1912] The Ottawa Naturalist 155 



BOOK NOTICE. 



New England Trees in Winter, by A. F. Blakeslee and 

 C. D. Jarvis. Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station, Storrs, 

 Conn., Bull. No. 69, June, 1911; pp. 307-576. 



This extremely useful bulletin has recently been received. 

 Field-naturalists will especially value this publication, and as 

 the work is limited the edition will doubtless soon be exhausted. 

 The authors, however, are republishing the bulletin in book form. 

 School teachers, students, of botany generally, as well as those 

 interested in forestry will gladly welcome this ready means of 

 distinguishing trees in winter. In the order of the arrangement 

 of the species in the text and the scientific names, Gray's New 

 Manual of Botany (1908), has been followed. In the "Intro- 

 duction" the different terms used in the bulletin, are discussed. 

 Beginning on page 344, the various species found in New England 

 are treated of. The even numbered pages are devoted to an 

 account of the trees, opposite to which are beautiful half-tone 

 reproductions of particularly good photographs, each plate 

 illustrating the whole tree, the trunk, twigs, etc. The illustra- 

 tions of the twigs and of the fruit of the deciduous trees are very 

 nearly natural size. Each tree is discussed under the sub-head- 

 ings, '"Habit," "Bark," "Twigs," "Leaves," "Buds," "Fruit," 

 "Comparisons," "Distribution," and "Wood." These des- 

 criptions of each species are all on the one page opposite to 

 which are the illustrations as above mentioned. Pages 329 

 to 343 are devoted to a "Key to Genera and Species," and 

 pages 564 to 567 to a Glossary. 



The printing, illustrations and general arrangement of this 

 publication are most excellent, and the authors and those asso- 

 ciated with them in the preparation of the same are to be con- 

 gratulated. This work is undoubtedly one of the best, if not 

 the best, publication of its kind that we have seen. It will give 

 untold pleasure not only to students of botany and those inter- 

 ested in forestry, but also to all nature lovers, w r ho are fortunate 

 enough to secure a cop v. 



A. G. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



At the last meeting of the Council of the club, the follow 

 ing gentlemen were elected members: 



Mr. H. Gibson, Ottawa 



Mr. Forster, Ottawa 



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