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the true Durian, and many other valuable trees. We must be 
permitted to record our opinion that in Mr. Pascoe the colony 
possesses an indefatigable public servant, endowed with the all- 
important qualifications of a love for his duties, a thorough ac- 
quaintance with the conditions of plant-life, and a suggestive 
mind. The more it is to be regretted that he labours under 
marked disadvantages. The soil and site of the Botanical Gar- 
dens are not too suitable, and the grounds are not even securely 
fenced in. Stray cattle effect an entrance in the night, and may 
easily destroy the result of prolonged and patient labour. In 
these days, when the chemical science of Germany, France, &c., 
is waging a formal and bitter war against tropical agriculture, at- 
tempting to produce dyes, spices, medicines, &c., artificially, it 
is incumbent upon our colonial planters to defend themselves by 
the aid of chemistry and vegetable physiology, seeking to im- 
prove the quality and the yield of their crops. Liberal facilities 
afforded to' able men will be found in the end an admirable 
investment. 
Geology of the Counties of England and of North and South 
Wales. By W. Jerome Harrison, F.G.S. Science De- 
monstrator for the Birmingham School Board, late Curator, 
Leicester Town Museum. London : Kelly and Co. 
We have here a most laborious, and we do not hesitate to say, 
a most useful compilation. There are, we believe, numbers of 
persons scattered up and down England who have a more or less 
complete acquaintance with geology such as may be gathered 
from books. But they naturally ask where some of the phe- 
nomena they have read about may be seen and personally 
examined without the time and trouble of a journey purposely 
undertaken to some celebrated locality ? To such persons Mr. 
Harrison addresses himself; he tells them what there is to be 
observed in their own neighbourhoods, what to look for and 
where to look for it. By this means the student may make him- 
self acquainted with the characteristic features of each formation 
in a relatively short time. Those again, who have already 
mastered the alphabet of the Science and wish to become 
observers, will find here useful guidance. Observation, we need 
scarcely say, requires a liberal outlay of time. Hence it is best 
that every qualified person should know what there is in his own 
immediate locality which needs closer examination. We quote 
here the following sentence which, though applying more 
especially to the county of Bucks, is not irrelevant elsewhere. 
“ There remains an extensive field to be filled up by those who 
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