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The question then arises, What can be done to further this 

 movement 1 Something must be done. Why discuss impossible 

 schemes, when there is here a great national work 1 The question 

 has recently been brought before the Government, but somewhat 

 unsympathetically received. More pressure, therefore, should be 

 brought to bear. Money spent on afforestation would be profit- 

 ably invested, and coupled with certain reforms recently placed 

 on the statute-book, and some which need putting there, the 

 unemployed and nearly every other canker would be bodily 

 removed from the nation. 



REVIEWS OF BOOKS. 



Wood : A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Appli- 

 cations oj the Timbers of Commerce. By G. S, Boulger, 

 F.L.S., F.R.H.S., A.S.I., Professor of Botany and Lecturer 

 on Forestry in the City of London College, and formerly 

 in the Royal Agricultural College; Author of Familiar 

 Trees, The Uses of Plants, etc. 369 pp. and 82 Illustrations. 

 London: Edward Arnold, 1902. 



This work, published at the very moderate price of 7s. 6d., is 

 a welcome and decidedly useful addition to forestry literature. 

 It will be of great service to those who have to deal with com- 

 mercial timbers, especially those of foreign origin, of which so 

 many are now used in the various trades, but it will also be 

 extremely useful to foresters and students of forestry, as well as 

 to all who take an interest in the subject of wood. 



The book consists of two parts. The first treats of wood 

 generally, dealing with its origin, structure, defects, selection, 

 conversion, seasoning, artificial preservation, storage, durability, 

 uses, etc. ; a chapter is devoted to our timber supplies, and another 

 to the testing of woods for strength, elasticity, etc. The second 

 and larger part deals with the woods of commerce. These are 

 alphabetically arranged according to their trade or common names, 

 and under each is given the botanical and vernacular names, and 



