CURRENT LITERATURE 



693 



entered their names to receive further in- 

 formation, etc. 



The active service list of members of the 

 British Columbia Forest Branch continues 

 to grow, and to date 68 have enlisted, in 

 addition to 47 forest guards. Messrs. 

 Mitchell and Rees have won the Military 

 Cross. 



White pine blister rust has been re- 

 ported around Montreal and Mr. G. C. 

 Piche, Chief Forester of Quebec, is tak- 

 ing measures to ascertain the extent of the 

 disease. 



Hon. Jules .\llard, Minister of Lands 

 and Forests of Quebec, and Mr. G. C. 

 Piche will pay a visit to the nurseries and 

 plantations of the Laurentide Company, 

 Limited. Tliey will also inspect the power 

 plants at Shawinigan Falls and the Quebec 

 Government Nurseries at Berthierville. 



Current 



Literature 



MONTHLY LIST FOR OCTOBER, 

 igi6 



(Books and periodicals indexed in the 

 library of the United States Forest 

 Service.) 



Forestry as a Whole 



Dorrance, John Gordon. Tlie story of the 

 forest. 237 p. il. New York, Ameri- 

 can Book Co., 1916. 



Proceedings and reports of associations, 

 forest officers, etc. 



Florence— R. Instituto superiore forestale 

 nazionale. Annali, v. 1, 1914-1915. 

 415 p. il., pi., maps. Firenze, Italy, 

 1916. 



Hongkong, China— Botanical and forestry 

 department. Report for the year 1915. 

 24 p. Hongkong, 1915. 



India— Bengal— Forest department. An- 

 nual progress report on forest ad- 

 ministration for the year 1914-15. 

 50 p. Calcutta, 1915. 



Forest Education 



Forest schools 



California, University of— College of agri- 

 culture. Announcement of courses in 

 forestry, 1916-1917. 29 p. il. Berke- 

 ley, Cal., 1916. 



Minnesota. University of — College of 

 forestry. Announcement, 1916-1917. 

 35 p. Minneapolis, 1916. 



New York state college of Forestry- 

 Syracuse university. Announcement 

 of the course in city forestry. 31 p. 

 Syracuse. N. Y., 1916. 



Forest Description 

 Society for the Protection of New Hamp- 

 shire Forests — Sunapee branch. Help 

 save the beautiful timber surrounding 

 the Royal Arch. 4 p. il. Sunapee, 

 N. H., 1916. 

 Southern Pacific Co. Big trees of Cali- 

 fornia. 32 p. il. San Francisco, 1914. 

 Wharton, William P. The extent of the 

 woodlot in the New England States. 

 7 p. Concord, N. H., Society for pro- 

 tection of New Hampshire forests. 

 1916. 

 Wille, N. Norges skogtraer. 42 p. il. 

 n, p., 1915. 



Forest Botany 

 Longyear, Burton, O. Evergreens of Col- 

 orado. 80 p. il. Fort Collins, Colo., 

 1914. (Colorado — State forester. 

 Publication No. 1.) 

 Maiden, Joseph H. A critical revision ot 

 the genus Eucalyptus, pt. 27. 32 p. pi. 

 Sydney, Gov't printer. 



Forest Mensuration 

 Krinbill, Howard R. Southern timber 

 tables. 12 p. Newbern & Biltmore, 

 N. C, the author, 1914. 

 Silviculture 

 Planting and nursery practice 

 Idaho, University of — Department of 

 forestry. Announcements concerning 

 forest and shade trees and basket wil- 

 lows recommended for planting in 

 Idaho. 4 p. Moscow, Idaho, 1916. 

 Pruning 



Major, H. F. Pruning shade trees. 6 p. 

 il. Columbia, Mo., 1916. (Missouri- 

 Agricultural experiment station. Cir- 

 cular 81.) 



Forest Protection 

 Insects 



Snyder, T. E. " White ants " as pests in 

 the United States and methods of pre- 

 venting their damage. 20 p. il. Wash., 

 D. C, 1916. (U. S.— Dept. of agricul- 

 ture. Farmers' bulletin 759.) 

 Fire 



Colorado— State forester. Instructions for 

 county and State fire wardens of the 

 State of Colorado, Dept. of forestry. 

 4 p. Fort Collins, Colo., 1912. 

 Northern forest protective association. Re- 

 view of the work for the year ending 

 March 1, 1916, together with the pro- 

 ceedings of the fifth annual meeting. 

 24 p. Munising, Mich., 1916. 



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