Other Current Literature. 455 



with special reference to the manners and customs of the non- 

 Chinese races inhabiting the China-Thibet region explored, but 

 much botanical information accompanies the narrative. 



The bulk of the material of botanical interest, however, is to 

 be found in the second volume. The nature of this is indicated 

 by the following headings : the flora of western China ; the prin- 

 cipal timber trees ; fruits, wild and cultivated ; Chinese materia 

 medica ; gardens and gardening ; flowers cultivated ; principal 

 food-stuff crops ; trees, shrubs and herbs of economic importance ; 

 tea and tea-yielding plants, and the tea industry. 



J. H. W. 



OTHER CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Workmen's Compensation- Laics of the U. S. and Foreign Coun- 

 tries. Bulletin of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Whole 

 No. 126. Washington, 191 4. Pp. 477. 



Hearings before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Re- 

 presentatives, 6^rd Congress, 2d S'esuon, on H. R. isS/p — a bill 

 making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the 

 Hscal year ending June 30, 1913, and report on the bill. Washing- 

 ton, Government Printing Office, 1914. 



Statement of H. S. Graves. Chief Forester, Forest Service, is 

 given on pp. 239-312 inclusive. Report on the Agriculture Ap- 

 propriation Bill so far as it refers to the Forest Service is given 

 on pp. 662 and 686-692 inclusive. The appropriation for 191 5 is 

 $5,399,679, an increase of $143,577 over 1914. 



Grazing Homesteads and the Regulation of Grazing on the 

 Public Lands. Hearing before the Commission on the Public 

 Lands. March, 1914. Washington, 1914. Pp. 504. 



The Lumber Industry and the Railroads. By John R. Walker. 

 Published by the Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau, Memphis, 

 Tenn. Pp. 15. • 



A statement made on behalf of the Southern lumber interests in 

 the general advance rate case before the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission at Washington, D. C, February 20, 1914. 



The article is a plea against the proposed 5 per cent advance 



