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more or less rough volume tables of the commoner Eastern 

 species and short accounts of various field operations and instru- 

 ments. If this handbook does nothing else than bring before the 

 trade the incongruities existing in the log rules it will have served 

 a worthy purpose. 



Among Green Trees. By Julia Ellen Rogers, A. W. Mumford, 

 1902. Pp. 202, 8", $3.00. 



This elegant and beautifully illustrated volume does not pre- 

 tend to be more than a popular book, we nevertheless give it a 

 mention here because it is the first in the English language to 

 dwell at length upon the physiology and phaenology of tree life. 



Although written in a pleasing style and with a good general 

 knowledge of tree life, there are unfortunately to be found in it 

 many of the half-truths, inaccurate and even incorrect statements, 

 which characterize most popular books quite unnecessarily. 



The Lumber Trade Journal, of Neiv Orleans. 

 Decetnber ist. 



The Journal makes the following comment on the departure 

 of thirty-six men of the Bureau of Forestry to make a working 

 plan for the Kirby lyUmber Company of Texas. 



" The Kirby interests include timber largely en masse and of a 

 character, both in extent and physical aspect, to invite scientific 

 manipulation and assure the very best attainable results. 



Upon the part of the holders of less formidable tracts, there 

 is no perceptible disposition to apply similar treatment, and the 

 prospect for anything like a general adoption of the Kirby pol. 

 icy is accordingly unpromising. In ordinary or typical cases, the 

 Journal hears of no similar action in the South and expects to 

 hear of practically none in the future." 



Allgememe Forst- und Jagd-Zeitung, 1902. 



Ueber Registrierkluppeii. By Dr. U. Miiller. Pp. 262-266. 



A brief discussion of the development of self-registering cali- 

 pers from the beginnings of Wolf in 1850, serves as introductory. 

 The body of the paper is taken up with a comparison of the ad- 

 vantages and disadvantages of self-recording calipers in general , 

 and of the three makes known as Hirschf eld's, Wimmenauer's 

 and Hohenadl's. 



