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Among the lecturers who have taken part 

 in these courses are: John Birkinbine, 

 president of the Pennsylvania Forestry 

 Association, Dr. J. T. Rothrock, secretary 

 of the state forestry reservation commis- 

 sion of Pennsylvania, S. B. Elliott, mem- 

 ber of the state forestry reservation com- 

 mission of Pennsylvania, Irving C. Wil- 

 liams, deputy commissioner of forestry of 

 Pennsylvania, P. W. Rane, state forester 

 of Massachusetts, and the Hon. Curtis 

 Guild, Jr., president of the American For- 

 estry Association. It is expected that lec- 

 tures will be given in this series during 

 the remainder of the present collegiate 

 year by Filibert Roth, professor of for- 

 estry in the University of Michigan, Pro- 

 fessor B. E. Fernow, dean of the faculty of 

 forestry of the University of Toronto, 

 Samuel N. Spring, state forester of Con- 

 necticut, and George H. Maxwell, executive 

 director, flood commission of Pittsburg, 

 also executive director of the National Ir- 

 rigation Association. 



Apparently no better means could be 

 devised to bring home to our people some 

 knowledge of this great subject than for 

 it to be spread by our institutions of high- 

 er learning, who can speak with authority. 

 In addition to the course of lectures at 

 Lehigh an arboretum is being developed 

 in the University Park for the education 

 of the public as well as of the student 

 body, and a museum of cut woods, show- 

 ing samples of timber, is being worked out. 



Very cordial appreciation of this work at 

 Lehigh University was manifested at the 

 recent meeting of the association. 



Field Work by Nebraska Forestry Students 



An extensive field trip has just been 

 completed by the advanced forestry stu- 

 dents of the University of Nebraska. This 

 trip is designed to supplement the prac- 

 tical experience the students have had in 

 other forest regions as well as the regular 

 instructional work at the university, and 

 is usually taken by students who have had 

 from one to three seasons of varied work 

 in the woods. Northern Wisconsin and 

 Michigan were chosen for the month's 

 trip since the diversified stands of hard- 

 woods, hemlock and pine give a remark- 

 able opportunity for studying forest types, 

 fires, reproduction, cruising, valuation sur- 

 veys and a greater diversity of exploita- 

 tion and utilization than is to be found in 

 any other forest region. 



The field work was under the charge of 

 Mr. F. B. Moody, assistant state forester 

 of Wisconsin, and Professors Phillips and 

 Sponsler of the University of Nebraska. 

 Valuable evening lectures were given by 

 Mr. R. S. Kellogg, secretary of the North- 

 ern Hemlock and Hardwoods Manufac- 

 turers Association, on forest products. 

 Several informal talks were given by 

 Mr. Carl Hartley, an expert on forest tree 

 diseases, who accompanied the party on 

 its trip. 



CURRENT LITERATURE 



MONTHLY LIST FOR JANUARY, 1911 



(Books and periodicals indexed in the Library 

 of the United States Forest Service) 



Forestry as a Whole 



Proceedings of associations 



Royal English arboricultural society. 

 Transactions, vol. 7, pt. 4. 77 p. North- 

 umberland, Eng., 1910. 



Royal Scottish arboricultural society. 

 Transactions, vol. 24, pt. 1. 120 p. 

 Edinburgh, Scotland, 1910. 



Societe dendrologique de France. Bulle- 

 tins 15-18. Paris, Au sifige de la so- 

 ciety, 1910. 



Forest Botany 



Trees, classification and description 



Cook, O. F. History of the coco-nut palm 

 in America. 72 p. pi. Wash., D C, 

 1910. (Smithsonian institution, U. S. 



national museum. Contributions from 

 U. S. national herbarium, v. 14, pt. 2.) 

 Pittier, Henry. A preliminary treatment 

 of the genus Castilla. 33 p., il., pi. 

 Wash., D. C, 1910. (Smithsonian in- 

 stitution, U. S. national museum. Con- 

 tributions from U. S. national her- 

 barium, V. 13, pt. 7.) 



Silviculture 



Planting 



Heins', J., sons, comp. Forest planter's 

 guide for the use of those who are es- 

 tablishing woodlands on various class- 

 es of land, having regard to British 

 conditions. 60 p. Haltenbek, Gei- 

 many. 



Margolin, Louis. Yield from eucalyptus 

 plantations in California. 3S p. Sac- 

 ramento, Cal., 1910. (California — State 

 board of forestry. Bulletin 1.) 



