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Overland monthly, Dec, 1916. — Monterey 

 cypress, by L. Kothe, p. 469-73. 



Overland monthly, Jan., 1916. — Giant trees 

 of Sequoia, by H. Rankin, p. 75-80. 



0\'erland monthly, Feb., 1916. — In a Forest 

 service camp, by C. E. O'Brien, p. 146-52. 



Plant world, March, 1916. — The weight of 

 physical factors in the study of plant dis- 

 tribution, by Forrest Shreve, p. 53-67; 

 Notes on the ancestry of the beech, by 

 Edward W. Berry, p. 68-77. 



Proceedings of the Pan-American road con- 

 gress, 1915. — Road-building in the na- 

 tional forests, by Henry Solon Graves, 

 p. 43-50. 



Reclamation record, March, 1916. — Tree 

 planting: Yakama project, Wash., p. 125. 



Reclamation record, April, 1916. — How na- 

 tional forest administration benefits 

 water users, p. 170-1; A cooperative 

 sawmill, by H. L. Hull, p. 173-5. 



Rhodora, Feb., 1916. — The name of the red 

 oak, by C. S. Sargent, p. 45-8. 



Scientific American, March 25, 1916. — Our 

 vanishing export trade in the products of 

 American forests, p. 319, 334. 



United States — Dept. of agriculture, Journal 

 of agricultiu-al research, April 10, 1916. — 

 Oviposition of Megastigmus spermo- 

 trophus in the seed of Douglas fir, by 

 J. M. Miller, p. 65-8. 



United States — Dept. of agriculture. Weekly 

 news letter. March 29, 1916.— Wood 

 ashes and bone meal contain all the 

 necessary constituents of a complete fer- 

 tilizer, p. 2. 



United States — Dept. of agriculture. Year- 

 book, 1915. — Pointers on marketing 

 woodlot products, by Stanley L. Wolfe, 

 p. 121-30; Osage orange waste as a 

 substitute for fustic dyewood, by F. W. 

 Kressman, p. 201-4. 



World's work, April, 1916. — A new west: the 

 attempts to open up the natural treasures 

 of the western states; utilization and con- 

 servation vs. monopolistic greed; the 

 Dept. of the interior, by James Middle- 

 ton, p. 669-80. 



Trade journals and consular reports 



American lumberman, March 18, 1916. — ■ 

 Authorities say wood block is best paving, 

 p. 32; How to build and operate a saw- 

 mill, by L. L. Shertzer, p. 33-36. 



American lumberman, March 25, 1916. — -Rail- 

 way engineers discuss utility of wood, 

 p. 40-1. 



American lumberman, April 1, 1916. — Rail- 

 road aids reforestation, p. 32 ; Forest ex- 

 hibits comprehensive; government has 

 good showing at California fair, p. 33; 

 Making by-products investigation: For- 

 est products laboratory giving special at- 

 tention to new manufactures of wood,p.33. 



American lumberman, April 8, 1916. — Utiliz- 

 ing osage orange for dye, p. 31; South 

 Africa needs lumber: most of native prod- 

 uct unfit to be sawed, p. 42 ; Nova Scotia 

 forests decrease: have timber supply 

 for only sixty years, p. 42; How war has 

 affected Italy's lumber supply, p. 43; 

 Timber importations by France are light, 

 p. 51 ; Britain pays high for lumber, p. 56. 



Barrel and box, March, 1916. — Butter pack- 

 ing in Ireland, p. 75-6; Statistics of the 

 American veneer industry, p. 93; The 

 wooden handle trade, p. 94 ; The shoe peg 

 business, p. 94; Manufacture of wooden- 

 ware and novelties, p. 95; Excelsior 

 industry, p. 96; Manufacture of matches, 

 p. 96; Manufacture of tobacco pipes, 

 p. 96; Woods used for specialties; Amer- 

 ican wooden toys, p. 97; The toothpick 

 business, p. 97. 



Canada lumberman, Feb. 15, 1916. — Struc- 

 tural qualities of British Columbia fir, by 

 H. R. MacMillan, p. 28-30; Variation in 

 weight and strength of timber, by J. A. 

 Newlin, p. 34-5; Central British Colum- 

 bia forests, p. 35. 



Canada lumberman, March IS, 1916, — 

 Market for Canadian timber in France, 

 by H. R. MacMillan, p. 28-9; Briquetting 

 of sawdust on a commercial basis, by R. 

 Thelan, p. 39-40; Utilizing wood waste in 

 the paper industry, by E. B. Biggar, 

 p. 50. 



Canada lumberman, April 1, 1916. — Canadian 

 timber trade in South Africa, by H. R. 

 MacMillan, p. 28-31; Increasing use of 

 treated wood block, by W. G. Mitchell, 

 p. 34-5; Opportunities for Canadian 

 lumber in France, p. 38; Wooden goods 

 for South Africa, p. 38; British Colum- 

 bia's fine finish materials, p. 38-9; 

 Making btmgs and faucets, p. 40-1 ; The 

 shoe peg business, p. 52. 



