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John Herman Winkler. An investigation of the relation between 

 vegetation and reproductive activity in plants. 



— D. T. MacDougal. 



The sandalwoods of Hawaii form the subject matter of a bulletin 

 of the Hawaiian Board of Agricultm-e and Forestry, prepared by Mr. 

 Joseph F. Rock. Nine species and two varieties of Santalum are in- 

 digenous to the islands, where they appear to have formerly com- 

 posed a very important part of the dry lowland forests. It is stated 

 that all of the Hawaiian species are parasitic upon the roots of other 

 trees, although they are not obUgate parasites. The principal source 

 of sandalwood has been the forests of Santalum album in southern 

 India, but a nmnber of other species, as well as some members of other 

 genera and famihes have been of coimnercial importance. This famous 

 wood, the mention of which is so famiUar in all south sea tales, is still 

 in demand for cabinet work in tropical comitries, because of its im- 

 munity from the attacks of termites, it is used as a source of dyes and 

 oil, the wood is largelj^ used in the orient for carving, because of its 

 odor, and it is burned by the Chinese as incense. 



The report of the Chief of the Division of Publications of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture states that a total of 39,098,239 Ixilletins, 

 pamphlets, circulars, and reports were issued by the Department dm- 

 ing the last fiscal year. Nearly one-fourth of this number consisted of 

 reprints of earlier pubHcations, while about one-third of the total was 

 made up of Farmers' Bulletins. 



A recent fascicle of the first volume of the Puget Sound Marine 

 Station Publications contains eleven papers based on work done at 

 the station at Friday Harbor. These are all devoted to the mor- 

 phology, distribution, or physiology of the algae of the northwestern 

 coast. 



