Abstract
THIS volume is the combined wrork of a number of well-known zoologists and botanists, each of whom has made a special section the subject of his own investigation; it ought, therefore, to be exhaustive and trustworthy, as indeed it appears to be. The chief interest attaching to a catalogue of this nature is in relation to the important evidence it will afford in the future as to how a country fauna and flora become gradually modified as their surroundings become altered with the incoming of suburban conditions. Many such changes have already taken place in the animal and vegetable products of Kew; and many more are likely to take place in the near future. One of the most remarkable instances of adaptation to new conditions in the London parks and gardens generally is afforded by the wood-pigeon, which in the country is one of the wildest and shiest of all birds. A conservative spirit—possibly in the case of the mammals a little too conservative—we are glad to see, obtains in the matter of nomenclature.
The Wild Fauna and Flora of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information,
additional series v. Pp. vii + 223. Edited by Sir William Thiselton-Dyer. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1906.) Price 2s.
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L., R. The Wild Fauna and Flora of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information . Nature 74, 53 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/074053d0
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