842 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



for the most part illustrated. P'or details of culture, except in special cases, 

 cross references are made to part 3, which contains lists of plants grouped 

 together according to their treatment. The work concludes with a list of the 

 principal species classed by colors and flowering seasons. 



Gardening in California, landscape and flower, J. McLaren (San Francisco, 

 1909, pp. XIII+399, iJls. 29, figs. Ill,, dgms. y).— This handbook was prepared 

 with special reference to California conditions, and is submitted to amateur 

 and pi'ofessional gardeners of that State as supplementary to authoritative 

 treatises and encyclopedias on landscape and flower gardening. The first chap- 

 ters deal with the location of site for house and garden, planning and planting 

 operations, lawn making, etc. In several succeeding chapters jwpular descrip- 

 tions and cultural notes are given of a large number of trees and shrubs, 

 climbers and twiners, bulbous and tuberous rooted plants, palms, ferns, bam- 

 boos, grasses, succulents, and herbaceous and bedding plants. Other chapters 

 deal with the development of ponds, lakes, and the water garden, parlor garden- 

 ing, the window box, the amateur's conservatory,, diseases and insects injurious 

 to plants, general cultural notes, and sand reclamation. The work concludes 

 with a calendar of operations for the year. 



Scottish gardens, H. Maxwell {1>1cw York and London, 1908, pp. X-\-252, 

 pis. 32). — In this popular work illustrations ami descriptions are given of a 

 representative selection of different types of old and new Scottish gardens. The 

 colored illustrations, by Miss M. G. W. Wilson, are a prominent feature of the 

 book which is presented with a view of stimulating an interest in garden 

 development. Lists are appended of rhododendrons suitable to the climate of 

 the west of Scotland, together ^with other shrubs which have proved hardy in 

 Scotland and decorative shrubs, herbs, and bulbs. 



Some continental gardens and nurseries, W. J. Bean {Roy. Bot. Gard. Kcw, 

 Bui. Misc. Inform., 1908, No. 9, pp. 3S7-Jf06). — Brief descriptive notes are given 

 of several gardens and nurseries in Europe relative to the more interesting 

 trees and shrubs growing there and the general landscape effects of the gardens. 



FORESTRY. 



Report on forestry, L. A. Thurston (Hniraii. Planters' Mo., 27 (1908), No. 

 11, pp. Ji66--'fl'l). — A review of forest conditions and operations in Hawaii pre- 

 sented before the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. 



In connection with the report an account is given of an experiment by L. von 

 Tempsky in planting trees on cultivated versus uncultivated land. A 1-acre lot 

 was planted to eucalypts by merely digging holes and planting 6 ft. each way, 

 whereas a 3-acre lot was plowed and harrowed twice and thoroughly cleaned 

 from weeds before planting. A crop of potatoes was also harvested from the 

 3-acre lot. Deducting the value of the potatoes which netted $69.19, the cost 

 per acre of growing the trees on the cultivated land was $25.90 as against 

 $18.40 for the uncultivated acre. One year from planting, however, the tallest 

 tree in the uncultivated lot was 5 ft. 3 in. and the average height of the trees 

 3 ft., whereas on the cultivated lot the tallest tree measured 16 ft. and the 

 average height was over 10 ft. These results appear to warrant systematic 

 cultivation of the tree plantations in Hawaii wherever the location will render 

 it possible. 



Report of fhe superintendent of forestry, R. S. Hosmer (Rpt. Bd. fUDiirs. 

 Ayr. and Forestry Hawaii, // (1907), pp. 9-.'i6). — This is a report on the opera- 

 tions in the division of forestry for 1907 relative to the establishment and 

 management of forest reserves, forest extension and miscellaneous forest work. 

 Brief statements are included from many of the district foresters relative to 



