CURRENT LITERATURE 



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Diseases 



Chestnut tree bark disease conference. Res- 

 olutions adopted at Harrisburg, Pa., 

 Feb. 21, 1912. [3] p. Harrisburg, Pa., 

 1912. 



Heald, Frederick D., and Wolf, Frederick 

 A. A plant-disease survey in the vicin- 

 ity of San Antonio, Texas. 129 p. il., 

 pi. Wash., D. C, 1912. (U. S.— Agri- 

 culture, Dept. of — Plant industry. Bu- 

 reau of. Bulletin 226.) 



Spaulding, Perley, and Field, Ethel C. Two 

 dangerous imported plant diseases. 29 p. 

 il. Wash., D. C. 1912. (U. S.— Agri- 

 culture, Dept. of. Farmers' bulletin 

 489.) 



Forest management 



United States — Agriculture, Dept. of — For- 

 est service. Assistance to private own- 

 ers in the practice of forestry. 8 p. 

 Wash., D. C, 1912. (Circular 203.) 



Forest mensuration 



Fankhauser, Franz. Praktische anieitung zur 

 holzmassenaufnahme fiir unterforster, 

 bannwarte, privatwaldbesitzer und holz- 

 industrielle. lO.! p. Bern, Fr. Semmin- 

 ger vorm. J. Heuberger's verlag, 1909. 



Forest Economics 



Statistics 



Alsace-Lorraine — Abteilung fiir finanzen, 

 handel und domiinen. Beitriige zur 

 forststatistik von Elsass-Lothringen, hft. 

 29, 1910. 130 p. Strassburg. 1912. 



Forest Administration 



National and state forests 



United States — Interior, Dept. of the. Rules 

 and regulations for the sale and use of 

 timber upon the unreserved public lands 

 in the district of Alaska. 5 p. Wash., 

 D. C, 1912. (Circular 85.) 



Forest Utilization 



Burdon, E. R. The study of timber and 

 forest products in ~ America : a report 

 presented to the forestry committee of 

 the University of Cambridge. 24 p. 

 Cambridge, Eng., University press, 1912. 



Wood using industries 



Gould, Clark W. and Maxwell, Hu. The 

 wood-using industries of Mississippi. 12 

 p. New Orleans. Lumber trade jr., 

 1912. 



Hatch, Charles F. and Maxwell, Hu. Wood- 

 using industries of Missouri. 16 p. St. 

 Louis, Mo. St. Louis lumberman, 1912. 



Red cedar shingle manufacturers' associ- 

 ation. The red cedar shingle. 18 p. il. 

 Seattle. Wash., 1912. 



United States — Agriculture, Dept. of — Forest 

 service. Paper pulps from various for- 

 est woods ; experimental data and speci- 

 mens of soda and sulphite pulps, com- 

 piled by Henry E. Surface. 29 p. .55 pi. 

 Wash., D. C, 1912. 



Forest by-products 



Singh, Puran. Memorandum on the oil 

 value of some sandal woods from 

 Madras. 11 p. Calcutta, 1911. (India- 

 Forest dept. Forest bulletin, n. s., no. 

 6.) 



Singh, Puran. Note on the chemistry and 

 trade forms of lac. 20 p. Calcutta, 1911. 

 (India — Forest dept. Forest bulletin, n. 

 s., no. 7.) 



Auxiliary Subjects 



Botany 



Griffiths, David. The grama grasses, Boute- 

 loua and related genera. 86 p. il., pi. 

 Wash., D. p., 1912. (Smithsonian insti- 

 tution — United States national museum. 

 Contributions from U. S. national her- 

 barium, V. 14, pt. 3.) 



Schneider, Albert. Pharmacal plants and 

 their culture. 175 p. Sacramento, Cal- 

 ifornia, 1912. (California — Forestry, 

 State board of. Bulletin 2.) 



Agriculture 



Fisher, Martin L- and Cotton, Fassett A. 



Agriculture for common schools. 381 p. 



il. N. Y., Chas. Scribner's sons, 1910. 



Clearing of land 



Thompson, Harry. Cost and methods of 

 clearing land in western Washington. 

 60 p. il. Wash., D. C, 1912. (U. S.— 

 Agriculture, Dept. of — Plant industry. 

 Bureau of. Bulletin 239.) 



Water power 



United States — Commerce and labor, Dept. 

 of — Corporations, Bureau of. Report on 

 water-power development in the United 

 States. 220 o. maps. Wash., D. C, 

 1911. 



Periodical Articles 



Miscellaneous periodicals 



Agricultural journal of the Union of South 

 Africa, Feb. 1912. — Forestry for farm- 

 ers, by G. A. Wilmot, p. 8. 



Botanical gazette, Jan. 1912. — An isolated 

 prairie grove and its phytogeographical 

 significance, by H. A. Gleason, p. 38-49. 



Breeders' gazette, March 13, 1912. — Erosion 

 of agricultural lands by J. C. Pridmore, 

 p. 647-8. 



Country life in America, March 15, 1912. — 

 The cheapest house; the log cabin, by 

 A. R. Ellis, p. 39-41. 



Gardners chronicle. March 2, 1912. — The 

 giant cypress of Formosa, bv \. Henry, 

 p. 132-3. 



House beautiful, Jan. 1912. — The gentle art 

 of pruning, by E. B. Clark, p. 58-60. 



Outing, March 1912. — Sugar trees and honev 

 trees, by E. P. Powell, p. 700-5. 



Scientific American. March 16, 1912. — The 

 chestnut tree blight ; an incurable dis- 

 ease that has destroyed millions of dol- 

 lars worth of trees, p. 241-2. 



Scientitic American supplement, Jan. 27, 

 1912. — The kola tree and its seed, p. 51. 



