442 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



treatise on the culture of flowers, shrubs, trees, and vines with special reference 

 to California conditions, including lists of varieties adapted for that State. 



Hardy ornamental plants for unfavorable city conditions, L. P. Jensen 

 (Gard. Chron. of America, 19 (1915), No. 5, pp. 234, ^35, figs. 6).— A list is 

 given of ornamental trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, vines, and climbers 

 which have proved by experience to be adapted for a thickly settled district in 

 St. Louis, w^here the atmosphere is smoky and sooty. Conifers have failed 

 under such conditions and are not included in the list. 



Color grouping for small gardens, Eleonora Armitage (Oanl. Chron., 3. 

 ser., 57 {1915), Nos. 1466, pp. 51, 52; U76, pp. 191, 192).— In this article tlie 

 author describes a number of groupings of two or three species, especially ar- 

 ranged for developing color schemes in small gardens during the spring months. 



Methods and costs of planting a small park to grass, making paths, and 

 planting hedge, H. R. Ferkiss (Engin. and Contract., 43 {1915), No. IJf, p. 320, 

 fig. 1). — Data are given showing the labor requirements and cost of constructing 

 walks and planting grass and hedges in a small park. 



A B C of gardening, E. E. Rexford {New York: Harper d Brothers, 1915, 

 pp. 115). — ^A small popular treatise on ornamental gardening, both indoors and 

 in the open. 



FORESTRY. 



The relation of forestry to the development of the country, R. II. Campbell 

 (Dept. Int. Canada, Forestry Branch Circ. 11 [1915], pp. 7, figs. 4). — ^A descrip- 

 tion of some European forest conditions with special reference to their appli- 

 cation to forest management in Canada. 



The subdivision of forests, J. S. Illick (Forestry Quart., 13 (1915), No. 2. 

 pp. 183-198). — A discussion of the fundamental principles underlying the 

 orderly subdivision of a forest with an example as applied to a portion of the 

 Mont Alto State Forest of Pennsylvania. 



Report of the superintendent of forestry, R. S. Hosmer ([Bien.] Rpt. Bd. 

 Comrs. Agr. and Forestry Hawaii, 1913-14, pp. 33-68, pis. 4). — This compi-ises a 

 report for the period from January 1, 1913, to August 31, 1914, relative to the 

 administration and management of Hawaiian forest reserves, forest extension 

 work by the government, tree planting under corporation and private auspices, 

 and miscellaneous forest work. The report for 1913-14 is followed by a sum- 

 mary of forest work in Hawaii during the i>eriod 1904-1914. 



During 1913 and 1914 ten new forest reserves were established, making a 

 total of 37 reserves with an aggregate area of 798,214 acres, of which 68 per 

 cent belongs to the territorial government. 



Report of the acting superintendent of forestry, D. Haughs ([Bien.'] Rpt. 

 Bd. Comrs. Agr. and Forestry Haicaii, 1913-14, pp. 69-72). — A brief report 

 supplementary to the above and covering the period from September 1 to Decem- 

 ber 31, 1914. The text is given of a rule approved by the governor, August 22, 

 1914, concerning the protection of the watersheds within the Honolulu Water- 

 shed Forest Reserve. 



During the biennial period 1913-14, 1,183,568 trees were planted in the Terri- 

 toi*y of Hawaii, largely by corporations. 



Report of the forest nurseryman, D. Haughs ( [Bien.] Rpt. Bd. Comrs. Agr. 

 and Forestry Haicaii, 1913-14, pp. 73-80, pis. 2). — ^A progress report for the 

 biennial period ended December 31, 1914, relative to the work at the govern- 

 ment nursery, Makiki station, and Tantulas forest, and to the Honolulu water- 

 shed planting work. 



