Nature Rambles in London Life Histories of Common Plants The Young Botanist

Abstract

PUBLIC gardens and parks provide better facilities for the observation of trees and shrubs than it is possible to obtain on rambles in the country, so that dwellers in London have full opportunity for pursuing the study of these objects. Unfortunately, many of the numerous visitors who frequent the parks have not the necessary knowledge or lack the training required to make the best use of their opportunities. For these Miss Hall has prepared the notes on nature rambles, written in non-technical language, and arranged according to the seasons' changes. Apart from the discourses on trees, a considerable amount of space is devoted to the descriptions of the birds that reside in or frequent the parks, and not the least interesting pages tell of the bee-hive that is located under Miss Hall's charge in the Stepney Gardens. The descriptive text is set off by the illustrations supplied by Mr. H. Irving, who has established a reputation for his photographs of natural history specimens.

Nature Rambles in London.

By Miss K. M. Hall. Pp. xviii+325. (London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.) Price 3s. 6d. net.

Life Histories of Common Plants.

By Dr. F. Cavers. Pp. xvi+363. (Cambridge: University Tutorial Press, Ltd., 1908.) Price 3s.

The Young Botanist.

By W. Percival Westell C. S. Cooper. Pp. xxxix+199. (London: Methuen and Co., n.d.) Price 3s. 6d. net.