288 
e Coco Nut.*—The first edition of this work appeared in 
1914 ee K. B. 1914, p. 396], the author (now retired) being 
Professor of Physiology and Dean of the College of Agriculture, 
| of the Se In the Foreword. to the second 
edible oil. During this period the cultivation of the tree has 
greatly extended; improved methods have been adopted for 
the preparation of copra for export, and the general standard of 
the industry has, in many other directions, been permanently 
raised, The matter is grouped into six chapters in the following 
order: Physiology of the Coconut, Climate and Soil, Diseases 
and Pests, Selection and Treatment of Seed, Field Culture, 
Coconut Products. This book appears to have been most 
carefully written, and is full of interest, and can most certainly 
be recommended to the notice of the tropical planter and to 
others connected with the industry. The illustrations are good, 
and there is an ample index. It may be noted that the price of 
the first edition was 10s., whereas that of the present datas has 
been raised to double that amount. 
* The Coconut, by Edward Bingham Copeland. Second Edition, 
revised, pp. xvi, 225 with “- illustrations. Macmillan & Co., Limited, 
St. Martin’s Street, London, 1921. 
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