Important Books on Forestry and Irrigation for sale by FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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manual of Botany. By Asa Gray. A key to 



the flora of the northeastern states, and the most 

 authoritative publication of Its nature. 



Price, $1.6S; field edition, fZ.OO 



Trees of Ne-w Hn&^land. By L. L. Dame 

 and Heney Brooks. This 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, $1.50 



Trees of Nortlieastern America. New- 

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

 portant trees of the northeastern United States. 



Price, $1.75 



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

 most thorough and authoritative publication yet 

 issued, and a standard work. The matter is issued 

 in parts, of which there are three already published. 



Price, per part, $5.00 



Trees, SIiruf>s and Vines of the 

 IXfortheastern Mnited States. By H. E. 



Parkhdrst. 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, $1.50 



Trees. A handbook of forest botany for the 

 woodlands and the laboratory. By H. Marshall 

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

 Vol. Ill, Flowers and inflorescences. Three vol- 

 aimestobe added, on Fruits and seeds. Seedlings, 

 •Habit and conformation of the tree as a whole. 



Price, per volume, $1.50 



PARTICULAR SPECIES AND LOCALITIES 



3>Iountains of California, The. By John 

 MuiR. No other person is so well htted to write of 

 the mountains of California as .Tohn Muir. and the 

 Tolume presenteil here de.scribes not only the moun 

 tains themselves but the trees that clothe them and 

 the wild life which they harbor. Price, $1.S5 



Our Biational Parks. By John Mcie. 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 tlit 

 moose ; plant life from the big trees to the wild 

 flowers — in fact be brought face with nature's 

 works, this is the book. Price, $1.86 



Trees and Shrubs of ]>Iassachusetts. 

 Kmekson. Tw(j volumes. Plain cloth edition has 

 148 plates. The colored edition has 36 of these in 

 colors. Price, plain, $lg.l0. Price, colored, $13.00. 



The Earth as Modified by Human 

 Action. By G. P. Marsh. A Revision of Man 

 and Nature. Describes changes in the face of the 

 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, p. 50 



The I.,onj;leaf Pine in Virgin Forest. 



A Silvital fcitudy. By G. 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 Iand». Deals with the preference or dislike 

 of the species for particular conditions of soil, 

 climate, and environment. Illustrations and six 

 ables. Price, ?r.2j 



The Sprout Korests of the Housa- 

 tonic Valley of Connecticut. By it.f. 

 Schwarz. Illustrated study of forests repeatedly 

 cut over. Price, S-'tc 



IMPORTATIONS 



Beautiful Rare Trees and Plants. By 



the Earl of Annesley. A description of some oj 

 the rarer English trees, shrubs and vines, illustrated 

 copiously. Price, $lt.Ot 



Porests of ITpper India and Their 

 Inhabitants. By Thomas W. 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, $?.00 



Irrigation Farming. By L. M. Wilcox. A 



newlv revised edition of one of the standard works 

 on irrigation. The principal chapters treat very 

 fully of irrigation, its application, etc.andthe vol- 

 ume is profusely illustrated. Cloth, $1.00 



Irrigation for Farm, Garden and 

 Orchard. Bv Henry Stewart. This work is 

 offered 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)ook8 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 bv irrigation and drainage. 



Price, $1.50 



Irrigation Institutions. By Elwood 

 Mead. A discussion of the economic and legal 

 questions created bv the growth of irrigated agri- 

 culture in the West, by the Chief of Irrigation and 

 Drainage Investigations of the Department of Agri- 

 culture. Price, $l.t5 



Land Draining. By Manly Miles. A hand- 

 book for farmers on the principles and practise of 

 draining, griving the results of his extended experi- 

 ence in laying tile drains. Price, $1.00 



Land of Little 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 

 ol 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, $t.(fO 



IRRIGATION ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUC- 

 TIVE WORK 



Design and Construction of Dams. 



By Edward Wegmann. This volume includes an 

 authoritative discussion of the constructive work 

 involved and the principal forms of construction. 

 Masonrv, rock-fill and timber dams are discussed 

 extensively. Price, $6.00 



improvement of Rivers. ByB. F. Thomai 

 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 locks 

 and dams. Price. $6.80 



Irrigation Engineering. By Herbert M. 



Wilson. This is the fourth edition of Mr. Wilson's 

 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, $i.00 



Engineering for Land Drainage. By 



C. G. Elliott. A manual for laying out and con- 

 structing drains for the improvement of agricul- 

 tural lands. Price, $1.59 



Reservoirs for Irrigation, "prater- 

 power, and Domestic "prater-sup- 

 ply. By James Dix Schuyler. An account of 

 various types of dams and the methods and plans of 

 their construction, together with a discussion of the 

 available water-supply for irrigation in various sec- 

 tions of arid America, distribution, application, and 

 use of water : the rainfall, runofl. and evaporation 

 from reservoirs, and effect of silt, etc. Price, $5.0$ 



^Vater Supply Engineering. By A. 



Prescott Folwell. a treatise on the designing, 

 construction and maintenance of water-supply sys- 

 tems, both city and irrigation. Price, $i.OQ 



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