Engineering news, Dec. 23, 1915. — Continu- 

 ous wire winding for wood-stave pipes, 

 p. 1210-11; Monumental timber building 

 endangered by rot, p. 1221. 



Engineering news, Feb. 3, 1916. — Causes of 

 failure in creosoted wood-block pave- 

 ment, p. 204-6; Why the Seattle wood- 

 stave water pipe failed, by R. H. Ober, 

 p. 242-4. 



Engineering record, April 8, 1916. — Test 

 Douglas fir stringets; new method of 

 creosoting, p. 479 ; How the Forest service 

 bridges the more remote stream crossings, 

 p. 485. 



Hardwood record, April 10, 1916. — Steam 

 specialties in saw mills, by Anthony S. 

 Hill, p. 16-17 ; English and French timber 

 trade, p. 18; Wood for tobacco pipes, 

 p. 18; Practical mahogany planting, p. 

 19-20; Saving waste by using it, p. 22-3; 

 Oil of wintergreen, p. 23. 



Holzwelt, Dec. 10, 1915. — Von den eigen- 

 schaften des holzes, by P. Martell, p. 5. 



Holzwelt, Jan. 7, 1916. — Trocknungsanlagen 

 fiir die holzbearbeitung, by Fred Hampe, 

 p. 15. 



Holzwelt, Feb. 4, 1916. — Ueber das verblauen 

 des kiefemholzes, by A. Schwappach, 

 p. 1-2. 



New York lumber trade journal, March 15, 

 1916. — National canners and national 

 grocers specify lumber for boxes, p. 20. 



Paper, March 15, 1916. — -The manufacture of 

 paper pulp from straw, p. 18-19. 



Paper, March 22, 1916. — Modem develop- 

 ments in pulp and paper, p. 11-15. 



Paper, March 29, 1916. — The Swedish wood- 

 pulp industry, p. 11-17. 



Paper, April 12, 1916. — Woodpulp manu- 

 facturing processes, by Allan Smith, p. 

 11-16; The paper pulp of the future: 

 lumber shortage leads to speculation con- 

 cerning new sources of raw material, by 

 P. Ebbinghaus, p. 17. 



Paper mill, Feb. 19, 1916. — Planting forests 

 for profit in Canada, by EUwood Wilson, 

 p. 164-6; How paper is made by hand 

 in the Orient, p. 170-2. 



Paper mill, March 25, 1916. — American trees 

 in Norway, p. 34. 



Paper trade journal, March 9, 1916. — The 

 origin and development of paper making 

 in the old world, by Albert Komp, p. 35, 

 38, 44, 46. 



Philippine trade review, Dec, 1915. — Timber 

 market in China, p. 6-8. 



Philippine trade review, Feb., 1916. — Uses of 

 Philippine woods, p. 7-10. 



Pulp and paper magazine, Feb. 15, 1916.^ 

 Some valuable conditions affecting the 

 manufacture of ground wood, by G. W. 

 Dickson, p. 83-4. 



Pulp and paper magazine, March 1, 1916. — ■ 

 Review of the paper textile industry, 

 p. 103-6; Proper reforestation, by 

 Ralph H. McKee, p. 106-7; Important 

 points in the manufacture of ground 

 wood, by A. O. Bowness, p. 107-9. 



St. Louis lumberman, March 1, 1916. — Mount 

 Mitchell forest to be opened to the public, 

 p. 16; Cost economics, by Robert B. 

 Goodman, p. 70-1. 



St. Louis lumberman, March 15, 1916.^ 

 Lumber trade conditions; the average 

 F. O. B. mill prices for eleven months, 

 or from April, 1915, to Feb., 1916, inclu- 

 sive, p. 42^; List of associations and 

 officers, p. 62-3. 



Southern lumberman, April 1, 1916. — Sani- 

 tary handling of timber, by C. J. Humph- 

 rey, p. 39^0. 



Timber trade journal, March 4, 1916. — Pre- 

 vention of breakage in felling, p. XIII. 



Timberman, March, 1916. — New principle in 

 spark arrester, p. 32M; Average cost of 

 manufacturing fir lumber, by Austin 

 Cary, p. 46-7. 



United States daily consular report, March 21, 

 1916. — Canadian offer benefits American 

 lumber company, by R. M. Newcomb, 

 p. 1122-3. 



United States daily consular report, March 



23, 1916. — Need of lumber in Italy, p. 

 1155. 



United States daily consular report, March 



24, 1916.— The timber trade of France, 

 p. 1178-80. 



United States daily consular report, March 



27, 1916. — Conditions in the French 

 lumber trade, p. 1188; Lumber market 

 of South Africa, p. 1209-12; Imports of 

 chicle for chewing-gum manufacture, 

 p. 1213. 



United States daily consular report, March 



28, 1916. — Rattan-furniture industry at 

 Hongkong, by Leroy R. Sawyer, p. 

 1222-3. 



United States daily consular report, March 

 30, 1916. — Norwegian pulp situation, 

 by A. G. Schmedeman, p. 1249; Dye- 



