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CONSERVATION 



"Transactions of the Roval Scottish Arbori- 

 cukiiral Society, Vol. XXII, Part II, July, 

 1909 " 



The number is devoted mainly to a dis- 

 cussion of the report of the Royal Commis- 

 sion on Coast Erosion and Afforestation. 

 which recommended the planting- of the 

 enormous area of 9,000,000 acres of land in 

 the United Kingdom, at an annual cost of 

 approximately $10,000,000. This proposal and 

 the method suggested for carrying out the 

 work are thoroughly discussed by such emi- 

 nent authorities as Dr. Schlich, Professor 

 Somerville, Dr. Nisbet, Mr. Ribbcntrop, and 

 others. The discussion takes up very thor- 

 oughly the question as to the adivisability 

 of starting planting work on such a tremen- 

 dous scale, and covers the economic aspects 

 of the problem very fully. To those who are 

 interested in the problem of state forest 

 planting on a large scale, this issue will be 

 of special interest and value. 



There arc also several articles on other sub- 

 jects, such as afforestation of waste lands 

 in Europe, trees of California, and the effect 

 of smoke on trees, which are, as usual, of 

 much interest. S. T. D. 



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Recent Books on Forestry, Written in English 



Familiar Trees; G. S. Boulger. New ed.. 

 Vol. 1-3. 1906-7. Illus. Cassell & Co., 

 London. 



The Utilization of Wood Waste by Distil- 

 lation ; W. B. Harper. 1907. 156 pp. 

 Illus. St. Louis Lumberman, St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



British Trees; R. V. Cole. Vol. t-2. 1907. 

 Illus. Hutchinson & Co... London. 



Wayside and Woodland Trees ; a pocket 

 guide to the British sylva ; E. Step. 1907. 

 182 pp. Illus. F. Warne & Co., London. 



Seaside Planting of Trees and Shrubs; A. 

 Gaut. 1906. loi pp. Illus. Country Life, 

 London. 



The Pruning Book; L. IT. Bailev. 1907. 

 545 pp. Illus. McMillan Co.. N' Y. 



North American Trees; N. L. Britton. 1908. 

 894 pp. Illus. Henry Holt & Co., New 

 York. 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland ; H. J. 

 Elvves and A. Henry. Vol. 1-4, 1906-9. 

 Illus. Privately printed. 



Our Trees : How to Know Them ; C. M. 

 Wed & A. T. Emerson. 1908. 295 pp. 

 Illus. J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



Forest Entomology ; A. T. Gillanders. 1908. 

 422 pp. Illus. Wm. Blackwood & Sons, 

 Edinburgh and London. 



A Concise Manual of Silviculture for the Use 

 of Forestry Students in India. 1906. 240 

 pp. Supt. of Government Printing. Cal- 

 cutta. 



Indian Forest Utilization : R. S. Troup. 

 1907. 2~,'/ pp. Illus. Supt. of Government 

 Printing, Calcutta. 



A Mantial of Forest Laws Compiled for the 

 L'Se of Students at the Imperial Forest 

 College, Dehra Dun. 1906. 100 pp. Supt. 

 of Government Printing, Calcutta. 



A Manual of Elementary Forest Zoology for 

 India ; E. P. Stebbing. 1908. 229 pp. Supt. 

 of Government Printing, Calcutta. 



Trees and Their Life Histories; P. Groom. 

 1907. 407 pp. Illus. Cassell & Co., London. 



Wood : A Manual of the Natural History 

 and Industrial Applications of the Timbers 

 of Conmierce; G. S. Boulger. Ed. 2, 1908. 

 348 pp. Illus. E. Arnold. London. 



Wood Products, Distillates and Extracts ; 

 P. Dumesney and J. Neyer. 1908. 320 pp. 

 Illus. London. 



Our Wasteful Nation: The Story of Amer- 

 ican Prodigality and the Abuse of Our 

 National Resources; C. Rudolf. 1908. 134 

 pp. Illus. M. Kennerly, New York. 



Trees : A Handbook of Forest Botany for 

 the Woodlands and the Laboratory; H. M. 

 Ward. Vol. 1-5, 1904-9. Illus. The Uni- 

 versity Press, Cambridge, England. 



Forest Finance; C. A. Schenck. 1909. 44 

 pp. Inland Press, Ashevillc. N. C. 



The Study of Evergreens in the Public 

 Schools ; C. M. Weed. 1908. 30 pp. Illus. 

 State Forester's Office, Boston, Mass. 



Our Forests and Woodlands : J. Nisbet. 

 1909. 348 pp. Illus. J. M. Dent & Co., 

 London. 



The Practise of Forestry: Concerning also 

 the Financial Aspect of Afforestation ; 

 P. T. Maw. 1909. 503 pp. Walter iS: 

 Walter, Brockenhurst, England. 



The Tree Book; M. R. Jarvis. 1908. 13^ 

 pp. Illus. John Lane Company. London 

 and New York. 



Indian Woods and Their Uses; R. S. Troup. 

 1909. 491 pp. Supt. of Government Print- 

 ing. Calcutta. 



An Analytical Key to Some of the Common 

 Tlowering Plants of the Rocky Mountain 

 Region ; A. Nelson. 1902. 



