498 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



The Agricultural and Forest Products of British West Africa, by 

 G. C. Dudgeon, Director-General of Agriculture in Egypt, 1911, gives 

 a short description of the main forest and agricultural products of 

 the country, which is more useful to the trader than the forester or 

 timber merchant. The illustrations showing the making of palm 

 oil and other country products are very interesting, but Fig. 21, 

 p. 112, supposed to be of aniroko tree, is in reality that of Terminalia 

 superba. 



For reference purposes Dr. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzen- 

 familien, 1904, which takes special account of the medicinal and use- 

 ful plants, is most valuable. 



For a proper introduction to Botany, Strasburger's Text Book 

 of Botany is hard to beat. 



KuUurgewdchse der Deutschen Kolonien, by R. Sadebeck, 1899, 

 gives a very good account of most of the useful West African forest 

 products ; the very clear illustrations add immensely to its value, 

 although the book is now somewhat out of date. 



3. Timbers. 



In The Timbers of Commerce and their Identification, by Herbert 

 Stone, F.L.S., F.R.C.I., 1904, a few of the West African timber trees 

 are mentioned, but only very cursorily, with but few illustrations. 



In Timber, by J. R. Baterden, A.M.I. C, a few of the West African 

 timber trees are described, and a few photographs show how the 

 timber is worked. Their inclusion amongst the South African timbers 

 does not exactly enhance their value or give a true view of their place 

 in the economy of the timber trade. 



Wood, by G. S. Boulger, gives an excellent system for classifying 

 woods by using all their various characteristics, such as taste, smell, 

 hardness, structure of the timber, and the various pith rays and other 

 peculiarities. A very complete list of all the various timbers used 

 in commerce is given, together with the various sjnionyms of each, 

 and the botanical names of each so far as they are known. The uses • 

 of the timber and the supplies of each country are given, and in this 

 way it is a most important book of reference for any Forest Officer. 



4. Forestry Generally. 



In Sylviculture in the Tropics, by A. F. Broun, Director of Woods 

 and Forests, Soudan, 1912, some references are made to West African 

 trees. Some very typical photographs of forest vegetation in various 

 parts of the Tropics are very useful, and demonstrate several forest 

 theories far better than pages of words. 



A Dictionary of the World's Commercial Products, by J. A. Slater, 

 B.A., LL.B., 1907, is very useful for looking up the lesser known 

 forest products. The descriptions have to be used with discrimina- 



