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Reviews and Notices of Books : — The Development of British 

 Forestry. 274 pp., 7^ Fi&s. By A. C. Forbes, F. H.A.S., 

 Chief Forestry Inspector to the Board of Agriculture 

 for Ireland. London : Edward Arnold, Publisher to 

 the India Office, 191 1 . . . 102 



Elements of British Forestry. 345 pp., 92 Illustrations. 

 By John Nisbet. William Blackv^rood & Sons, 191 1. 

 Price 5s 6d. . . . 104 



The Book of the English Oak. By Charles Hurst. 188 pp., 

 with a Map of English Oaks and 14 Illustrations from 

 Photographs. Price 5s. net. London : Lynwood & 

 Co., Ltd. ....... 108 



Forestry for Woodmen. By C. O. Hanson. 222 pp. 

 12 Plates and 15 Figures. Price 5s. Oxford: Clarendon 

 Press, 1911 ....... 108 



Town Planting, and the Trees, Shrubs, Herbaceous and 

 other Plants that are best adapted for resisting Smoke. 

 216 pp., with Index and 16 full-page Plates. By A. D. 

 Webster. London : George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 

 Price 3s. 6d. . . . . . .110 



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

 1912. Completely revised. London : William Rider and 

 Son. Price 2s. 6d. . . . .114 



Report on Cyprus Forestry. 93 pp., i map, 42 figs. By 

 D. E. Hutchins, Chief Conservator of Forests, British' 

 East Africa. Printed by Waterlow & Sons, Limited, 

 London, 1909 . . .114 



List of Seeds of Hardy Herbaceous Plants and of Trees 

 • and Shrubs ....... 117 



Building Timbers and Architects' Specifications, which is 

 part of Haworth's "Timber Measurer." By J. Davies. 

 234pp. with Index. London: Alfred Haworth & Co., 

 Ltd., 1910 . .118 



Obituary: Caroline, Countess of Seafield The Late Pro 



fessor Mayr with Portrait) . .119 



l.i. The Report of the Departmental Committee on Forestry in 



Scotland ....... 121 



14. On the Relation of Light- Intensity to Advance Growth 



in Oak and Beech Forests (with Plate). By G. P. 

 Gordon, B.Sc. ...... 147 



15. Official Notifications ...... 156 



16. Observations on the Annual Increment of Spruce and Scots 



Pine (Second Article). By J. H. Milne Home 160 



