240 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Florida, showing the quality of timber, growth, and uses under native condi- 

 tions, and their possible range in Florida. 



The authors point out that the feasibility of commercial planting in Florida 

 is as yet undetermined. 



Memorandum regarding leading eucalypts suitable for India, F. Booth - 

 TucKEE {Agr. Research Inst. Pusa [India] Bui. 21, 1911, pp. 9). — ^A list is 

 given of some 34 eucalypts suitable for India, including explanatory notes 

 relative to each, general notes relative to eucalypts, and notes on planting and 

 felling. 



Pinus insignis in South Australia: Its introduction and successful utiliza- 

 tion, W. Gill (Agr. Jour. Union So. Africa, 1 {1911), Ko. 2, pp. 16^-168, 

 pis. 4). — A paper on this subject read at the Industrial Exhibition in Brussels, 

 May, 1910. 



Australian plants suitable for gardens, parks, timber reserves, etc., W. R. 

 GuLLFOYLE (Melbourne and London [1911], pp. Jf78, j^ls. 218). — This work con- 

 tains directions for sowing and raising Australian seeds ; the treatment of 

 Australian plants in gardens; an alphabetically arranged table for Australian 

 plants, giving the botanical name, authority, common name, and a description ; a 

 list of eucalypts, showing the confusion of common names; and a list of the 

 principal common names of Australian plants with their botanical names. 



The effect of nitrate of soda upon the flow of Ceara latex, R. D. Anstead 

 (Planters' Chron., 6 (1911), No. 15, pp. 203-205) .—The author reports a pre- 

 liminary experiment conducted by G. L. Newbery in Coorg in which the results 

 obtained, although not conclusive, indicate that the flow of latex and yield of 

 rubber is increased by the application of nitrate of soda, thus appearing to con- 

 firm the results reported by Wilcox (E. S. R., 22, p. 645). 



Experiments are to be conducted on a larger scale. 



Bubber-growing industry of the Philippine Islands. — Cost of production 

 and profits, D. C. Worcestee (War Dept. [U. 8.] Bur. Insular Aff. ^Pamphlet], 

 1911, pp. 2.'f, pis. 16). — This consists of a compilation of information secured 

 from different branches of the Philippine adminisl ration and from other 

 sources relative to the present status of the rubber industry in the Philippine 

 Islands. An estimate of the expenses and profits is given for a period of 11 

 years on a 1,000-acre plantation, the whole area to be planted by the end of 

 the fourth year. Other information relative to the cost of land, clearing, 

 planting operations, etc.. is included. 



Forest products of the United States, 1909 (Bm: of the Census [U. 8.], 

 Forest Products 1909, pp. 178, dgms. 3). — This consists of a statistical review 

 compiled by the Bureau of the Census in cooperation with the Forest Service of 

 this department relative to the production, consumption, imports, and exports 

 of various forest products during 1909. The quantity and value of lumber, 

 lath, and shingles is shown both by species and by States. The other products 

 considered are crossties purchased, pulp-wood consumption, tanbark and tan- 

 ning extract, slack cooperage stock, tight cooperage stock, veneers, poles, cross 

 arms, brackets, insulator pins, and wood distillation. A short appendix is 

 added relative to the production of naval stores. 



The estimated total value at the point of manufacture of the domestic forest 

 products in 1909 amounts to approximately $1,250,000,000, or an increase of 19 

 per cent over the 1908 estimate. 



Austria- Hungary's timber trade and export, M. voN Engel (Osterreich- 

 Angarns Hokhandel und Hokerport. Vienna, 1910, pp. ^8, tables 2, dgms. 1. — • 

 A commercial and trade review of the timber industry in Austria-Hungary, in- 

 cluding statistics relative to the export of raw timber and various manufac- 

 tured products to different countries. 



