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preliminary examination of forest conditions in South Carolina made by the 

 State and the Forest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. It 

 consists of a general description of the region surveyed, information relative 

 to the timber supjily and output of the State, descriptions of the forests by 

 regions, discussions of grazing and forest fires, conservative lumbering and 

 turpentining, farm wood lots, taxation, forest planting, and the influence of 

 deforestation upon streams, and recommendations for the preservation of the 

 forests and streams. 



Forest conditions in Sweden, C. Metzger (AUg. Forst ii. Jagd. Ztg.. 86 

 {1910), PI). 115-122). — A descriptive account of forest conditions and operations- 

 ill Sweden. 



Annual administration report of the forest department of the Madras 

 Presidency for the twelve months ending June 30, 1909 (Ann. Adiulii. Rpt. 

 Forest Dcpt. Madras, 1909, />/>. 96+CXXXII+12). — This is the yearly progress 

 report relative to the constitution, management and administration of the 

 state forests in the northern, central and southern circles of the Madras Presi- 

 dency, including financial statements for the year. The data relative to areas, 

 progress in forest survey and working plans, routine administi'ation work, 

 forest products, revenues, expenditures, etc., are appended in tabular form. 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Vegetable pathology, H. Tryon (Ann. Rpt. Dcpt. Agr. and Stock [Queens- 

 land], 1908-9, pp. 112-122). — This is a report on the various diseases of agri- 

 cultural, orchard, and garden crops, in which much space is given to a discus- 

 sion of the discovery in Queensland and Tasmania of the late blight of the 

 potato {Phytophthora infestans) and the probable source of its introduction, 

 together with laws and remedies to check its further dissemination in Aus- 

 tralasia. 



The principal fungus diseases of the year, T. W. Kirk {New Zeal. Dcpt. 

 Agr. Ann. Rpt., 17 {1909). pp. 76-86, pJ. 1). — This is a report of the various 

 diseases found on cultivated plants in New Zealand in 1909. Special note is 

 made of the death of fowls caused by eating wheat badly affected with stinking 

 smut {Tilletia tritici). 



Turnips suffered severely from a bacterial rot attributed to BaciUiis olera- 

 cccc, which is claimed to be mainly carried by insects. An unknown species 

 of Phoiua is also reported to be causing great destruction to blackberries. 



Injuries to cultivated plants in Reuss, F. Ludwig {Phytopath,. Bcr. Biol. 

 Centralstelle Reuss, 1909, No. 5, pp. 10; abs. in Ztsehr. Pflanzenkranl-.. 20 

 {1910). No. 2, pp. 83, S-'f). — ^A general summary of fungus, insect and weed 

 pests of grain, forage, truck garden and orchard crops, and forest trees for 1909. 



Some fungi from Ossola, A. Noelli {Malpighia, 23 {1909), No. 3-4, pp. 

 171-lS.'i. fig. 1). — This is a list of some 47 species of fungi, mainly parasitic, 

 from the valley of Ossola, of which MoUisia fagicola on the leaves of the beech 

 {Fagus sylvatica) is described as new. 



The loose smut of oats and stinking smut of wheat and their prevention, 

 J. C. Arthur and A. G. Johnson {Indiana Sta. Circ. 22, pp. 1.5, figs. 9). — De- 

 scriptions are given of the loose smut of oats and the stinking smut of wheat 

 and suggestions offered for their prevention, the method advised being the 

 sprinkling of the seed when spread on the floor with a solution of about 1 pt. 

 of formalin to 50 gal. of water, after which the grain is thoroughly shoveled 

 over so as to distribute the moisture evenly. About 1 gal. of this solution is 

 required for 1 bu. of oats or 2 bu. of wheat. 



