THE WOODLANDS OF ENGLAND 209 
The Woodlands of England. By C. EB. Moss, W. M. Ranxtn, and 
A. ANSLEY. (A pamphlet of 36 pages, — from 
The New Phytologist, vol. ix. Nos. 3 and 
THE joint authors are to be cctibentatnta on their brochure. 
It is a very good introduction to a much neglected subject ; and 
such ee sketches, when carefully edited, are invaluable for 
other student 
Agreeing fully with the analysis of types of woods given both 
in the text a on the tabulated scheme, I cannot do better than 
reprint the summary :— 
I.—AnpER- ree Sreriss: on very wet soils; consisting of 
at least two distinct associations, as yet insufficiently studied to 
allow of satisfactory separation and characterization 
II1.—Oaxk anv Brrcu Serigs: on sete enloaredas soils. 
(A.) Oakwood amc on non-peaty soils at low and 
moderate elevation 
(a.) Dinan Oalavoods: on — shales, loams, fine sands 
and moist soils generally. 
[Derived artificial type: Oak- Saal copse. | 
Oa ie sh- csdenebaee = shallow well-drained 
oils in a wet clim 
(b.) vy Oaihvoods on aidctaes grits, sands and dry 
oils generally. 
(B.) Oak-bi sale heath association: on dry coarse sandy and 
dry Pe as a (low elevations). 
a rchwood association : on non-calcareous soils at high 
loratons | cca 1000 feet to the upper wood limit on the Pen- 
nin 
I1I.—Brecu anp Asu Series: on calcareous soils. 
A.) Ash-oakwood association: on oe clays, marls, 
impure limestones, and calcareous sandst 
[Derived artificial type: (Ash-) Oak hazel copse. ] 
(B.) Ashwood association: on lim 
sh-birchwood : on dieetchee at thigh elevations (from 
1000 feet to the upper limit of w nd). 
(C.) Beechwood association: on Chalk in the south-east ‘o 
England, with a western extension on the Oolites of the Cotswold 
Hills. 
ave first a very clear account of “the status of British 
ee aa which admirably summarizes thefacts. It is open to 
one criticism: How can fully grown plantations on the sites of 
be distinguish 
growths? I mean where the original hedges or fences have given 
protection to the characteristic under-flora, which in imenty-ive 
- Journan or Borany.—Vor. 48. [Aveusr, 1910] R 
