BOOKS RECEIVED. 



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Clearing and Agriculture, Evils of Lumbering, Dangers from Floods and 

 Fire, and Aids to Natural Eeproduction are all chapters of the greatest 

 interest, though second only to the lucid description of the many and 

 grave evils which have attended the injudicious removal of whole forests 

 from these mountain regions. 



Land erosions on the cleared slopes caused by wholesale cuttings are 

 painfully evident, and an excellent illustration shows the steep lands 

 that have been cleared, cultivated, abandoned, and ruined, all in a few 

 years. The reports on geological formation, topography, and lists of 

 trees and shrubs are all highly valuable, and reflect great credit on those 

 to whom the management of these forest lands is entrusted. The work 

 runs to over 200 pages, and, as before stated, the illustrations and maps 

 very clearly convey what is included in the text. 



"The Book of Pears and Plums." By Rev. E. Bartram, D.D. 

 (Lane, London.) 2s. 6(7. 



A useful manual dealing with situation, soil, planting, stock, orchard 

 trees, various forms of training, manures, varieties, pruning, insects, 

 &c, and finally gives receipts for cooking. We commend the book in 

 almost everything except its selection of varieties, and here we differ 

 greatly from the author, e.g. if you can only plant three Pear trees he 

 advises ' Fertility,' 1 Pitmaston,' and Josephine.' We simply stare aghast 

 at such a trio. Of course the selection of varieties is to some extent a 

 matter of individual taste ; but allowing as much as possible for that, we 

 are still absolutely at a loss how to account for such a strange selection 

 as this. We ask, where are 'Cornice,' ' Beurre Hardy,' 'Louise Bonne,' 

 ' Emile d'Heyst,' ' Beurre d'Anjou,' and 'Bon Chretien '—of course for 

 those who like its musky flavour ? 



" The Book of British Ferns." By Charles T. Druery, V.M.H., F.L.S., 

 &c. (Newnes, London.) 3s. 6rf. 



A most thorough book, treating fully of all our native British Ferns 

 and their innumerable varieties, and full of beautiful illustrations. The 

 first part deals with the culture and propagation, the finding, planting, 

 crossing, and hybridising of British Ferns in general. This is followed by 

 detailed description of each genus and species and variety. So far the 

 book may be said to be popularly written — as indeed it is — but the con- 

 cluding part contains technical and scientific descriptions of the normal 

 and various abnormal modes of reproduction which Ferns so curiously 

 indulge in. 



"The Book of Climbing Plants." By S. Arnott. (Lane, London.) 

 2s. 6d. 



Shrubs which may conveniently be trained upon walls are also 

 included, thus embracing such desirable subjects as Magnolia, Azara t 

 CeanothuSf Carpenteria, Choisya, Solanum jasminoides, &c. It treats of 

 climbing plants under Annuals, Hardy Deciduous, Hardy Evergreen, 

 Under Glass, &c, and devotes separate chapters to the Clematis and the 

 Rose. As a specimen of the good sense and judgment of the author we 



