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and up to the Jacobean period panels were small. The best English examples of the early 

 use of this timber are found in the Royal Chapel and Banqueting Hall in the Tower of London, 

 St. PaiU's Cathedral (from Welveck in 1G95), and the Cloister of Durham Cathedral. — P. L. 

 Richer. 



1282. Webster, A. D. Lumbering in British Columbia. Card. Chron. 69: 12G. 1921.— 

 A report of a 3-weeks' visit to the lumbering camps is presented, including a brief description 

 of the camps and operating and transportation methods. — P. L. Richer, 



1283. Whitford, H. N. ';• Tropical forests. Sci. Amer. Monthly 3: 267-270. 1921. 



1284. Wild, A. D. Wie der Nordsaumplenterschlag sich von selbst einf iihrte und sonstiges 

 aus dem Revier Zabem. [How the north-border-selection cutting originated and other notes 

 from the Zabern district.] Forstwiss. Centralbl. 43: 161-172. 1 -pi. 1921. — Wild discusses 

 the history of the forests of the Zabern district, which are composed of a considerable variety 

 of stands, including oak, beech, fir, spruce, and pine, pure and in various mixtures. Various 

 silvicultural methods are used, but dilTerent forms of selection cutting, with natural reproduc- 

 tion, predominate. — W . N . Sparhaioh. 



1285. WiMMER. [Rev. of: Rebmann. Der Anbau von Walnussbaumen und amerika- 

 nischen Nussbaimiarten im Walde. (Growing walnut trees and American nut trees in the 

 forest.) 68 p., 4 fig. J. Neumann: Neudamm, 1920.) Forstwiss. Centralbl. 43: 191-192. 

 1920. — This is a very thorough and careful treatise on the cultivation of JugUms rcgia, J. 

 nigra, J. cinerea, Carya alba, C. porcina, and C. tomentosa by a forester who has studied 

 these species for decades. — W. N. Sparhawk. 



1286. Zeller. Ansichten iiber Buchenverjiingungen. [Notes on reproduction of beech.] 

 Deutsch. Forstzeitg. 36: 140-142. 1921. — The author's experience indicates that cuttings 

 in beech forests can be made every year, without reference to the occurrence of moist years, 

 and that satisfactory beech reproduction will follow in due time. He believes that young 

 beech seedlings do not need overhead shade, — that they are more thrifty without it. — W. N. 

 Sparhawk. 



GENETICS 



George H. Shull, Editor 

 James P. Kelly, Assistant Editor 



(See also in this issue Entries 1112, 1125, 1127, 1153, 1176, 1392, 1405, 1410, 1424, 1468, 



1553, 1646) 



1287. Anonymous. Ratio of sires and dams. U. S. Dept. Agric. Weekly News Letter 

 8: 8. 1920. — A tabulation of more than 200,000 head of stock kept for breeding purposes on 

 more than 2000 representative farms gave the following average number of females to each 

 male: Cattle 18.9, horses 16.9, swine 11.-5, sheep 37, goats 26.6, chickens 23.3, other poultry 

 (geese, ducks, turkeys) 8.5. — Sewall Wright. 



12S8. Anonymous. [Rev. of: Chevalier, A. Sur I'origine des pommiers k cidre cul- 

 tives en Normandie et en Bretagne. (On the origin of cider apples cultivated in Nor- 

 mandy and Brittany.) Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 171: 521-523. 1920 (see Bot. Absts. 8, 

 Entry 377; 9, Entry 1311).] Card. Chron. 68: 223. 1920. 



1289. Anonymous. Dwarf maize. [Rev. of: Kempton, J. H. A brachytic variation in 

 maize. U. S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 925. 38 p., 19 pi., 8 fig. 1921 (see Bot. Absts. 8, Entry 1923) .] 

 Gard. Chron. 69: 254. 1921. 



1290. Akerman, a. Untersuchungen iiber Bastarde zwischen Epilobium hirsutum und 

 Epilobium montanum. [Investigations on hybrids between Epilobitmi hirsutum and Epilobium 



