148 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. [Vol. 35 



Part 1 treats at length of the railway fire situation and part 2 consists of 

 reports of the committee on forests of the Commission of Conservation. The 

 succeeding parts deal with forest fires and the brush disposal problem; the 

 effect of repeated forest fires upon the reproduction of commercial species in 

 Peterborough County, Ontario; the reproduction of commercial species in the 

 southern coastal forests of British Columbia ; and forestry on Dominion lands. 

 Regulations governing the granting of yearly licenses and permits to cut timber 

 on Dominion lands are appended. 



Proceedings of forest industry conference of the forest protective organi- 

 zations of the Pacific coast, composing the Western Forestry and Conserva- 

 tion Association, with state, federal, and British Columbia forest agencies, 

 San Francisco, October 19, 20, 1915 {Proc. Forest Indus. Conf. West. Forestry 

 and Conserv. Assoc, 1915, pp. 31, figs. 10).— In this report the following papers 

 are included: Year's Results of Private and State Protective Work, by E. T. 

 Allen (pp. 4, 5) ; The Governiuent's Experience and Conclusions, by A. S. 

 Peck (pp. 5-7) ; What the Season Taught British Columbia, by M. A. Grainger 

 (p. 7) ; Fire Weather Forecasts, by E. A. Beals (pp. 7, 8) ; Railroad Fires, by 

 F. A. Silcox (pp. 8, 9) ; Forest Protection and Modern Invention, by C. Du- 

 Bois (pp. 9-11) ; The Psychology of Sentiment Making, by E. T. Allen (pp. 11, 

 12) ; The Business End of Cooperative Fire AVork, by A. W. Laird (pp. 12-15) ; 

 Compulsory Protection Laws, by C. S. Chapman (pp. 15, 16) ; Relations Be- 

 tween Eastern and Western Forestry Organizations as the East Hopes to See 

 Them, by H. S. Drinker (pp. 17, 18) ; Our Relations as the West Hopes to See 

 Them, by F. C. Knapp (pp. 18, 19) ; What the Magazine Can Do To Help, by 

 P. S. Ridsdale (p. 19) ; Organization of Forest Owners in the East, by W. R. 

 Brown (pp. 19, 20) ; Can Manufacturers, Timber Owners, and Protective 

 Agencies Unite to Advantage? by H. D. Langille (pp. 20-22) ; Does the Lumber 

 Industry Need Radical Reorganization to Protect Both Producer and Consumer? 

 by E. B. Hazen (pp. 22-25) ; The Government and the Lumber Industry, by H. 

 S. Graves (pp. 25-27) ; and Taxation and Forestry, by E. A. Self ridge, Jr. 

 (pp. 27, 28). 



The utilization of wood waste, E. Hubbard, trans, by M. J. Salter (London: 

 Scott, Greemcood & Son, 1915, 2. rev. ed., pp. XVI +192, figs. 50). — This transla- 

 tion of the second edition of the author's work (E. S. R., 14, p. 1132) has been 

 revised and enlarged to include more recent information relative to more ad- 

 vantageous methods of utilizing all wood waste. 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Fruit and vegetable diseases and their control, E. C. Stakman and A. G. 

 ToLAAS (Minnesota Sta. Bui. 153 (1916), pp. 3-67, figs. 32).— This is a some- 

 what popular bulletin designed to give information regarding the plant diseases 

 occurring in orchards and gardens in Minnesota. After preliminary directions 

 regarding spraying, formulas are given for a number of the more efficient 

 fungicides which are recommended. The diseases are described under an 

 alphabetical arrangement of the host plants. A spray calendar for the control 

 of insect and fungus pests on the more common orchard and garden plants con- 

 cludes the bulletin. 



Penicillium avellaneum, a new ascus-producing species, C. Thom and G. W. 

 TUKESSON (Mycologia, 7 (1915), No. 5, pp. 28J,-287, figs. 3).— A description, to- 

 gether with cultural data, is given of P. avellanenm n. sp. 



The genus Rhizoctonia in India, F. J. F. Shaw and S. L. Ajrekar (Mem. 

 Dept. Agr. India, Dot. Ser., 7 (1915), No. 4, pp. 177-191,, pis. 6).— Following up a 

 previous account of work by Shaw on Rhizoctonia (E. S. R., 28, p. 149), the 



