7IO forestry Quarterly. 



and large limbs painting with a mixture of i gallon soft soap and 

 I pint crude carbolic acid in 8^ gallons of water is recommended. 

 An emphatic protest is entered against the practice of topping 

 or pollarding trees like the elm. 



OTHER CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Mechanical Properties of Redwood. By A. L. Heim. Circular 

 193, U. S. Forest Service. Washington, D. C. 1912. Pp. 32. 



Condition of Bxperimental Chestnut Poles in the Warren- 

 Buffalo and Poiighkeepsie-N ewton Square Lines after Five and 

 Bight Years' Service. By C. P. Winslow. Circular 198, U. S. 

 Forest Service. Washington, D. C. 1912. Pp. 13. 



The Absorption of Creosote by the Cell Walls of Wood. By C. 

 H. Teesdale. Circular 200, U. S. Forest Service. Washington, 

 D. C. 1912. Pp. 7. 



Emory Oak in Southern Arizona. By F, J. Phillips. Circular 

 201, U. S. Forest Service. Washington, D. C. 1912. Pp. 15. 



The Profession of Forestry. By H. S. Graves. Circular 207, 

 U. S. Forest Service. Washington, D. C. 1912. Pp. 17. 



Extracting and Cleaning Seed. Compiled by the Branch of 

 Silviculture. Circular 208, U. S. Forest Service. Washington, 

 D. C. 1912. Pp. 23. 



Tests of Structural Timbers. By McGarvey Cline and A. L. 

 Heim. Bulletin 108, U. S. Forest Service. Washington, D. C. 

 1912. Pp. 123. 



Distillation of Resinous Wood by Saturated Steam. By L. F. 

 Hawley and R. C. Palmer. Bulletin 109, U. S. Forest Service. 

 Washington, D. C. 1912. Pp. 31. 



