(1) Catalogue of Hardy Trees and Shrubs Growing at Albury Park, Surrey (2) Lowson's Text-book of Botany (3) Coconut Cultivation and Plantation Machinery (4) Genera of British Plants: with the Addition of the Characters of the Genera (5) The Story of Plant Life in the British Isles (6) Catalogue of the Plants Collected by Mr and Mrs P. A. Talbot in the Oban District, South Nigeria (7) Plant Physiology (8) Plant Life

Abstract

(1) MR. JACKSON'S catalogue of the trees at Albury is an interesting document, especially when considered in comparison with the somewhat similar list compiled by him of the trees and shrubs at Syon. The value of the Albury list is enhanced by notes about particular trees and details as to the dates of introduction of the various species, characteristics of particular plants, uses, hardiness, etc. It is of interest to notice that there are some remarkably fine trees at Albury, no doubt due to the soil and sheltered situation, a black Italian poplar, for instance, being about 150 ft. high, and therefore one of the tallest trees in England. The white lime and other limes, the London planes and cedars, and a special variety, var. alburyensis of the black walnut, a specimen of the chestnut oak of North America, Quercus prinus, in addition to other trees, are worthy of special mention.

(1) Catalogue of Hardy Trees and Shrubs Growing at Albury Park, Surrey.

Compiled by A. B. Jackson. Pp. viii + 66. (London: West, New man and Co., 1913.)

(2) Lowson's Text-book of Botany.

Indian edition. Adapted by M. Willis. With a preface by Dr. J. C. Willis. Pp. xii + 602. (London: W. B. Clive, 1913.) Price 6s. 6d. net.

(3) Coconut Cultivation and Plantation Machinery.

By H. Lake Coghlan J. W. Hinchley. Pp. xii + 128 + x plates. (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1914.) Price 3s. 6d. net.

(4) Genera of British Plants: with the Addition of the Characters of the Genera.

By H. G. Carter. Pp. xviii + 121. (Cambridge: University Press, 1913.) Price 4s. net.

(5) The Story of Plant Life in the British Isles.

Introductory volume. By A. R. Horwood. Pp. xiv + 254 + plates. (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1914.) Price 6s. 6d. net.

(6) Catalogue of the Plants Collected by Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Talbot in the Oban District, South Nigeria.

By Dr. A. B. Rendle E. G. Baker H. F. Wernham S. Moore, and others. Pp. x + 157 + 17 plates. (London: British Museum (Natural History); Longmans and Co., 1913.) Price 9s.

(7) Plant Physiology.

By Dr. Ludwig Jost. Authorised English translation by R. J. Harvey Gibson. Supplement. Pp. 168. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913.) Price 2s. 6d. net.

(8) Plant Life.

By T. H. Russell. Pp. 71. (Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, Ltd., n.d.) Price 2s. 6d. net.