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The Farm, The Garden, and The Forest Annual for 188G, 

 Ben. Eeid & Co., tlie Queen's Seedsmen, Aberdeen. 



A VERY useful reference for everyday use in the office of the estate 

 or in either of the departments named in the title. It contains 

 in handy form a large amount of general information on rural 

 affairs upon which questions may arise at any moment ; a diaiy 

 for the year ; hints to amateurs ; lists of new and notable plants, 

 select fruits, and select vegetable seeds ; with .short articles on a 

 variety of useful topics on gardening, farming, and forestry subjects 

 of special interest. 



The Scottish Gcographieal Magazine. Edinburgh : Scottish 

 Geographical Society. 



The January part of this important Magazine contains an interest- 

 ing article by the Rev. William Taylor, M.A., on the Names and 

 Places of Easter Iloss, in which the author makes inquiry into the 

 origin of the names of places in the district lying between Cromarty 

 and Dornoch Eirths, and in doing so gives much interesting evidence 

 of the historical vicissitudes through which the district has passed 

 under the various races which dominated it at different periods. 



The Physical Condition of Waters in Estuaries is treated of by 

 Hugh Robert Mill, B.Sc, F.R.S.E., F.C.S. The author gives tables 

 showing the surface and bottom densities of the waters of the Firth 

 of Forth at different places, the data for which were taken during 

 the winter and summer months, and which show considerable diver- 

 gences both as to the relative positions and the seasons at wliicli 

 they have been taken. ]\Iuch valuable information is given in refer- 

 ence to the temperature, salinity, and colouring of the waters of the 

 several firths of Scotland. 



An account of the Society's education schemes and its exhibition 

 of geographical appliances ; the Proceedings of the Scottish Geo- 

 graphical Society ; geographical notes in which much interesting 

 information regarding our recently-acquired Burmese possessions is 

 given, along with notices of books, maps, etc., make up a full and 

 instructive number of this valuable Magazine. 



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