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Ringbarking in western New South Wales, T. Kidston {Agl. Gaz. N. S. W., 5 

 (1S94), No. 11, pp. 7G2-764). — Notes on removing forests by the employment of this 

 method of deadening the trees. The author does not believe that the destruction of 

 forests lessens rainfall. 



Forest fires, W. A. Buckhout {rennsijlvania Sta. Bpt. 1S93, pp. 155-150, fig. 1). — A 

 reprint from Bulletin 23 of the station (E. S. R., 5, p. 54). 



Forest fires in North America, B. E. Fernow (Zlschr. Forst. und Jagdw., 17 {1S95), 

 No. l,pp. 31-35). 



Forest fires, causes and preventions (Forest Leaves, 5 (1S95), No. 1, p. 15). — An 

 abstract from the Ilostoii Commercial Bulletin, giving statistics on the subjects, 

 number of fires, acres burned, loss, etc. 



Fire and flood, .J. T. Rotiiuock (Forest Leaves, 5 (1S95), No. 1, pp. S, 9, 2)ls. S).— 

 An article dealing v^ith tlio destruction of forests in Penjisylvania and discussing 

 the injury to the soil and property. The plates are from photographs, showing the 

 tracks of forest fires and freshets. 



Forest destruction by means of Gryllus campestris and Tettix subulata, 

 Ai/ruM (Zfschr. Forst. und .Tagdw., 17 (1S95), No. 1, pp. 12-17). 



Thirteenth .Annual Meeting of the American Forestry Association, B. E. 

 Fkunoav (Forest Leaves, 5 (1S95) No. 1, pp. 10, 11). — A general account of the pro- 

 ceedings of the meeting, with the resolutions adopted favoring forest legislation. 



California Forestry Experiment Stations, II, C. H. Shinn (Garden and Forest, 8 

 (1S95). pp. 02, 63). — A description of the Santa Monica forestry station. 



Forestry in Natal (Kew Misc. Bui. 97, pp. 1-5). 



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Seed testing, its uses and methods, G. McCarthy {North Car- 

 olina Sta. Bid. 108, i)p. 347-415, figs. 14). — The author has broiiglit 

 together from various sources a fuud of iuformation relating to the 

 subject of seed testing. The necessity and uses of seed testing are 

 pointed out and a brief review of what has been done in tlie United 

 States is given, together with a statement of the seed control system 

 of Europe and the methods by which it is conducted. Numerous tables 

 are given showing the viability, genuineness, and value of different 

 kinds of seed. A chapter on the physiology of the seed gives briefly 

 the structure, germination, composition, eflect of temperature, light, 

 electricity, and chemicals on germination, specific gravity and volume 

 weight of seed, and the life period of the embryo. In the chapter on 

 practical seed testing are given compiled tables showing the viability, 

 purity, and germination of a large list of forage plants, field and gar- 

 den crops, and flower seed; the impnrities and adulterations of seed 

 and the limits of error in testing, and descrij^tious of apparatus and 

 methods employed in seed testing. The author has drawn on the vari- 

 ous station jiublications of this country as well as the leading seed 

 control stations of Europe for the facts set forth in this bulletin. 



New Mexico weeds, I, E. O. Wooton {Npao Mexico Sta. Bui. 13, 

 pp. 36, Jigs. 15). — This bulletin is the first of a series to be devoted to 

 the subject of the weeds of New Mexico, and gives some general infor- 

 mation on weed dissemination and rej)ressiou. The list enumerated 

 embraces 18 sx)ecies, as follows, the most of which are figured : Nigger 



