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Reviews and Notices of Books : — Our Forests and Wood- 

 lands. By John Nisbet. London, J. M. Dent & Co. 

 New and revised Edition, xx + 348 pp., including Index 

 and five Illustrations. Price3s.6d.net, . .114 



Trees : A Handbook of Forest Botany for the Woodlands 

 and the Laboratory. By the late Professor Marshall 

 Ward. Vol. v., "Form and Habit." Cambridge Bio- 

 logical Series. Cambridge University Press, 1909 

 Price 4s. 6d. net. . . . .114 



Working- Plan Report on the Keir Woods, with some 

 Notes on Quoigs and Ardchullary. By W. R. Fisher. 

 Printed by Jas. Hogg & Co., Journal Office, Stirling, . 115 



The Practice of Forestry, concerning also the Financial 

 Aspect of Aff"orestation. By Percival Trentham Maw, 

 late Professor of Forestry at the Royal Agricultural 

 College, Cirencester, etc., etc. Walter & Walter, 

 Heatherside, Brockenhurst, Hants, 1909. Price 17s. 6d. 

 net, ........ 116 



British Woods and their Owners. By John Simpson. 

 8 + 116 pp., with 14 full-page plates. 12s. 6d. net. 

 Pawson & Brailsford, 1909, .... 118 



Trees and Shrubs of the British Isles, Native and Acclima- 

 tised. By C. S. Cooper and W. Percival Westell. 16 

 full-page coloured plates, and 70 full-page black and 

 white plates, drawn from nature by C. F. Newall. 16 

 parts at is. each. Two bound volumes, 21s. London, 

 J. M. Dent & Co., ...... 119 



The Food of Some British Birds. A Report by Robert 

 Newstead, M.Sc, A.L.S., etc.. School of Tropical 

 Medicine, Liverpool, ..... 119 



Forestry in New Zealand. Report by William C. 

 Kensington, Under-Secretary of Lands, . . . 120 



Webster's Foresters' Pocket Diary. Seventh Edition, for 

 1909. Completely revised. Eighth Edition, for 1910. 

 Revised. London, William Rider & Son. Price 2s.6d., 120 



15. The Immediate Needs of Forestry in Scotland. By Sir John 



Stirling-Maxwell, Bart., ..... 121 



16. When Aff"orestation Comes. By Sir John Fleming, LL.D., i2\ 



17. Note on the Death Duties as Affecting Woodlands. By 



Robert Galloway, S S.C., . . . . 133 



18. The Rating Act, 1874, ...... 



