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Monographia del Castagrio} By Lodovico Piccioli ; Chief Di- 

 rector of the Forests of Siena. Pp. 178, Fig. 60. 



The most comprehensive work on chestnut culture for the 

 fruit that has yet been pubHshed. 



It is especially apropos and valuable in this country because of 

 the increasing importance of chestnut culture and the work being 

 done in New York and Pennsylvania on the subject. 



It contains chapters on : The Structure of the Wood ; The 

 Origin of the Cultivated Varieties ; Distribution ; Silvicultural 

 Characteristics ; Its Requirements ; Collection and Keeping of 

 the Fruit ; Coppiceing and Grafting ; Nursery Practice ; Sowing 

 and Planting ; Mature Woods ; Utilization of the Fruit ; Diseases. 



A Manual of Forest Engineering for India. By Charles Gilbert 

 Rogers. Vol. II. Office of the Superintendent of Public 

 Printing, Calcutta, India. Price, six shillings. Pp. 256. 

 Fig. 118. 



Volume II of the Manual of Forest Engineering for India con- 

 tains an extensive treatise on road and bridge construction appli- 

 cable in forest work. The subjects are treated in a practical as 

 well as a theoretical way. The application of the principles given 

 would in no way be confined to India. 



The work is the best of its kind that has appeared in English. 

 It will prove of great value to the managing forester. 



Report of the Third Anntial Meeting of the Canadian Forestry As- 

 sociation. 1902, Pp. 128. 



The minutes and the papers read at the meeting are printed in 

 this report. In the discussions a number of points of interest to 

 Canadians were touched upon. 



Thomas Southworth, Director of Forestry for Ontario, brings 

 together much matter regarding the timber laws and the public 

 forest lands. 



Austin Cary, Forester to the Berlin Mills Company, in a paper^ 

 read before the meeting, gives .some valuable information on con- 

 servative lumbering of spruce ; from which we make the follow- 

 ing selections : 



' Castanea sativa Mill. 



'The Management of Pulpwood Forests. 



