544 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



grower who, not long ago, drew to market a year's product of oil on a single 

 load, receiving over $7,000 for it. 



Figures are given ilUistratiui,' tlie e(iuipment of a mint distillery. 



Perfumes: Their source and extraction, J. C. Umney {Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc. 

 [Lotidon], 32 {1901), p/t. J2S-tJ^0, flyx. H). — Consideration is given to the early 

 history and introduction of the perfume industry into P^urope, the classifica- 

 tion of flowers for perfumery, and the elaboration of perfumes in i)lants, to- 

 gether with the processes of extraction and distillation. 



Descriptions are also given of numerous odorous synthetic- l)odies used in 

 making artificial perfumes, together witli tabulated data showing the world's 

 l)roduction of perfumery of various kinds. 



The book of water gardening. P. Bisset ( \cw York, 1901, pp. 199, pis. 2, figs. 

 120, (IgniK. 11). — This book is designed to give detailed practical information 

 for the selection, grouping, and successful cultivation of aquatic and other plants 

 used in making water gardens and their surroundings. The work is said to 

 contain a record of the author's practical experience with this class of plants 

 extending over a period of 15 years, and covers all conditions from tliat of the 

 amateur with a few plants to the large estate or park. The text is fully illus- 

 trated with numerous ]ilates and diagrams. 



FORESTRY. 



The trees of Great Britain and Ireland, H. J. Elwes and A. Henry {Edin- 

 buryJi, 1901, rol. 2. pp. VI-\-'i~)0. pis. HS). — This is volume 2 of an extensive 

 treatise on the trees either native to or cultivated in Great Britain, and believed 

 to be suitable for timber trees, including about 300 species in f^l. In volume 1 

 the several species of 12 genera were considered (E. S. R., 18, p. 1134). 



In part 1 of the present volume the species of 11 more genera are studied: 

 Thu.ioi)sis, ^Esculus, Tsuga, Juglans, the several varieties of common oalc {Quer- 

 ciis peduncuJat(t), Larix, Pinus, Gynmocladus, Cedrela, Pterocarya, and Clad- 

 rastis. The various species are identified and an account is given of the history 

 and distribution of each in dift'erent countries, together with their cultural re- 

 quirements, uses of the timber, and descriptions of specimen trees growing in 

 Great Britain. Part 2 consists of illustrations and botanical drawings of the 

 various species discussed. 



Our trees, H. Correvon {Xos Arhrcs. Paris: Liltrnirir Iforticole, Geneva 

 [1906^, pp. VI+SOo, pi. 1, figs. 60). — In this popular work an account is given 

 of the historic tfees and forests of Switzerland, togetlier with an outline of I'e- 

 afforestation work under way in various countries and brief descriptions and 

 notes on the economic value of the timber of all the species of trees considered 

 hardy for the climate of Switzerland. The work is intended to create an inter- 

 est among the mountaineers in tlie i)lanting of foreign trees resistant to that 

 climate. The text is well illustrated and references are made to numerous 

 articles on forestry bearing on Switzerland conditions. 



The forests of the northern coast of Albania, A. Baldacci {Bol. Uffic. Min. 

 Agr. Indus, c Com. [Ronir], J, {1901), No. 6, pp. 755-169).— A report on the 

 forests of this region, including a description of the forest areas, the constitu- 

 tion of the forests, the quality and quantity of the different kinds of timber with 

 regard to their economic importance, transportation facilities, and forest regula- 

 tions, and notes on the cost of exploitation. 



How to grow young trees for forest planting, E. A. Sterling {Ann. Rpt, 

 Ind. Bd. Forest nj, 6 {1906), pp. 63-15. fig. 1). — In this article suggestions are 

 given for the collection, preparation, and care of seeds of conifers and broadleaf 

 trees, together with propagation and nursery practices. 



