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some length. Among the European willows which are said to be most 

 suitable for basket making are the following: 8alix amygdalina, S. 

 lucida, S.fragilis, 8. caprea, S.prunifolia, 8. viminalis, and 8. purpurea. 

 Notes are given on the selection and preparation of soil, with directions 

 for preparing cuttings, planting, cultivation, fertilizing, and harvesting 

 the product. The more common and troublesome fungus diseases and 

 insect enemies are noted, together with suggestions for the prevention 

 of tueir attacks. Notes are given on the manufacture of willow ware, 

 cost of basket making, production and price of osiers in this country, 

 and quotations are given from letters stating experiences of various 

 American growers. For the benefit of persons interested in osier cul- 

 ture a list of the principal willow growers of this country is appended. 



Experimental tree planting in the plains, C. A. Keffer ( IT. 8. 

 Dept. Agr., Division of Forestry Bui. 18, pp. 94, pis. 5, Jig. 1). — The effect 

 of heat, light, moisture, soil aud soil moisture, and atmospheric mois- 

 ture as affecting tree growth is stated and notes given on the intro- 

 duction of exotic trees, hardiness, rules for mixing species, pure plant- 

 ing, mixed planting, nurse trees, aud the use of evergreens in Western 

 planting. The objects of experimental plantations are stated, and a list 

 of 39 species of trees employed in these plantings of trees, as follows: 

 Conifers: Finns strobus, P. resinosa, P. ponder osa scopulorum, P. diva- 

 rieata, P. si'vestris, P. austriaca, Larix laricina, L. europwa, Picea can- 

 adensis, P. excelsa, Pseudotsuga taxifolia, Abies coneolor, and Juniper us 

 virginiana. Broad-leaved species: Juglans nigra, Populus tremuloides, 

 P. deltoides, P. certinensis, Belula alba, B. lutea, B. lenta, Ostrya virgin- 

 iana, Gastanea dentata, Quercus alba, Q. macrocarpa, Q. prinus, Q. pla- 

 tanoides, Q. rubra, ITlmus americana, Morus alba, tatarica, Liriodendron 

 tulipifera, Prunus serotina, Gleditsia triacanthos, Robina pseudacacia, 

 Acer saccliarinum, A. negundo, Fraxinus americana, F. lanceolata, 

 Catalpa speciosa, and Artemisia abrotanum tobolskianum. 



The experimental plantations of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, South 

 Dakota, Utah, and Minnesota are described and the results as far as 

 shown by the experiments are stated. Notes are given on growing 

 evergreens from seed aud directions for the preparation of an evergreen 

 seed bed are included. 



List of publications relating to forestry in the Department Library ( U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Library Bui. 24, pp. 93). — This bulletin contains a list of the works relat- 

 ing to forestry in the library of this Department, together with the forest library 

 of the late Prof. Franz von Baur, which was purchased by this Department in 1897. 

 A catalogue is arranged by authors with a separate list of serial publications and a 

 subject index. No works have been included which do not have a direct bearing on 

 the subject, and those relating to landscape gardening and botany are purposely 

 omitted. 



Check list of the forest trees of the United States, G. B. Sudworth ( U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Division of Forestry Bui. 17, pp. 144). — This publication is a revised and 

 condensed edition of Bulletin 14 of the division (E. S. R., 9, p. 452), and contains the 

 scientific and common names of the trees of North America, the synonomy and 

 explanation of the former bulletin being omitted. In order to secure better identi- 



