21 MAY 1887, Page 24

Familiar Trees. By G. S. Bonlger. First Series. (Cassell and

Co.)—Twenty kinds of trees are described, both scientifically and popularly, in this volume, and the description is illustrated by coloured plates. Not only is the general aspect of the tree given, but the fruit, leaves, blossoms, &a, are figured. It strikes us that these latter illustrations are decidedly superior to those which give the whole tree. The cherry, for instance, is pictured with a trunk the hue of which we cannot recognise, and mirabite dicta, with its lowest and reachable boughs laden with fruit. The smaller pictures, on the other hand, are good. As a whole, the book may be safely recommended.