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The distinctive characters of the commoner kinds of timber are well described in this brief manual, which should prove useful in teaching students. Thirty-one broad-leaved trees and ten conifers are included, all of which, except four, teak and three kinds of mahogany, are cultivated in this country. It is assumed that the student has sufficient knowledge of the elementary structure of wood to follow the descriptions. There are three plates. Certain slight errors in nomenclature should be corrected in the next edition. The term “deciduous oaks” is chosen to designate the two British species. This is not a distinctive name, as it does not include in this manual the American white oak and red oak, which are equally deciduous. Ulmus effusa (p. 18) is not a “bad” species, as alleged, but is a name applied to a distinct elm, not native to Britain, which is perhaps more correctly called by the prior name of U. pedunculata.
A Guide to the Identification of our more Useful Timbers: Being a Manual for the Use of Students of Forestry.
By Herbert Stone. Pp. viii + 52 + 3 plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1920.) Price 7s. 6d. net.
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A Guide to the Identification of our more Useful Timbers: Being a Manual for the Use of Students of Forestry . Nature 110, 276 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110276c0
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