III. Forests and Moisture; or, E/ects of Forests on Humidity of Climate. 



In which are given details of phenomena of vegetation on which the 

 meteorological effects of forests affecting the humidity of climate depend 

 of the effects of forests on the humidity of the atmosphere, on the 

 humidity of the ground, on marshes, on the moisture of a wide expanse 

 of country, on the local rainfall, and on rivers and of the correspond- 

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 of correspondence between the distribution of the rainfall and that of 

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 of forests on the distribution of the rainfall within the forest district. 

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IV. Pine Plantations on Sand- Wastes in France. 



In which are detailed the appearance presented by the Landes of 

 the Gironde before and after culture, and the Landes of La Sologne ; 

 the legislation and literature of France in regard to the planting of the 

 Landes with trees ; the characteristics of the sand- wastes ; the natural 

 history, culture, and exploitation of the maritine pine and of the Scotch 

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 is subject. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd. London : Simpkin, Marshall, 

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V.-~Reboisement in France ; or, Records of tJie Re-planting of the Alps, 

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 a view to arresting and preventing the destructive consequences of 

 torrents. 



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 of the literature of France relative to Alpime torrents, and remedial 

 measures which have been proposed for adoption to prevent the disas- 

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 enactments, showing what legislative and executive measures have been 

 taken by the Government of France in connection with reboisement as a 

 remedial application against destructive torrents, and details in regard 

 to the past, present, and prospective aspects of the work. London : C. 

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The Schools of Forestry in Europe : a Plea for the Creation of a School 

 of Forestry in Edinburgh. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd. 1877. Price 2s. 



On Schools of Forestry. Reprinted from Transactions of the Scottish 

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