Other Recent Literature 123 



devices here described, would hardly appeal to the American 

 lumberman, and naturally American practice is not represented, 

 there are yet valuable lessons to be learned in the construction of 

 slides and flumes, cableways and moveable track, etc., which are 

 not to be found with as much detail, especially as to relative 

 cost and efficiency, in other literature. 



B. E. F. 



OTHER RECENT LITERATURE. 



American. 



Forestry as Related to the Future Prosperity of the Country and 

 its Bear iyigs on the Lumber Industry. By S. B. Elliott. For- 

 estry Committee, National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Associa- 

 tion, N. Y., 1906. 12 pp. 



Observations on the Flora of the Isle of Palms, Charleston, S. C. 

 By W. C. Coker. Torreya, Vol. 5, No. 8. 1905. 11 pp. 111. 



A Com,parative Study of the Vegetation of Swamp, Clay, and 

 Sayidstone Areas in Westeryi Wisconsin, Southeastern Minnesota, 

 Northeastern, Central, and Southeastern Iowa. By L. H. Pam- 

 mel. Davenport Academy of Sciences, Davenport, Iowa, 1905. 

 96 pp. 111. 



The Eastern Forests. By E. E. Hale. Lend a Hand Record, 

 November, 1905. 3 pp. 



A Working Plaji for Forest La^ids in Central Alabama. By 

 Franklin W. Reed. Bull. 68, Forest Service, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 68 pp. 



Heari7igs before Co^nmittee on Agriculture on Bills for the 

 Establishment of Forest Reserves in the Southern Appalachian ayid 

 White Mountaiyis. Washington, 1906. 52 pp. 



The Southern Appalachian Forests. By H. B. Ayers and W 

 W. Ashe. Professional paper No. 37, U. S. Geological Survey, 

 Washington, 1905. 291 pp. 111. 



