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REVIEWS OF BOOKS. 



The Forest Flora of South Australia, liy J. E. Brown, F.L.S., 

 Conservator of Forests for the Government of South Australia. 

 Adelaide : E. Spiller, Government Printer. Part II. 

 The second instalment of this magnificent work has reached us. 

 When it is remembered that the length of the serial is nearly two 

 feet, and its breadth nearly a foot and a half, it will easily be 

 imagined that it will make a truly noble appearance when the book 

 is completed and bound. The present number contains five beauti- 

 fully-coloured plates, full-paged. These are representations of leaves, 

 blossoms, fruit, and wood of the following species and varieties : 

 Eucalyptus leucoxylon, or the Blue Gum ; E. leucoxylon, var. Macro- 

 carpcL (the Eed-fiowering variety) ; E. leucoxylon, var. Macrocarpa 

 (the White-flowering variety) ; E. leucoxylon, var. Pauperita (the 

 Scrubby Blue Gum) ; and E. cosviophyUa (or the Large-flowering 

 Scrub Gum). The author divides the letterpress which accompanies 

 the plates into four sections under the several headings of ' Specific 

 Name,' 'Vernacular IS'ame,' 'Local Distiibutiun,' and 'Popular 

 Description.' The ' Popular Description ' section is sub-divided into 

 paragraphs dealing with the ' young leaves,' the ' sapling leaves,' the 

 ' old leaves,' the ' inflorescence,' the ' young bark,' the ' old bark,' the 

 ' flowering period,' and the ' general appearance and predilections. 

 We shall look forward with increasing interest to the succeeding 

 numbers of this really beautiful serial, which will, we trust, secure a 

 large circulation in this country. 



Scottish Pictures drawn with Pen and Pencil. By Samuel G. Gkeen, 

 D.D., Author of ' Erencli Pictures,' dice. Illustrated by Eminent 

 Artists. London : The Eeligious Tract Society. 



It is positively delightful to turn over the leaves of this beautiful 



