440 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



and largely rewritten to conform with the progress made in the past 15 years 

 in out-of-door house decoration, and to include the greatly increased list of plant 

 material now in use for this purpose. 



Luther Burbank, his life and work, H. S. WrLLiAsis (Xeic York: Hearst's 

 International Library Co., 1915, pp. XII+333, pis. 40). — A summarized account 

 of the life and work of Luther Burbank, largely based on Burbank's own 

 account of his life work (E. S. R., 32. p. 143). 



FORESTHY. 



The forests of Anne Arundel County, F. W. Besley {Baltimore: MtL State 

 Bd. Forestry, lOlo, pp. 2S, pis. Jf). — This report embraces the results of a survey 

 of forest conditions in Anne Arundel County, Md., which was made by the state 

 forester in 1909. Information is given relative to the character and stand of 

 timber, the uses of the forest, methods of cutting, amount of timber now being 

 cut, and damage by fire and other destructive agencies. The report is largely 

 supplemented by a forest map of the county. 



Brazilian woods, A. L. M. Gottschalk (U. S. Dept. Com., Com. Rpts., No. 

 301 (1915), pp. lll-'t-llll). — A consular report on Brazilian woods, including 

 tabular data showing exports of various hardwoods for five years and the 

 specific weights of the principal hardwoods of Brazil employed -in construction 

 work or in furniture making, together with notes on the favorite woods of 

 Brazil. 



Contribution to the knowledge of some timbers of Eritrea, L. Senni (Bol. 

 R. (Hard. Colon. Palermo, 1 (liU-'f), Xo. 2, pp. 15'J-16S). — In continuation of a 

 previous report (E. S. R., 20, p. 844) brief notes are given on the structure and 

 other characteristics of the woods of several timber trees growing in Eritrea, 

 Africa. 



The testing of forest seeds during 25 years, 1887-1912, J. Rafn ([Copen- 

 hagen]: Author, 1915, pp. 91. pi. 1, figs. J). — Tins briKhuro comprises as a wliole 

 a record of tests of the seed of various conifers and broad-leaved trees con- 

 ducted at the Scandinavian Forest Seed Establishment during the past 2.5 years. 



Five years' growth, on Douglas fir sample plats, T. T. Munger (Proc. Soe. 

 Amer. Foresters, 10 {1915), No. J/, pp. ^2.3-425). — Tabular data are given show- 

 ing the growth of permanent sample plats in second growth Douglas fir forests 

 in the Cascade National Forest. 



Differentiation of the oaks by histological methods, F. W. Mulsow {Kan-s. 

 Univ. Sei. Bui., 9 {1915), No. 20, pp. 211-277, pis. 5). — In this work four specie.s 

 of native oaks are compared as to their histological structures and character- 

 istics. The species studied are Quercus rubra, Q. sehn^^ekii, Q. coccin<;a, and 

 Q. macroearpa. 



The autlior concludes that there are enough differences in the various tis- 

 sues of the oaks to enable one to distingiiish the species by histological methods. 

 There were found differences in the leaf sufficient to distinguish the species, and 

 in addition there were further distinguishing difference's in the stem and acorns. 



A study of the histological variations of Quercus muhlenbergii. J. A. 

 Elliott {Kans. Univ. Sei. Bui., 9 {1914), No. 4, pp. 4^-54, />'«• 5).— This paper 

 reports a study by histological methods of variations in four native oaks, all 

 classified in the Gray Herbarium as Quercus muhlenbergii. 



Teak in Siam and Indo-China, F. H. Smith {U. S. Dept. Com.. Bur. Foreign 

 and Dom. Com., Spec. Agents Ser., No. 108 (1915), pp. 21).— In this report an 

 introductory account is given of the properties and utilization of teak wood, 

 after which the author discusses the various grades and prices of teak wootl 



