iv ADVERTISEMENT. 



Short Treatise on the Scientific Cultivation of the Oak, and 

 other Hardwood Trees," by the late M. G. Bagneris, Inspec- 

 tor of Forests, and Professor in the Forest School of Nancy ; 

 and translated from the French by Messrs E. E. Fernandez 

 and A. Smythies, B.A., Indian Forest Service. Details of 

 the application of that science to the cultivation of Coni- 

 ferae may be found in a volume I have published, entitled : 



Pine Plantations on Sand- Wastes in France. In which are detailed 

 the appearances presented by the Laiides of the Gironde before and after 

 culture, and by the Landes of La Sologne ; the legislation and literature of 

 France in regard to the planting of the Landes with trees ; the character- 

 istics of the sand-wastes; the natural history, culture, and exploitation of 

 the Maritine Pine and of the Scotch Fir ; and the diseases and injurious 

 influences to which the Maritine Pine is subject. Edinburgh : Oliver & 

 Boyd. London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 1878. 



Details of the application of that science made in the 

 reboisement of Mountains, may be found in another volume 

 which I have published : 



Reboisement in France ; or, Records of the Re-planting of the Alps, 

 the Cevennes, and the Pyrenees with Trees, Herbage, and Bush, with a 

 view to arresting and preventing the destructive consequences of torrents. 

 In which are given, a resume of Surell's study of Alpine torrents, and 

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

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

 trous consequences following from them, translations of documents and 

 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. 

 Kegan Paul & Co. 1879. 



And an illustration of the change for the better which 

 has been introduced into the Forest Management of 

 France, is supplied by a pamphlet entitled : " Glances 

 at Forestry in France in 1860 and 1880 :" a reprint of 

 papers by me, which appeared in the " Journal of Forestry 

 and Estates Management." 



JOHN C, BROWN. 



HAPPISGTON, 10th April, 1SS5. 



