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Seeding and Planting in the Practice of Forestry. A Manual 

 for the Guidance of Forestry Students, Foresters, Nurserymen, 

 Forest Owners and Farmers. By J. W. Tourney. John Wiley & 

 Sons, New York. 1916. Pp. 455; figs. 140. 



The outstanding feature of this book is the thoroughness and 

 completeness of treatment, the excellent illustrations and the clear- 

 ness of presentation. The author has happily combined a com- 

 prehensive discussion of the fundamental principles of artificial 

 regeneration with the practical details of nursery and planting 

 operations, derived from his own wide experience and that of others 

 working along this line. 



The book is divided into Part I, Silvical Basis, and Part II, The 

 Artificial Formation of Woods. Part I deals with general methods 

 of reproduction, the choice of species in artificial reproduction, 

 the principles which determine spacing and which govern composi- 

 tion of the stand. The discussion of these is introductory to 

 Part II, is well condensed, forming approximately one-sixth of 

 the total number of pages in the book and is good in its treatment 

 of the choice of species and the statements relative to the princi- 

 ples determining spacing. Prof. Toumey has in the latter topic 

 presented European practice and has brought out pertinent facts 

 concerning the spacing of plantations in American practice. 



Part II has an excellent arrangement in its considera- 

 tion, first, of forest tree seeds; second, protection and treatment 

 of planting areas; third, direct seeding; fourth, nursery practice, 

 and fifth, planting practice. 



Particularly striking throughout the whole of Part II are the 

 painstaking details into which the author has gone in this treatise 

 on forest planting. European literature has been freely drawn on, 

 but almost invariably the application to American conditions has 

 been pointed out, the best present practice cited and careful com- 

 parisons and comments given. The information given concerning 

 forest tree seeds is especially full comprising Prof. Tourney's 

 experiments at the Yale Forestry School, where he is director and 

 also Professor of Silviculture, and the results of experiments abroad 

 and in this country. The chapters on seed collecting and care of 

 seed will be of great value to foresters. 



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