522 LETTERS TO THE ED IT OIL [Dec. 



by a well-drawn and nicely-coloured map. Undoubtedly the most 

 interesting paper to Scotchmen is the Address of Mr. Thomas D. 

 Wallace, F.G.S., read at the meeting of the British Association at 

 Aberdeen on the Basin of the Beauly. The geography of the 

 district in its prehistoric, geological, and forestal aspects is dealt 

 with in a lively and exhaustive manner. An article on Geography 

 and Trade in the East, by Mr. John Geddic, F.E.G.S., and the 

 Eeport to Council, fill up the remainder of the number. 



The Naturalisfs World. November. Ilkley : Percy Lund & Co. 



This popular little monthly maintains its character for racy and 

 chatty articles of interest to amateur naturalists. An article on 

 a A^isit to Kew Gardens, and another on Herons and Heronries, 

 are the chief features of the current issue. 



TRADE CATALOGUES BECEIVED. 



Eescrijjtive Catalogue of Forest Trees, Conifers, Shruhs, and Fruit 

 Trees, Roses, etc. Little & Ballantyne, Nursery and Seedsmen to 

 the Queen, Carlisle. 



General Catalogue of Forest Trees, Fruit Trees, Roses, Herlaceous 

 and Aljnnc Plants. Howden & Co., Inverness. 



Betters to the Editor, 



I IE, — Y/ill you kindly inform me what kind of tree you would 

 recommend for a shelter hedge in this neighbourhood ? I 

 want the hedge to be ever green, so that I may have the advantage 

 of the foliage as a windbreak, and an ornament in Mdnter as well as 

 in summer. Sylva. 



Steaniiaer. 



The difficulty in your case is to choose, the material is so 

 abundant. The exceptioually favourable position you occupy, 

 enjoying as you do a very high mean annual temperature, opens up 

 a very wide range of evergreen trees and shrubs adapted to your 



