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space to the affairs of internal administration of the French Forest 

 Department. It also does us the honour to translate one of our 

 articles on the late Forestry Exhibition, and likewise does similar 

 service to the special report issued by the Commissioners for the 

 Cape of Good Hope. The November GcntralUatt of Vienna, besides 

 a mass of matter interesting to Prussian and Eussian foresters, con- 

 tains a long article on the woods in the island of Cyprus. 

 The Indian Forester for October contains the conclusion of the 

 article of the Babul Meadows of the Sholapur Districts. Articles 

 on the Progress of Forestry in India, on the International Forestry 

 Exhibition just closed, and on special Indian matters make up an 

 instructive number. T]ic Tropical Agriculturist, Ceylon, for October, 

 bristles over witli facts in economic botany interesting to the planter, 

 merchant, or the student of progress in our great Eastern Empire. 

 The Indian Agrictdturist, Calcutta, has also come to hand ; so, too, 

 has the October number of Haj, Prague. 



Nursery Seasons Catalogues for 1884-85. — The Forest Tree 

 List of Little & Eallantyne, Carlisle, 1884-85, commends itself 

 to those about to engage in extensive planting operations, such 

 as those for which this firm is famed. It is a goodly quarto 

 of 46 pages, in which those desirous of purchasing forest trees, 

 conifers, shrubs, fruit-trees, roses, etc., will find every information. 

 Messrs. James Dickson & Sons, Newton Nurseries, Chester, issue 

 an octavo of 145 pages, the most striking peculiarity of which 

 appears to be the full descriptions of fruit-trees and roses, tliough 

 there is also abundant information as to their hardily-grown forest 

 and other trees, as well as covert and underwood plants. The 

 special descriptive catalogue of forest trees, ornamental trees 

 and shrubs, conifera?, etc., used this season by Dickson & Co., 

 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, worthily sustains the reputation of 

 that old-established house. Thomas Kennedy & Co., Dumfries, 

 send a catalogue of forest, friait, and ornamental trees, ■which for 

 topographical excellence, or the completeness of detailed informa- 

 tion, specially in roses, ihododendrons, and fruit-trees, is fully 

 equal to any similar productions issued from metropolitan presses. 

 John Carter's catalogue should induce lovers of deciduous ornamental 

 trees and shrubs, roses, and hardy evergreens, to visit his Holycroft 

 and Willow Bank Nurseries, Keighley, Yorkshire. Messrs. D. 

 Cannon and E. Bruce have sent us their price list of hardy forest 

 and ornamental plants, specially adapted to the utilization of waste 

 lands, and to landscape planting, at Pcpinieres Forestieres du 

 Domaine des Yaux, Scelabris (Loir et Cher). 



