44 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



given for the year 1909, showing the nature, vohime. and value of major and 

 minor forest products in the various districts of Bavaria. 



A statistical review of the forest administration of the Grand-Duchy of 

 Baden for the year 1908 (Statis Nachio. Forstvenv. Baden, 31 (1908), pp. 

 XXI +145, dgms. 11). — Part 1 of this review contains general summaries rela- 

 tive to forest areas, grubbing and planting operations, and forest offenses. 

 Part 2 contains detailed statistical information for the crown forests, relative 

 to areas by districts, financial yields, yield in lumber and minor forest products, 

 silvicultural operations, road building, wages, and net returns for the year, 

 with comparative data showing the net returns for the previous 41 years. Part 

 3 contains statistics relative to yields in major and minor forest products, 

 financial returns, silvicultural operations, road building, etc., for the commime 

 and corporation forests during 1908. 



The tables are preceded by an explanatory text. 



Report of supervisors' meeting' at Missoula, Montana, W. B. Greeley 

 {Forestry Quart., S {1910), Xo. 3, pp. 302-325).— This is a rather full account 

 of the proceedings at the meeting of the supervisors of the Forest Service of 

 this Department, held in Missoula, Mont., in March, 1910. Subjects such as the 

 administration of timber sales and logging operations, reconnaissance and 

 working plans, forest planting, and forest settlements' work and policy are 

 discussed. 



Survey methods and costs for a larg'e area, E. Wilson {Forestry Quart., 

 8 {1910), No. 3, pp. 287-293) .—The problem before the author was to map and 

 estimate over 1,900 square miles of timber lands at the least expense. He 

 d^escribes in detail the methods employed, including a statement of costs for 

 the past 6 months. 



Some suggestions on predicting growth for short periods, J. G. Stetson 

 {Forestry Quart., 8 {1910), No. 3, pp. 326-331, figs. 2).— The author briefly 

 considers the plan of procedure for determining the growth of unthinned 

 even-aged stands and uneveu-agetl stands. 



Creosote for preserving' gate posts {Agr. News [Barbados], 9 {1910), No. 

 220, p. 312). — Pitch pine gate posts treated with creosote in 1905 under the 

 direction of the Antigua Botanic Station were in perfectly sound condition in 

 1910. Similar untreated posts were erected in 1909 to serve as a future check 

 on the treated posts. The treatment consisted in pouring creosote into a | in. 

 hole bored in the top of the post to a depth of from 15 to 18 in., and into similar 

 holes bored at about 18 in. from the ground level and at an angle of about 70°. 

 The holes have been kept filled with creosote almost continuously since the posts 

 were erected. 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Diseases of cultivated plants and trees, G. ^Massee {New York and London, 

 1910, pp. XII+602, figs. i7i).— This work is intended to supplant the Text-book 

 of Plant Diseases by the same author, the first edition of which appeared in 

 1899 (E. S. R., 11, p. 555). The material has been wholly rewritten and greatly 

 extended, many new disea.ses having made their appearance since the earlier 

 work was completed. The system of treatment has also been changed, the chap- 

 ters especially devoted to technical descriptions of fungi having been omitted 

 and such descriptions as were found desirable included in the text describing 

 the disease. 



In the present work diseases due to causes other than fungi are considered 

 at some length, but naturally those due to parasitic organisms are given most 

 attention. The descriptions are such as would enable one readily to identify 



