CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 

 TIMBER, ITS GENERAL CHARACTERS AND STRUCTURE ... I 



CHAPTER II. 

 TIMBER, ITS PROPERTIES AND VARIETIES 2O 



CHAPTER III. 



THE CLASSIFICATION OF TIMBERS 39 



CHAPTER IV. 



ON THE THEORIES ADVANCED TO EXPLAIN THE ASCENT OF 



WATER IN TALL TREES 59 



CHAPTER V. 



DISEASES OF TIMBER . . , , 142 - 



