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REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Wayside and Woodland Trees: A Pocket Guide to the British 

 Sylva. By Edward Step, F.L.S. 182 pp. of letterpress, 

 with 175 plain and coloured plates and numerous text 

 figures. London : Frederick Warne t^ Co. Price 6s. net. 



The value of the new edition of this handsome little book has 

 been increased by the addition of forty-eight new plates, of 

 which twenty-four are coloured. The new plates show in greater 

 detail than the figures in the text the flowers or fruit, and in 

 several cases the characteristic leaf-buds in spring. 



Tree Lore. By Francis George Heath. With a Table of 

 Indigenous British Trees and Shrubs. 304 pp. Price 

 3s. 6d. net. London: Charles H. Kelly. 



The title of this volume indicates the nature of its contents, 

 which are varied and interesting. The subjects are arranged in 

 alphabetical order, which makes the book easy of reference, 

 and in addition it has an extensive index and glossary. 



Cold Coast Land Tenure and the Forest Bill, 1911. A Review 

 of the Situation by Caski.v Havi'ord, Barrister-at-law. 

 London : C. M. Phillips. 



The interesting pamphlet before us has been written with the 

 view of enlisting the sympathy of the Colonial Office, Members 

 of Parliament, and the people of this country, in the case against 

 this bill which has been ably stated by counsel, on behalf of the 

 kings and chiefs and natives of the Gold Coast, at the Bar of 

 the Legislative Council. The speeches of the various counsel 

 engaged in the ca.se, and the Governor's reply, are given in 

 full. It appears that previous attempts at legislation on the 

 same lines had been defeated owing to the opposition of the 



