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tion, 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. §. 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 
