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lion, as some of them are rather cursory and no authorities for 

 botanical names are given. 



Gold Coast Report of Forests, by Mr. H. N. Thompson, Chief Con- 

 servator of Forests, South Nigeria, 1910, is the authoritative work on 

 the Forestry problems of the Gold Coast. Full descriptions of the chief 

 forests are given, together with the important plants and trees found 

 in each. The laws of South Nigeria as modified to suit Gold Coast 

 conditions are also quoted. Forest policy as suitable for this 

 country is given ; the different types of forest and their relation 

 to the climatic formations are also mentioned at length. A suitable 

 establishment carrying out these suggestions is laid down. The 

 black-and-white drawings which illustrate this book, especially 

 those of mahogany, are invaluable to either the Forestry student 

 or the timber merchant. 



The Oil Palm and its Varieties, by J. H. J. Farquhar, Conservator 

 of Forests, Nigeria, is an interesting and useful preliminary mono- 

 graph on that most valuable tree. It gives a summary of all the 

 information of the Forest Department on that subject up to that 

 date. 



List of Trees, Shrubs and Climbers of the Gold Coast, Ashantee, and 

 North Territories, T. F. Chipp, B.Sc, F.L.S. ; Der Tropenwirt, by 

 Dr. S. Loskin, Hinstorff'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Wismar i. U., 

 1913; The Principal Forest Trees, by H. N. Whitford, Ph.D., Bulletin 

 No. 10, Manila Bureau of Printing, 1911, are three useful books. 



The Kew Bulletin and the Journal of the Imperial Institute always 

 contain most valuable notes on the botanical and technical qualities 

 of the various African trees and plants. 



The Indian Forester, which appears monthly, is a most necessary 

 periodical for every Forest Office or Timber Camp, containing as it 

 does not only original articles on sylvicultural and other forest 

 problems, but also much information on the uses of timbers, similar 

 kinds of which are found here, and thus gives one an indication in 

 what direction to exploit new timbers. 



In the Guiana Forest, by Jas. Rodway, is a very readable book 

 on the tropical forest scenery found in Demarara. It is, of course, 

 written in very popular style, but gives one a very good introduction 

 to the tropical forest, showing both by beautiful descriptions and 

 good illustrations what one should observe in these forests. Much 

 tropical scenery is very similar, and therefore, though this book deals 

 with British Guiana, much of it is applicable to West African forests. 



Forestry, by Dr. Adam Schwappach, gives a short, concise account 

 of what is included under the term Forestry in Europe. One obtains 

 a clear view of the divisions under which this subject is treated. 



The Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Sierra Leone, by C. E. 

 Lane Poole, Government of Sierra Leone, is the most important 



