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scape design from the standpoint of designers and also to serve as a general 

 introduction to the subject for those whose interest in it is purely that of 

 appreciation and enjoyment of landscape designs and natural landscapes. 



The introductory chapter deals with the scope of land.scape architecture and 

 its requirements of the practitioner. The succeeding chapters discuss the 

 theory of landscape design ; taste, ideals, style, and character in landscape 

 design ; styles of landscape design ; landscape characters ; landscape effects ; 

 landscape composition ; natural forms of ground, rock, and water as elements in 

 design ; planting design ; design of structures in relation to landscape ; and 

 types of landscape designs. Appended to the work are notes on the professional 

 practice of landscape architecture in America, notes on procedure in design, 

 and a selected list of references on landscape architecture. 



FORESTRY. 



Third biennial report of the State forester of Kentucky, 1917, J. E. Babton 

 (Bien. Rpt. State Forester Ky., S {1911), pp. 39, pis. 6).— A brief review of 

 the activities of the State Board of Forestry along the lines of forestry propa- 

 ganda, investigation, and protection and of work in the State nurseries and 

 experimental forest, including a financial statement for the fiscal years 1916 

 and 1917. 



Appended to the report are papers on Forest Taxation in the United States, 

 by J. E. Barton (pp. 26-30), and Growing Timber for Mining Purposes, by 

 M. H. Forester (pp. 35-39), together with a check.list of the trees in Kentucky. 



Forestry, J. H. Pkatt and J. S. Holmes (N. C. Geol. and Econ. Survey, Bien. 

 Rpt. State Geol., 1915-16, pp. 20-88, fig. 1). — An account of forest activities in 

 North Carolina during the biennial period 1915-lG, dealing with forest protec- 

 tion ; the acquisition of State and Federal forest areas ; examination of forest 

 lands, farm woodlots, and cut-over lands ; reports of meetings of the North 

 Carolina Forestry Association and the Southern Forestry Congress ; forestry 

 propaganda ; and miscellaneous activities. 



Progress report of the Forest Research Institute for the year 1916—17, 

 B. B. OsMASTON {Rpt. Forest Research Inst. [Dehra Dun], 1916-17, pp. 24). — 

 A report of progress made in investigations dealing with silviculture, develop- 

 ment of forest working plans, forest botany, forest economy, forest zoology, and 

 forest chemistry. Appended to the report are a list of forest publications issued 

 since the creation of the Fore.st Research Institute and a summary of revenues 

 and expenditures for the year. 



Proceeding's of the National Parks Conference {U. 8. Dept. Int., Proc. Nat. 

 Parks Conf., 4 {1917), pp. S64). — This comprises a report of various papers, ad- 

 dresses, and discussions of the Fourth National Parks Conference, held In Wash- 

 ington, D. C, January 2 to 6, 1917. 



Farm forestry, J. H. Foster, F. H. Miixen, and H. B. Kbausz {Texas Agr. 

 Col. Ext. Serv. Bui. B-42 {1917), pp. 17).— A popular bulletin discussing the 

 Importance of farm forests, the principal woods and wood-using industries, and 

 methods of handling and marketing woodlot products. 



Plan of cooperation between woodland owners and the State forester {Md. 

 Bd. Forestry Leaflet 18 [1918], pp. 2). — The plan provides to give the owners of 

 Maryland woodlands expert advice on their management and on the valuation 

 and sale of woodlot products. 



The case for New Brunswick's forests, R. Black {Canad. Forestry Assoc. 

 [Pamphlet, 1917], pp. 9, pi. 1). — A brief survey of New Brunswick's forest 

 wealth, together with an appeal for a rational system of forestry and fire pro- 

 tective measures. 



