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Floods 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — Flood commission. Report 

 of the Flood commission of Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., containing the results of the sur- 

 veys, investigations and studies made by 

 the comhiission for the purpose of de- 

 termining the causes of, damage by and 

 methods of relief from floods in the 

 Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio riv- 

 ers at Pittsburgh, Pa. 253, 452 p. pi, 

 maps, diagrs. Pittsburgh, Pa., 1912. 



National parks and monuments 



United States— Dept. of the interior. Re- 

 port on Piatt and Wind Cave national 

 parks, Sullys Hill park, Casa Grande 

 ruin, Muir woods, Petrified forest, and 

 other national monuments, including list 

 of bird reserves. 46 p. il., maps. Wash., 

 D. C, 1912. 



Periodical Articles 



Miscellaneous periodicals 



American city, Feb. 1912. — Municipal control 



of shade trees, by W. Solotaroflf, p. 488- 



90. 

 American city, March, 1912.— Best species 



of trees for city streets, p. 565-9. 

 American homes, March, I912.^-Hints on 



house flooring and interior finish, supple- 

 ment 4. 

 American homes, April, 1912. — Proper care 



of shade trees in cities and towns, sup- 

 plement 25. 

 Annals of botany, April, 1912. — The Podo- 



carpeae, by Walter Stiles, p. 442-514. 



On the development of the female 



strobilus in Podocarpus, by L- S. Gibbs, 



p. 515-71. 

 Country life. April 1, 1912.— England's New 



forest, by R. W. Snedden, p. 59-60. 

 Country life in America, June 1, 1912. — A 



log cabin in Vermont, by A. J. Grout, p. 



59-60 ; Building a log cabin, by Joseph 



B. Ames, p. 62. 82. 

 Craftsman, May 1912. — Sugi finish ; a Japa- 

 nese decorative treatment of woods, p. 



220-4. 

 Craftsman, June 1912. — Bringing country 



beauty to the city streets, by Arthur 



Hay. p. 271-80. 

 Garden magazine, June 1912. — Long-lived 



evergreens for gardens, by W. Miller, 



p. 310-13. 

 Gardeners' chronicle. April 27, 1912. — Exotic 



forest trees, by G. W., p. 277. 

 Gardeners' chronicle. May 11, 1912. — Exotic 



forest trees, by Herbert Maxwell, p. 



323. 

 Guide to nature, April 1912. — The chestnut 



trees must go, p. 395-7. 

 Lippincott's monthly magazine, June 1912. — 



Timber bonds, by Edward S. Meade, p. 



892-6. 

 Mycologia, May 1912. — Preliminary notes on 



three rots of juniper, by George Grant 



Hedgcock and W. H. Long. p. 100-14; 



Notes on some western Uredineae which 



attack forest trees, by George Grant 

 Hedgcock, p. 141-7; Notes upon tree dis- 

 eases in the eastern states, by P. Spauld- 

 ing, p. 148-51. 



Outlook, April 27, 1912.— New forests for 

 old, by O. W. Price, p. 947-55. 



Penn. state farmer, May 1912.— Application 

 of the Weeks law in the White Mts., by 

 S. L. Wolfe, p. 146-51; Chestnut bark 

 disease, by H. R. Fulton, p. 151-5 ; The 

 attitude of the railroads towards forest 

 fires, by E. A. Sterling, p. 162-7; Recent 

 developments of the course in forestry 

 at Penn state, by W. D. Clark, p. 168-70 ; 

 A chronological statement of the progress 

 of forestry in Pennsylvania, by George 

 H. Wirt, p. 171-4; Utilization of waste 

 land for the production of trees, by J. 

 B. Berry, p. 174-80. 



Phytopathology, April 1912.— The chestnut 

 bark fungus, Diaporthe parasitica, by C. 

 L. Shear, p. 88-9. 



Popular science monthly, June 1912. — The 

 national parks from the scientific and 

 educational side, by Laurence Schmeceke- 

 bier, p. 531-47. 



School science and mathematics, April 1912. — 

 Forestry in geography, by E. R. Jackson, 

 p. 271-7. 



Science, May 10, 1912. — The fungus of the 

 chestnue-tree blight, by W. G. Farlow, p. 

 717-22. 



Torreya, June 1912. — Induced hermaphrodism 

 in Acer negundo, by C. G. Eraser, p. 

 121-4. 



Yearbook of the United States Dept. of agri- 

 culture, 1911. — Tree planting by farmers, 

 by C. R. Tillotson, p. 257-68; The busi- 

 ness aspect of national forest timber 

 sales, by T. D. Woodbury, p. 363-70; 

 Plant introduction for the plant breeder, 

 by D. Fairchild, p. 411-22. 



Trade journals and consular reports 



American lumberman, May 18, 1912.— Some 

 construction timbers of the Philippines; 

 red lauan, by H. N. Whitford, p. 34; 

 Fir as a timber for cross arms, by A. S. 

 Crosby, p. 45. 



American lumberman. May 25, 1912. — A for- 

 estry specialist, H. S- Sackett. p. 1, 43; 

 Paper making from yellow pine refuse, 

 p. 35. 



Canada lumberman. May 15, 1912. — The In- 

 dian a good forest ranger, p. 46-7. 



Canada lumberman, June 1. 1912. — St. John 

 river log driving operations, by G. SkifT 

 Grimmer, p. 28-30. 



Engineering magazine. April 1912. — Forest 

 fires and the railways, by E. A. Sterling, 

 p. 111-14. 



Engineering news, April 18, 1912. — Wood 

 block paving with cement filler, by A. J. 

 Schafmayer, p. 738-9. 



Hardwood record, May 25. 1912.— H. S. 

 Sackett, p. 26-7 ; Lumber prices, by R. S- 

 Kellogg, p. 27-9 ; New wood-staining 

 process, by R. Grimshaw, p. 31 ; The fig- 

 ured wood game, p. 356. 



