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Acland, Thomas Dyke. 1850. "On the Farming of Somersetshire." JRASE 11: 666 -764.

"Afforestation Conference in London." 1907. Quarterly Journal of Forestry 1: 373-74.

"Afforestation of Waste lands in Denmark, Holland, France, and Germany." 1909. TRSAS 22: 207-11.

"Basic Slag." 1906-7. Journal of the Board of Agriculture 13: 549-53.

"Basic Slag for Poor Pastures." 1904-7. Journal of the Board of Agriculture . 11: 414-15; 13: 549-53.

Bastin, S. Leonard. 1914. "Tree-Planting in the Black Country." JRASE 71: 70-75.

Bateman, John Frederic La Trobe. 1867. "Description of the Manchester Waterworks." Engineering 4: 237, 240-42.

Bear, William. 1898-99. "Flower and Fruit Farming in England." JRASE , 3d series, 9: 286-313, 512-50; JRASE 10: 267-313.

"Beautifying the Black Country." 23 August 1884. Birmingham Daily Mail : 2.

Bell, Robert. 1884. "The Forests of Canada." British Association for the Advancement of Science 54: 856-60.

Bernays, Edwin. 1880. "Portland Cement, Concrete, and some Applications." PICE 62: 87-97.

"Black Country Trees." 22 January 1903. Birmingham Daily Mail : 2.

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Cairnes, J. E. 1864. "Co-operation in the Slate Quarries of North Wales." Macmillan's Magazine 11: 181-90.

Cambell, James Archibald. 1866. "Report on the Application of Sewage." THASS 1:1-20.

Carey, Alfred. 1904. "Coast Erosion." PICE 159: 42-57.

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