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The business aspect of National Forest timber sales, T. D. Woodbuby 

 (U. S. Dcpt. Afrr. Yearbook 1911, pp. 363-370, j)Is. -'/).— A popular article dis- 

 cussiuj? the various economic operations involved in the disposal of mature 

 timber ou the National Forests, including a comparison of the items of cost of 

 operations iu National Forest timber and in private timber areas. 



Report on the forest administration of the Central Provinces for the year 

 1910-11, H. H. FoBTEATH, H. H. Haines, and A. W. Blunt {Rpt. Forest 

 Admin. Cent. Prov. [India], 1910-11, pp. 59-\-LXXV, pi. J).— This comprises the 

 reiKJrts of the conservators of forests relative to the administration of the 

 state forests in the Northern, Southern, and Berar Circles of the Central Prov- 

 inces for the year 1910-11. A review of the work by the chief conservator of 

 forests is also given. All of the imi)ortant data relative to alterations in forest 

 areas, forest surveys, production, yields in major and minor products, revenues, 

 expenditures, etc., are appended in tabular form. 



Administration report of the forest circles in the Bombay Presidency, 

 including Sind, for the year 1910-11, O. H. L. Napieb et al. {^Admin. Rpt. 

 Forest Circles Bombay, 1910-11, pp. 172). — This is a report similar to the above 

 relative to the administration of the state forests in the Bombay Presidency, 

 including Sind, for the year 1910-11. 



Progress report of forest administration in Coorg for 1910-11, H. Tibeman 

 (Rpt. Forest Adviin. Coortj, 1910-11, pp. S-^1,2). — A report similar to the above 

 relative to the administration of state forests in Coorg for the year 1910-11. 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Some recent work on fungus diseases of plants, L. H. Pammel (Trans. 

 Iowa Hort. Soc., I/O (1911), pp. 18S-198). — Summaries are given of a number of 

 publications relating to plant diseases, most of the literature noted being that 

 of American authors. 



Pungus diseases in Iowa for the year 1911, L. H. Pammel (Trans. Iowa 

 Hort. Soc., .'iG (1911), pp. 172-179, pi. 1, figs. 10). — Notes are given ou miscel- 

 laneous fungus diseases noted during the period covered by the report, together 

 with a discussion of the relation between meteorological conditions and the 

 occurrence of different fungi. 



Report on plant diseases observed during 1911, Sofie Rostbup and F. K. 

 Ravn (Tidsskr. Landbr. Planteavl, 19 (1912), No. 1, pp. U-76).—This report 

 gives an account of the fungus diseases and insect pests observed in Denmark 

 during 1911. 



Report on vegetable pathology, H. Tryon (Ann. Rpt. Dept. Agr. and Stock 

 [Queensland], 1910-11, pp. 74-78). — Notes are given on a number of fungus 

 and other diseases of field, orchard, and garden plants, and a discussion is 

 presented of the enforcement of the diseases of plants act of Queensland, 1896. 



Relations of parasitic fungi to their host plants. — I, Studies of para- 

 sitized leaf tissue, E. S. Reynolds (Bot. Gaz., 53 (1912), No. 5, pp. 365-395, 

 figs. 9). — Details are given of studies made, with negative results, on about 

 a dozen species to ascertain, if possible, any characteristic differences between 

 parasitic action on leaf cells and on those of other parts of the plant. An ex- 

 tensive bibliography is appended. 



Studies of some new Citromyces, G. Bainiee and A. Saetory (Bui. Trimest. 

 Soc. Mycol. France, 28 (1912), No. 1, pp. 38-^9, pis. 2).— The results of a study 

 of a number of new species of Citromyces are given, and 3 new si>ecies are 

 described. The authors call attention to this group of fungi which possesses the 

 property of producing citric acid from such media as glucose, etc., and state that 

 while the fungi have morphological characters which make it impossible to 



