iY 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 Landes of the Gironde before and after 

 culturej 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 saud- wastes; the natural history, culture, and exploitation of 

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

 influences to which the Maritine Pine is subject. — ^Ediuburgh : Oliver & 

 Boyd. London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 187S. 



Details of the application of that science made in the 

 reboisement of Mountains, may be found in another volume 

 which I have published : — 



R4boisement in France ; or. Records of the Se-planting of the Alps, 

 the Gevennes, 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 risumi 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 Riboisement 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. BKOWN. 



H.^BOTNGTON, lOth April, 1S83. 



