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School Gardening. By W. E. Watkins and A. Sowinan. Ceorge Philip and 
Son. Price 2s. 6d. 
This eminently practical little hook, which, hy the bye, is somewhat highly 
priced, since, though illustrated, it contains but little more than a hundred pages, 
is the outcome of the educational work o( the East Suffolk County Council. It 
is arranged by months from October to September, and concerns itself mainly 
with vegetables and fruit-trees. The preparation of the soil, sowing, pruning, 
layering and grafting, are well and simply described, and, though the text contains 
little reference to the “ botanical plot ” shown on the plan, there is some mention 
of flowers. The work is disfigured by too many mistakes in the spelling of 
names, which a few minutes’ revision by any botanist would have obviated. We 
hardly recognised Mr. Bunyard as “ Bunjard.” 
The South-Eastern Naturalist for 1905. Elliot .Stock. Price 2s. 6d. 
Issued with commendable promptitude, this Report of the Tenth Congress of 
the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, held at Reigate in June, reflects 
credit alike upon the editor, Mr. J. W. Tutt, and upon all those responsible for 
the organisation of the meeting. Mr. Swanton’s notes on the temporary mu.seum 
he arranged are fuller than in previous issues; Professor Petrie’s presidential 
address raises the widest issues ; and the papers are as diverse and as thorough 
as usual. The extinct Post-Pliocene Mollusca of the South of England, Treasure- 
trove, Mendel’s theory of heredity, Lepidopterous ova and the Reigate fljra are 
assuredly an attractively varied series. A new and sad feature in this year’s 
volume is the fitting inclusion of an obituary of Professor Howes, the only one 
of the eight past presidents of the Union who has passed away. 
The Essex Field Club Yearbook and Calendar for 1905-6. Edited by William 
Cole. Simpkin, Marshall and Co. Price is. net. 
This new publication of one of our most successful field clubs is to be issued 
in future in April. It includes a calendar of fixtures, annual report and accounts, 
rules and list of members, but no scientific matter, and is illustrated with excellent 
views of Queen Elizabeth’s Lodge, Chingford, and the Club’s museums and a 
speaking likeness of Mr. William Cole, the founder and for twenty-five years 
Honorary Secretary of the Club. 
The Essex Naturalist for April, 1905, contains Mr. Rudler’s pre.«idential 
address on Natural History jMuseums, and the first instalment of an important 
monograph of the British Woodlice by our Honorary Secretary, Mr. Webb, and 
Mr. Charles Sillem, illustrated with nine beautiful plates drawn from Nature by 
the latter gentleman, and engraved by Mr. F. W. Reader. 
Report of the Committee on Ancient Earthworks, presented to the Congress of 
Archceological Societies, July 5, 1905. 
This 6-page leaflet records what has been done throughout the country — and 
not by the Committee only — during the year with reference to earthworks. The 
co-operation of the editors of the Victoria County Histories has been secured. 
The Honorary Secretary, Mr. I. Chalkley Gould, whose address. Trapps Hill 
House, Loughton, Essex, ought to, but does not, occur on the Report, btgs that 
he may be informed of the destruction or mutilation of earthworks, their purchase 
or acquisition by public bodies, or the publication of matter relating to them. 
The University of Colorado Studies, vol. ii.. No. 4, contains, with other 
papers not beating upon Natural History, “A Study of Certain Fuliaceous 
Cotyledons,” by Dr. F. Ramaley, dealing with eight tropical species, and illus- 
trated with three histological plates. 
Received : Commercial Economy in Steam and other Thermal Power-plants, 
by R. H. Smith (Archibald Constable and Co.) ; The Nature-Study Rtview for 
May ; The Plant kVorld for June and July ; The Victorian Nalurflist for July ; 
Bird-Lore and The American Botanist for July and August; Our Animal 
Friends for July, August and September ; and The Naturalist, The Irish 
Naturalist, Nature-Siudy, The Animat IVorld, The Animals' Friend, The 
Humanitarian, The Agricultural Economist and The Estate Magazine for 
August and September. 
