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FORESTRY. 



A classification for forestry literature (Yale Forest School Bid. 1, 1912, 

 pp. 6). — This classification lias been prepared by the faculty of the Yale Forest 

 School to supply the demand for a simple and comprehensive classification 

 adapted to any library system. The general divisions are as follows : General 

 works, forest botany, silviculture, forest protection, lumbering, forest manage- 

 ment, forest technology, history and statistics, forest influences, and forest 

 policy. 



Annual progress report of forest administration in the Western and 

 Eastern Circles of the United Provinces for the forest year, 1910-11, B. B. 

 OsMASTON and J. S. Campbell (Ann. Rpt. Forest Admin. West, and Edst. 

 Circles [Indiul, 1910-11, pp. iS+.S+iS+l'C/A'+2).— This is the usual report 

 relative to the constitution, management, and exploitation of the state forests 

 in the Western aud Eastern Circles of the United Provinces, including also a 

 report of the district protected forests in the Kumaun division. The impor- 

 tant data relative to alterations in areas, forest surveys, forest protection, 

 silvicultural operations, yields, revenues, etc., are apiifndod in tabular form. 



Annual administration report of the forest department of the Madras 

 Presidency for the twelve months ending June 30, 1911, P. M. Lushinqton, 

 H. B. Bryant, and J. S. Battie {Ann. Admin. Rpt. Forest Dept. Madras, 1911, 

 pp. 66-{-CX+16). — This is the usual reix)rt relative to the constitution, manage- 

 ment, exploitation, and administration of the state forests in the Northern, 

 Central, and Southern Circles of the Madras Presidency, including financial 

 statements for the year. The important data relative to areas, working opera- 

 tions, yields, revenues, etc., are appended in tabular form. 



The important timber trees of the United States, S. B. Elliott (Boston 

 and Neiv York, 1912, pp. S82, pis. 32). — This work, which is based in part on the 

 author's personal observations and in part on the literature of the subject, is 

 offered as a manual of practical forestry for the use of foresters, students and 

 laymen in forestry, lumbermen, farmers and other landowners, and all who 

 contemplate growing trees for economic purposes. 



Silviculture, C. Werckle (Bol. Fomento [Costa Rica], 1 (1911), No. 12, 

 pp. 9^8-953, figs. 2). — Descriptive notes are given of the important timber and 

 rubber trees of Costa Rica. 



Forest catalogue of Mexico (Catalogo Forestal de la RepuMica Mexicana. 

 Mexico: Govt., 1912, pp. 29). — This comprises a catalogue of the more Important 

 trees aud shrubs forming the woods in the tropical, temperate, and cold regions 

 of Mexico. The data given include the habitat, common and scientific names, 

 and industrial uses. Partial information is also given on a large number of 

 imidentified trees. . 



The hardy catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) (Kansas Sta. Giro. 20, pp. 19, pis. 8, 

 fig. 1). — A popular treatise on catalpa culture, discussing methods of identifying 

 the hardy catalpa (C. speciosa), methods of propagation, planting stock, selec- 

 tion of site, planting operations, cultivation and care, protection against rabbits, 

 cutting back, form and size, fungus disease, length of rotation for the catalpa, 

 second crop, cutting, seasoning, durability and character of catalpa wood, range 

 of successful growth, and catalpa growing as a commercial enterprise. 



On the histology of woods of Biota orientalis and Thuja occidentalis, 

 F. HoLLENDONNER (Bot. Kozlem. [Budapest], 11 (1912), No. 2, pp. 45-67, figs. 

 7). — A detailed study of the wood structure in the above named species. 



A note on some germination tests with sal (Shorea robusta) seed, R. S. 

 Teoup ([Indian} Forest Bui. 8, 1912, pp. 13). — The tests here reported in detail 

 were made to ascertain to what extent the fertility of sal seed is affected by 



