CONTENTS. 



Preface v 



Some Features of Interest in the Order of Conifers. By 



Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., F.R.H.S 1 



The Conifers of Japan. By Mr. H. J. Veitch, F.L.S., F.R.H.S. 18 

 Conifers as Specimen Trees for Landscape Gardening. By 



Mr. Geo. Nicholson, A.L.S., F.R.H.S 34 



Conifers for Economic Planting. By Mr. A. D. Webster, 



F.R.S.E 41 



The Decorative Character of Conifers. By Mr. E. J. 



Baillie, F.L.S 52 



Conifers at Dropmore. By Mr. Chas. Herrin 61 



Conifers at Orton Longueville. By Mr. A. Harding 67 



Opening Address (Second Day) By Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 



C.M.G., F.R.S., &c 72 



The Value in the British Islands of Introduced Conifers. 



By Mr. Malcolm Dunn, F.R.H.S 73 



The Quality of Coniferous Timber as affected by Sylvi- 



CULTURAL Treatment. By W. Somerville, D.CEc, B.Sc, &c. 103 



The Timber of Exotic Conifers. By Mr. D. F. Mackenzie... 115 



Diseases of Conifers. By Prof. Marshall Ward, M.A., F.R.S., &c. 124 

 Insects injurious to Conifers. By Mr. W. F. H. Blandford, 



M.A., F.R.H.S., &c 150 



List op Conifers and Tax ads cultivated in Great Britain 



AND Ireland. By Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.B.S., F.R.H.S. 179 



PiNETUM Danicum. By Prof. Carl Ha.nsen 257 



Statistics of Conifers in the Counties op England, Scot- 

 land, AND Ireland. By Mr. Malcolm Dunn, F.R.H.S. ... 481 



List of Largest Specimens in the United Kingdom 568 



Conifers suitable for Various Purposes 572 



List of Exhibitors and Awards 575 



List of Conifers exhibited at the Conference 579 



Index 587 



