I I 8 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



have known of several trees being attacked and killed by 

 - irmillaria mellea. Nor is it correct to state that the only 

 recorded case of disease on Corsican pine is an attack by a 

 Peziza. The reference is to Hopkinson's article on Dasyscypha 

 calycina. We are of the opinion' that Tubeuf mentions in 

 "Diseases of Plants" attacks on Pinus Laricio by Periderm ium 

 pini. The Corsican pine may also be damaged by the common 

 root fungi. These errors may be due to a certain looseness of 

 wording which seems to creep in here and there in the work. 

 On the whole, however, the book is one of considerable value, 

 and should prove of interest and use to the various readers for 

 whom it is intended. 



The Essentials of American Law. By J. P. Kinney, A B., 

 LL.B., M.F. New York: John Wiley & Sons. London: 

 Chapman & Hall, Ltd. 



This work is by the same author as the book noticed above. 

 It extends to 280 pages, has an elaborate table of contents and 

 a useful index. The work also shows indications of painstaking 

 research, the cases and reference notes at the bottom of the 

 pages being very exhaustive. As American law is more akin 

 to English than to Scots law, the book will not appeal to 

 ordinary readers on this side of the Border, but will be of much 

 interest to professional lawyers 



The author begins with a classification of property, notes 

 various forms of tenure of land, and then goes on to discuss 

 the law of trees and timber, the question of " waste," trespass, 

 and criminal offences. Then follow chapters on the subject of 

 contracts in relation to growing timber ; preparation, manu- 

 facture, and sale of timber products ; transportation ; the rights 

 of mortgagees; the ownership of trees on boundary lines and 

 highways and fixtures. 



The book is printed in very clear type, and, like the preceding 

 volume, is a good specimen of the kind of work issued by these 

 well-known publishers. 



