English Trees and Tree-Planting. By H. Ablett. (Smith, Elder, and
Co.)—This book has been awaiting a brief notice for along time. There is, in fact, a difficulty in doing justice to works of this order. For we have here a large collection of really useful facts about treed, derived, at least in part, from actual experience; but at the same time, the utter lack of method in the treatment of the subject, and the weakness of the botanical and scientific observations which are scattered about the volume, make us doubtful as to statements to which we cannot readily apply a test of accuracy. All we can say is that this book treats, in twenty chapters, of nearly every topic which can be fairly included under the heading of English Trees and Tree- Planting, comprising even osier-beds, hedferow timber, copse wood, and sea-side planting. The absence of any index to a volume of nearly 450 pages is a serious obstacle to the use of the manned for practical reference.
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