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an introduction of 14 pages the past and present conditions of 
forestry in the United States are briefly discussed. The book, which 
runs to 455 pages, is then divided into two parts the first entitled 
* Silvical Basis for Seeding and Planting,” and the second “The 
Artificial Formation of Woods.” Each part is then divided into chapters 
dealing with special subjects which are again sub-divided into numbered 
sections with prominent headings to toring study. 
Part i. deals largely with the formation of natural and artificial 
woods, their composition, etc., whilst the ison part deals with seeds 
and seedlings from the collection of the seeds through the periods of 
storage, testing, sowing, trans lanting, and nursery care of seedlings, to 
their planting in permanent positions. In this part considerable atten- 
tion is also given to planting sites and their preparation for planting. 
A good idea of the thoroughness with which the book has been 
a a ae may be gathered from the sub-headings to Chap. vii. Pt. u 
“Forest tree seed and seed collecting,” among which are the 
following : — 
1. Demand for forest seed. 2. Sources from which seed fe be 
seeds per pound. 9. The number of pounds of seed per bushel of 
fruit and the cost per Sai 12. Variation in the keeping nie 
of different species. 17. The determination of viability. ; 
of germinating apparatus. 24. Germinating tests in soil. 25. Ger. 
hasten germination. 32. The average viability of commercial seed, etc. 
Tables and photographs are introduced in various places to summarise 
and illustrate special subjects and the book throughout is dealt with 
in such a manner as to be both instructive and interesting. W. D. 
Farm Forestry.*—This coe written by the Professor of 
Forestry at the Pennsylvania State College, U.S.A., is 
intended .as a guide to the management of woods on 
farms and small estates rather than a work on_ general 
forestry. Nevertheless it contains a great deal of informa- 
tion that is applicable to forestry in all its branches and 
deserves a place in the forester’s libra The early chapters 
take a general survey of woods in connection with farms, the 
botanical characters of trees and their requirements, and the 
relationship of trees to the improvement of land, followed by 
chapters on various methods applicable to the establishment of 
farm woodlots, the conversion of timber from farm woods, the 
marketing of timber and the different properties of woods. 
Chapter xx. deals with the use of BA woods for fence 
posts by treating with creosote, and ought to be of particular 
value to farmers both in the United States and in other countries. 
The chapter on the different properties of woods will also be 
found of considerable use by those people who are at a loss 
to know how to convert hom me-grown timber to the best advantage. 
Numerous illustrations add interest to the wor 
* Farm Forestry, by John, Arden Ferguson, A.M., ublighed, by by 
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