CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

 TIMBER, ITS GENERAL CHARACTERS AND STRUCTURE ... I 



CHAPTER IT. 



TIMBER, ITS PROPERTIES AND VARIETIES ... .20 



CHAPTER III. 



THE CLASSIFICA.TION OF TIAIBERS 39 



CHAPTER IV. 



ON THE THEORIES ADVANCED TO EXPLAIN THE ASCENT OF 



WATER IN TALL TREES . 59 



CHAPTER V. 



DISEASES OF TIMBER . . , ......>.... I42 



