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THIS is the first of a series dealing with the forest trees and timbers of the British Empire, edited by Dr. L. Chalk and Dr. J. Burtt Davy, of the Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford. The series will supply a want which has long been felt, a lack of correlation between our knowledge of the systematy of the tree and the anatomical structure of the wood, in the forestry of various parts of the British Empire. In his preface to this brochure, Prof. R. S. Troup, director of the Institute, remarks that no one has yet perfected an ideal form of description of wood anatomy. The subject is complicated by differences obtaining in different parts of the section, and by the considerable range in the dimensions of individual elements even at the same point in a tree; but with the development of a uniform system it should be possible approximately to determine a species from adequate material of the timber.
Some East African Coniferœ and Leguminos.
By Dr. L. Chalk Dr. J. Burtt Davy H. E. Desch. (Forest Trees and Timbers of the British Empire, 1.) Pp. 68 + 10 plates. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1932.) 5s. net.
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R., A. Some East African Conifer and Leguminosœ. Nature 130, 43 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130043b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/130043b0