CONIFERS. SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. 1z1 
tivated in Great Britain. This book, which suffered a number of which he devoted to the public affairs of Edinburgh, becoming 
interruptions, was finally completed by several editors in 1884 in chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Master of the Merchants’ 
three volumes, one hundred copies only being printed. Mr. Law- Company, and in 1861 Lord Provost. (See The Scotsman, Decem- 
son’s active participation in the affairs of his firm ceased about ber 13, 1873.) 
1850, although he remained a partner during the rest of his life, 
