Iraportant Books on Forestry and Irrigation for sale by FORESTR Y AND IRRIOA TIOK 



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Trees of >ie^iv CiiurlHud. By L. L. Dame 

 and Heney Bkooks. Tnis book is a small volume 

 which can be easily put in the pocket and carried 

 in the woods, and at the same time is the best guide 

 to the identification of our New England trees of 

 any of the smaller books yet published. Price, $1.60 



Trees of Nortbeastern America. New- 

 hall. A good general check list of the more im- 

 portutit trees of the northeastern United States. 



Price, fi:76 



Trees and Shrubs. By C. S. Sargent. The 

 most tliorough an<i authoritative publication yet 

 issued, and a stamlard work. The matter is issued 

 in parts, of which there are three already published. 



Price, per part, $5.00 



Trees, Shrubs and Vines of the 

 Northeastern United States. By H. £. 



Pakkhurst. In this book the author describes the 

 trees, shrubs, and vines of the northeastern United 

 States in a popular way, the book being designed 

 especially for persons who have never studied bot- 

 any. To" these it will appeal as a valuable guide to 

 a familiarity with the salient characteristics of 

 trees, shrubs and vines. Price, $1.60 



Trees. A handljook of forest botany for the 

 woodlands and ihe laboratory. By H. Marshall 

 Ward. Vol. 1, Buds and twigs. Vol. II, Leaves. 

 Vol. Ill, Flowers and inflorescences. Three vol- 

 umes to be added, on Fruits and seeds, Seedlings, 

 Habit and conformation of the tree as a whole. 



Price, per volume, $1.50 



DESCRIPTION OF PARTICULAR SPECIES 

 AND LOCALITIES 



Mountains of California, The. By John 

 Mcir. No other person is so well fitted to write of 

 the mountains of California as.Iohn Muir, and the 

 volume presented here describes not only the moun 

 tains themselves but the trees that clothe them and 

 the wild life which they harbor. Price, $1.S'> 



Our National Parks. By John Mcib. If 

 you want to learn about the glaciers, mountain 

 peaks, canyons and great waterfalls of the West; 

 of the habits of animals from the squirrel to the 

 moose ; plant life from the big trees to the wild 

 flowers — in fact be brought face with nature's 

 works, this is the book. Prtce, $1 86 



Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts. 



Emerson. Two volumes. Plain cloth edition has 

 148 plates. The colored edition has 86 of these in 

 colors. Price, plain, $1S. CO. Price, colo ted, $13.00. 



The Earth as Modified by Human 

 Action. By G. P. Maksh. a Revision of Man 

 and Nature. Describes changes in the face of tlie 

 earth caused by man, including desolation of vari- 

 ous countries, once thickly inhabited, by removal 

 of forests Shows importance of maintaining na- 

 tural balance of forces. Price, $S.50 



The Lonsrleaf Pine in Virsrin Forest. 



A Silvical Study. By (i. Frederick schwarz. This 

 is a study of the life history of this important forest 

 tree. Intended primarily for foresters and forest 

 students; also for owners and managers of pine 

 timber lands. Deals with the preference or dislike 

 of the species for particular conditions of siil, 

 climate, and environment. Illustrations and six 

 ables. Price, fi.zs 



IMPORTATIONS 



Beautiful Rare Trees and Plants. By 



the Earl of Annesley. A description of some ol 

 the rarer English trees, shrubs and vines, illustrati d 

 copiously. Price, $is.0i 



Forests of Upper India and Their 

 Inhabitants. By Thomas VV. Webber. Thi* 

 volume is an account of the author's life in India 

 during the period shortly after 1857. It contains a 

 vivid description of the country, its people, cus- 

 toms, etc., with some description of its forests and 

 timber wealth. Price, $6.00 



BOOKS ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE 



Irrigation in the United States. By F. 



H. Newell. The most authoritative and complete 

 work on the subject which has yet been published, 

 by the head of the Government's irrigation work. 



Price, $3.00 



Irri}(ation Farming^. By L. M. Wilcox. A 

 newly revised edition of one of the standard works 

 on irrigation. The principal chapters treat very 

 fully of irrigation, its application, etc., and the vol- 

 ume Is profusely illustrated. Cloth, $e.00 



Irrigation for Farm, Garden and 

 Orchard. By Henry Stewart. This work is 

 ofifered to those American farmers and other culti- 

 vators of the -soil who, from painful experience, can 

 readily appreciate the losses which result from the 

 scarcity of water at critical periods. Price. $1.00 



Irrigation and Drainage. By F. H. King. 

 While most of the existing V>ooks on these subjects 

 have been written from engineering or legal .stand- 

 points, this one presents in a broad yet specific way 

 the fundamental principles which underlie the 

 methods of culture by irrigation and drainage. 



Price, $1.60 



Irrigation Institutions. By Elwood 

 Mead. A discus,sion of the economic and legal 

 questions created by the growth of irrigated agri- 

 culture in the West, by the Chief of Irrigation and 

 Drainage Investigations of the Department of Agri- 

 culture. Price. $1.S5 



I.and Orainins:. By Manly Miles. A hand- 

 book for farmers on the principles and practise of 

 draining, giving the results of his extended experi- 

 ence in laying tile drains. Price, $1.00 



Uand of L,ittle Rain, The. By Mrs. Mary 

 Austin. A nature book of the highest type. The 

 volume is made up of a series of sketches of the 

 human, animal, and plant life found in the region 

 of the Mohave desert, Death Valley, and the Sierras, 

 much of which the average person is likely to con- 

 sider almost devoid of living things. Price, $i.00 



IRRIGATION ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUC 

 TIVE WORK 



I>esig:n and Construction of nanis. 



By Edward Wegmann. This volume incluilesaD 

 authoritative discussion of the constructive worV 

 involved and the principal forms of coii.struction. 

 Masonry, rock-fill and timber dams are discuRsed 

 extensively. Price, fe.OO 



Improvement of Rivers. By B. F. Thomas 

 and D. A. Watt. This volume is a treatise on the 

 methods employed for improving streams for open 

 navigation and for navigation by means of lock* 

 and dams. Price. $6.60 



Irri{(ation Hniclneerin^'. By Herbert M. 

 Wilson. This is the fourth edition of Mr. Wilson't 

 popular work, and the revision and enlargement 

 which it has undergone, places it at the forefront of 

 text books on the subject for American students. 



Price, $U.OO 



Enjclneering: for Land Drainagre. By 



C. G. Elliott, a manual for laying out and con- 

 structing drains for the improvement of agricul- 

 tural lands. Price, $1.60 



Reservoirs for Irrijfation, Water- 

 power, and Domestic '^W^ater-sup- 

 ply. By James Dix Schuyler. An account o) 

 various types of dams and the methodsand plans of 

 their construction, together with a discussion of the 

 available water-supply for irrigation in various sec- 

 tions of arid America. "distributifin. application, and 

 use of water : the rainfall, runoff, and evaporation 

 from reservoirs, and effect of silt, etc. Price, $5.00 



"Water Supply Fnjflneeringr. By a. 



Prescott Folwf.ll. a treatise on the designing, 

 construction and maintenance of water-supply sys- 

 tems, both city and irrigation. Price. ft,.00 



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