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seen a few small specimens at Kew, where they have just 

 been introduced. 



One most interesting point is well brought out by these 

 photographs, namely, the difference in the appearance of the 

 fruit and foliage of some species as produced in this country 

 from that of the same trtes in their native land; in Finns 

 ponderosa, for instance, the specimen figured in this work is 

 clearly from an English-grown tree, as the leaves are produced 

 so much more thickly, and the cones are so much more 

 acuminate than is the case with the' native of Oregon or 

 California. Also in the case of that finest of all pines, F. 

 Lambertiana, the cone illustrated is not more than half the 

 length of most native specimens, though doubtless the ex- 

 igencies of space had to be considered. 



A short description of each species, which will greatly 

 assist in identification, is printed facing its photograph. The 

 native habitat of the trees is also given, and the dates of 

 discovery and introduction. An index to the pages would be 

 a most useful addition, but probably this will appear at the 

 end of Vol. II., which is to contain figures and descriptions 

 of Abies, Ficea, Larix, and other smaller genera. 



The nomenclature of conifers in most British collections is 

 notoriously defective, and if Mr Clinton Baker has done nothing 

 else, he has given us a book which will render it a much easier 

 matter than it has hitherto been to identify our specimens with 

 the same accuracy as he has done in his most interesting 

 pinetum at Bayfordbury. 



F. R. S. B. 



Schlich's Manual of Forestry. Vol. V., " Forest Utilisation." By 

 W. R. Fisher, M.A. 2nd Kdition. 



In the notice which appeared at p. 119 of the present volume, 

 we should have stated that this book is the translation of a new 

 edition of Karl Gayer's work, written by W. Mayr, and contains 

 much new matter. The new edition contains 66 additional pages. 

 It reproduces the whole of Gayei's plates with the addition of 87 

 others, and there are also two additional full-page plates. 



