886 REVIEWS OF BOOKS. [Oct. 



the plan, except to try the eyesight, or as advertisements ? Tlie 

 jurors' list is incomplete, and they at length receive — pity ! Indeed, 

 the readers of this journal, perusing the Introduction as to the 

 history of the movement, will be struck by the superior character 

 of their own knowledge of the subject. The editors have fallen into 

 the blunder of using Abies and Picea indiscriminately in naming the 

 same trees. We have said so much in justice to the intelligent 

 reader, who, expecting to find a general vidimus of forestry and its 

 products from the title-page, might be disappointed in discovering 

 that he had purchased a collection of essays of varying size, in many 

 cases on side-paths of the science. Nevertheless, the book contains 

 much valuable matter. Of the twenty-two essays, there are two on 

 the formation and management of plantations in various localities. 

 Others on pine planting, afiforesting of waste land, utilization of 

 coppice, and charcoal manufacture, may also interest the British 

 forester. But the essays on teak, wood-pulp manufacture, and the 

 lacquer-tree of Japan, which form the major part of this volume, 

 will alone make it a valuable book of reference. Our contributor, 

 Mr. Cannon, gives his experience on pine planting in France, which 

 might be useful in Ireland. We understand that Pinus insignis 

 flourishes in the southern districts of that country ; though the 

 spring frosts of England and Scotland may retard its development 

 within their area. Mr. H. Yosiiida recommends the introduction 

 of lacquer-trees (Bhus vernicifera) into Scotland, the climate and soil 

 being suited for their cultivation. The illustrations include litho- 

 graphs of this and the teak tree, besides numerous woodcuts. 



A. T. 



Essay on the Formation and Management of Plantations, in various 

 Sites, Altitudes, and Exposures. By K. Edmond Hodson. 

 Dublin : Hodges, Figgis, & Co. 



Mk. Hodson has seen fit to republish from the above volume his 

 prize essay, which, though only receiving a silver medal, as he 

 modestly states in the title-page, the editors appear to value so 

 highly as to place it three stages before that of his competitor Mr. 

 Cannon, to whom the gold medal was awarded. 



The problem specially discussed is the planting of an area about 

 one square mile in extent, undulating in its general character, and 

 varying in elevation from 400 ft. to 800 ft. above the level of the 

 sea. The matter is looked at from the side of Irish forestry, and 

 should therefore interest an important section of our readers. 



The following summary of the best soil adapted for some of the 



