1919] FORESTRY. 45 



season's garden plat in the fall, with special reference to Improving the soil 

 fertility. 



Notice relative to State insecticide and fungicide laws (U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Insecticide and Fungicide Bd. Serv. and Regulatory Announcement 21 (1918), 

 pp. £85-450). — This announcement supplements a previous compilation of State 

 laws dealing with the manufacture and sale of insecticides and fungicides 

 (E. S. R., 30, p. 39). The laws of the following States are presented: Colorado, 

 Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. 



Commercial Bordeaux mixtures: How to calculate their values, E. Wallace 

 and L. H. Evans (U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 994 (1918), pp. 11, fig. 1).— 

 This publication describes methods of calculating the strength values and 

 money values of Bordeaux mixtures, and also gives tables for determining 

 approximate values without calculation. 



Various factors entering into the efficiency of Bordeaux mixtures are 

 discussed. 



FORESTRY. 



Report of the State board of forestry and of the State park committee of 

 the State of Indiana for the year 1917, R. Liebeu et al. (Yearbook State Ind., 

 1917, pp. 489-499; Reprint, 1918, pp. 13).— A brief synopsis of the work being 

 done by the State board of forestry, and also by the State park committee 

 since its appointment in 1916, including financial statements for the year 1917. 



Forest protection and conservation in Maine, 1917, F. H. Colby ([Augusta, 

 Me.] : Dept. of Forestry, 1917, pp. 202, pis. 2, figs. 57). — An account of forest 

 fire protective work in Maine, including a discussion of forestry methods and 

 measures needed for conserving the timberland. An account is also given of 

 white pine blister rust work conducted in the State in 1917 in cooperation 

 with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, together with an article by C. C. 

 Andrews entitled What Thirty-nine States Are Doing in Forestry (pp. 1S9- 

 202). This article summarizes the important forest legislation and forest 

 activities in the different States. 



The utilization of forest products in Massachusetts as affected by the war, 

 P. D. Kneeland (Boston: State, 1918, pp. 14). — A popular bulletin of informa- 

 tion to woodland owners relative to the present commercial utilization of 

 various species of trees. 



Notes on European forest research, S. Howard (Indian Forester, 44 (1918), 

 No. 9, pp. 394-401). — A brief discussion of methods of organizing and carrying 

 on forest research, especially in France and Germany. 



Report of the resolutions, proceedings, and debates of the interstate con- 

 ference on forestry held at Perth, November, 1917 (Rpt. Interstate Conf. 

 Forestry [Aitst.], 1918, pp. 114, pis. 6).— This report contains a number of 

 papers relating to the forests and various phages of forestry in Australia, 

 including such subjects as forest policy, working plans, forest statistics, forestry 

 education and research, and timber tests. 



Report of the forest service in Netherlands India for the year 1916 (Ver- 

 slag Dienst Bosehw. Nederland.-Indie, 1916, pp. 117, pi. 1, fig. I).— A statistical 

 report relative to the administration and management of the forests in Java, 

 Madoera, and outlying possessions of the Netherlands Indies for the year 1916. 

 Information is given relative to the condition of the forests, and work in 

 regeneration, exploitation, protection, and investigations. A progress report 

 of the rubber plantation of the forest service is also included. 



Statistics compiled in the office of the silviculturist, Forest Research In- 

 stitute, Dehra Dun, during 1916-17, E. Marsden (Indian Forest Rec. 6 

 (191S). A'o. 5. pp. IV-\-44). — The statistics herein presented comprise a summary 



