644 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Gardens old and new, edited by II. A. Tipping (Neio York and London, 

 [IDOS], pp. XI+S.'iG, pi. 1, figs. 397). — This is the third of a series of volumes, 

 all of which portrjiy English country homes and their garden environments. 

 The present volume contains about 400 photographic illustrations with de- 

 scrii)tive text. 



Gardening for women, Frances G. Wolseley (New York and London, 

 1908, pp. XV +289, pis. 32, figs. 13). — A popular work in which the author draws 

 attention to the qualifications of women for taking up various phrases of gar- 

 dening, points out the advantages to be derived by employing them, and outlines 

 their position in supplementing and Increasing the work done by male gardeners. 

 Several chapters of the book are devoted to syllabuses of colleges and schools 

 in Great Britain and elsewhere, which are deemed of value in training women 

 for gardening pursuits. 



Window gardening, H. B. Dorner (Indianapolis, 1908, pp. 153, pi. 1, figs. 

 .'i3). — A practical work on window gardening in which the author discusses 

 various forms of containers, potting methods, soils, watering, fertilizers, light, 

 heat and ventilation, insect enemies, propagation by seed and by cuttings, and 

 gives detailed directions for the culture of a large number of bulbs, foliage 

 plants and flowering plants- suitable for window culture. 



Water lilies and how to grow them, H. S. Conard and H. Hus (New York, 

 1901, pp. V+228, pis. 31). — A popular work containing directions for the culture 

 of various kinds of water lilies, together with chapters on the making of ponds 

 and the use of accessory plants. The relative values of the different varieties 

 in the various groups are pointed out and lists are given of water lilies for 

 special purposes. 



FORESTRY. 



Douglas fir: A study of the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain forms, 

 E. H. Frothingham (U. S. Dept. Agr., Forest. 8crv. Cire. 150, pp. 38, figs. 3).— 

 This circular discusses the history, distinguishing characteristics, silvical forms, 

 geographical distribution, and silvical regions within the range of Douglas fir, 

 together with the silvical characteristics and requirements of the two forms, 

 and systems of management in the different silvical regions. 



The author concludes that of the two forms of Douglas fir, one of which 

 inhabits the region between the Cascades and Sierra Nevada and the coast, 

 and the other the Rocky Mountain region, the coast form is suiterior for forest 

 planting in almost every respect. The mountain form is better adapted for 

 ornamental purposes or for regions where the climate is unfavorable to the 

 growth of the coast form. Attention is called to the great desirability of select- 

 ing seed for future plantings from rapid-growing, straight, symmetrical trees. 



The pine: Economic and statical investigations of the forest division, 

 Eberswalde Forest Research Station, A. Schwappach (Die Kicfer: M'irt 

 sehaftliehv iind i^fafiscJie Untcr.siirJningen der Forstlichen Abteilung der Haupt- 

 station des Forstliehen Tersuchswesens in Eberswalde. Neudamm, 1908, pp. 

 IV+180). — In addition to normal yield tables for the pine based upon studies 

 of Prussian pine stands for the past 30 years, considerable tabular data are 

 given and discussed relative to studies of the effect of various methods of cul- 

 ture and of different degrees of density upon the development of pine forests, 

 assortment yield tables, and investigations on the productiveness of pine for- 

 estry under different systems of treatment. 



In the appendix tables are given for different experimental areas in which 

 the trees are classed according to their diameter at 1.3 meters (about 5 ft.) 

 fi'om the ground. 



