.net. Glasgow: Maclehose & Sons . .120 



Physiography of the United States and Principles of Soils in 

 Relation to Forestry. By Professor Isaiah Bowman, 

 xxii + 759 pp. Price 21s. net. New York : J. Wiley and 

 Sons; London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1911. . 121 



The Artificial Production of Vigorous Trees. By Augustine 

 Henry, M.A., F L S, M R I A. Journal of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, 

 vol. XV. No I . . .123 



Obituary Notice :— Dr John Nisbet .127 



19. Aerial Railway erected on the Lovat Estate, Inverness-shire 



(with Plates). By Gilbert Brown, Wood Manager, 

 Strathspey . . .129 



20. Mode of Infection of Larch Canker. By Sir John Stirling- 



Maxwell, Bart. . . . . .131 



21. David Douglas. By F. R. S. Balfour .134 



22. The Selecting of Telegraph Poles in the Forest of Enzie. 



By T. Sharpe, Manager of Woods, Gordon Castle 141 



23. A Braconid Parasite on the Pine Weevil, Hy/obius abietis. 



By J. W. Munro, B.Sc.(Agr.), B.Sc.(Arb.),Edin. 144 



24. A New Species of Larch (with Plate) . .147 



25. The "Hybrid Larch" (with Plate). By J. M. Murray, 



B Sc. ........ 149 



26 North American Forest Trees in Britain (with Plates). 



By Prof. A. Henry . .156 



27. Forest Tree Growing in the South Island, New Zealand. 

 By R. G. Robinson, Superintending Nurseryman, South 

 Island ....... 165 



