APPENDIX.—No. 1. PAPERS AND MEMORIALS ISSUED BY THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB, ON THE PROTECTION OF WILD ANIMALS AND PLANTS, AND THE PRESENT CONDITION AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF EPPING FOREST. Edited by William Cole, Honorary Secretary. CONTENTS : PAGE Introduction. By the Editor. . . . . . iii Report of the Meeting of the Essex Field Club, February 26th, 1882.........ix The Evils of Deep-drainage from the Naturalist's point of view. By M. C. Cooke, M.A., LL.D., A.L.S., &c. . xxi The Teachings of Botany as to the Management of Forests. By Prof. Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S.....xxii On the Protection of Wild Animals and Birds. By J. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S.......xxiii The Conservation of Epping Forest from the Naturalists' Standpoint. By Raphael Meldola, F.R.A.S., F.C.S. xxv The Essex Field Club's Statement in re " The Great Eastern Railway Bill, High Beach Extension (1883)." xxxii Epping Forest, its present Condition, with suggestions for its future Management; being Reports resulting from recent Visits to the Forest. By A. G. Burrows, F.L.S., and Prof. Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S. . . xxxv Price to Non-Members, One Shilling. PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB. BUCKHURST HILL, ESSEX. 1883.