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or fertilizer materials. According to the Official U. S. Bulletin 
for October 22, 1918, the acting director of the Bureau of Air- 
craft Production has established a price for the seeds of $4.50 a 
bushel of 46 pounds. 
Recent gifts to the library include fifty-six separata presented 
by Dr. Elmer D. Merrill of the Bureau of Sciences, Manila, P. 1.; 
and eight separata presented by the Botanical Department of 
Purdue University. 
Three New National Forests Proclaimed in the East.—The 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, issues the following: 
President Wilson has issued a proclamation establishing three 
new national forests in the East—the White Mountain, in Maine 
and New Hampshire, the Shenandoah, in Virginia and West Vir- 
ginia, and the Natural Bridge, in Virginia. 
The White Mountain National Forest is located in Grafton, 
Carroll, and Coos Counties, N. H., and Oxford County, Me. 
The Government has actually taken title to about 267,000 acres, 
and in addition about 124,000 acres more have been approved for 
purchase, making a total of about 391,000 acres under Federal 
protection. This forest protects in part the watersheds of the 
Androscoggin, Saco, Connecticut, and Ammonoosuc Rivers. 
The Shenandoah National Forest is situated in Rockingham, 
Augusta, Bath, and Highland Counties, Va., and Pendleton 
County, W. Va. The Government has acquired to date slightly 
in excess of 100,000 acres, and an additional area of approxi- 
mately 65,000 acres has been approved for purchase, making a 
total of approximately 165,000 acres under Federal protection. 
The forest is for the most part on the watershed of the Shenan- 
doah River and it also protects a portion of the watersheds of the 
Potomac and the James. 
The Natural Bridge National Forest is situated in Rocking- 
ham, Nelson,’ Amherst, Botetourt, and Bedford Counties, Va. 
The Federal Government has actually acquired title to a little 
over 73,000 acres, and an additional area of approximately 29,000 
acres has been approved for ‘purchase. The forest, which pro- 
tects a portion of the watershed of the James River, does not in- 
