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plantings, lawn borders and shrubbery, flower gardens, and borders of native 

 plants. A plea is made for the establishment of permanent country homes with 

 surroundings in which the local color shall be restored and preserved. 



The text is fully illustrated and lists are given of plants for special needs. 



Insecticide and fung'icide inspection {Maine Sta. Off. Insp. 54 (.1913), pp- 

 I4I-I48). — Analyses are reported of insecticides and fungicides examined by 

 the station during the year. They include samples of arsenate of lead, Paris 

 green, arsenite of zinc paste, Bordeaux mixture, lime-sulphur solutions, water 

 soluble arsenical compounds, and miscellaneous insecticides. 



FORESTRY. 



A handbook of forestry, W. F. A. Hudson (Watford, England, [IdlS^, pp. 

 82, figs. 25). — ^A short treatise on the general principles of practical forestry 

 with special reference to English estates. The work is intended primarily 

 for the general estate manager, whose duties usually include the care and 

 management of woodland. 



The cultivation of osiers and willows (Bd. Agr. and Fisheries [London], 

 Misc. Pubs. 18 (1913), pp. 33, pis. 6). — A popular cultural treatise including 

 also information relative to varieties and the preparation of willows for 

 market. 



The intensive management of high mountain forests, A. Kubelka (Die 

 intensive Bewirtscluiftung der Ilochgebirgsforste. Vienna and Leipsie, 1912, 

 pp. yiII-\-86). — A treatise on forest management in high mountain regions in 

 which special consideration is given to the application of Wagner's principles 

 of spacial arrangement in forests (E. S. R., 20, p. 645) to this type of forestry. 



Other important phases discussed include the development of a permanent 

 system of log roads, the preparation and execution of working plans, various 

 systems of working, and silvicultural practices. 



The forests of the western Caucasus, E. A. RObel (Jour. Ecology, 2 (1914), 

 No. 1, pp. 39-42, pis. 3). — This comprises a brief phytogeographical sketch of 

 the forests of the western portion of the Caucasus range. 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



International collaboration looking' to control of pests and diseases of 

 plants, J. RiTZEMA Bos (Tijdschr. Plantenziekten, 19 (1913), No. 6, pp. 153- 

 235). — This is a general review of plant pests and diseases, losses therefrom, 

 and means in use or available for control thereof, in various countries or 

 regions, and urging international cooperation to that end. 



Report on plant diseases in Ohio for 1912, A. D. Selby (Ohio State Hort. 

 Soc. Ann. Rpt., 46 (1913), pp. 100-110) .—Accordiug to the author, the year 1912 

 was characterized by low temperatures during the winter months, followed by 

 a cold belated spring. The effect of low temperatures and winter injury to 

 trees and shrubs is described at length, after which brief notes are given on 

 the fungus diseases reported upon the principal horticultural, vegetable, and 

 field crops of the State. 



Mycological notes, A. C. Tunstall (Indian Tea Assoc, Sci. Dept. Quart. 

 Jour., 1913, No. 4, pp. 108, 109). — The author describes the sleeping disease of 

 tomato due to Fusarium lycopersici, which has made its appearance in India, 

 and also gives an account of some investigations on red rust. It was found that 

 fruiting bodies of Stilbum nanum resemble those of the alga Cephaleuros 

 mycoidea, but they have no connection with the true red rust of tea. 



