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attained, at any rate in some parts of India, by adding to the 

 attempt to apply German methods strictly, the introduction 

 of those of France. The expression of this opinion may possibly 

 be due to the effect of the aftermath which followed the conclusion 

 of the great war : at any rate, Mr Stebbing has overlooked the 

 fact that far more Indian forest officers were educated in France 

 than in Germany, and that some of the former were amongst 

 the best officers who joined the Indian forest service between the 

 period 1869- 1900, several attaining the position of Inspector- 

 General of Forests. One thing, at any rate, seems certain, if 

 Lord Dalhousie and the late Lord Salisbury, at that time 

 Secretary of State for India, had not taken the steps which they 

 did take, rational forest management in India would have been 

 postponed for at least a quarter of a century. At that particular 

 period a rapid extension of cultivation took place, due to the 

 increase of the population under the benefits of British rule. 

 Also, railway construction was in full swing, which demanded 

 large quantities of timber of the most valuable kinds. Without 

 the mitiation of control and protection, the forests would have 

 been reduced in value to such an extent that they would not 

 represent the valuable asset now at the disposal of the people 

 and Government of India within reasonable distance of the 

 centres of consumption. 



The two volumes are interspersed with sixty-three artistic 

 illustrations which, though many have no direct connection with 

 forest conservancy, are interesting in many cases ; at any rate, 

 they afford convenient interruptions during the perusal of the 

 text. A rainfall map is attached to Volume I. and a general 

 map of India to Volume II. 



Handbook of Coniferae. By W. Dallimore and A. Bruce 



Jackson, A.L.S. Published by Edwin Arnold & Co., 1923. 



Price Two Guineas. 



Since the second edition of Veitch's Manual of the Coniferae 



appeared in 1900, there had not been published in Great Britain 



any work dealing exclusively or exhaustively with conifers. 



The book under review, therefore, fills a very real and somewhat 



pressing need. Indeed, never before in one volume have been 



brought together and described all the species of all the genera 



