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corks ; and much relating to the commerce in corks and to 

 other appliances to which the material is and may be put. 



In 1879 there was published a work entitled Le Chene 

 Liege en Algerie, par M. A. Lamey, Inspecteur des Forests 

 The Cork Tree in Algeria, &c. Of this, in 1881, Senor 

 D. Primitive Artigas, now Chief in the Corps of Forest 

 Engineers, and Professor of Sylviculture, Meteorology and 

 Climatology, in the School of Forestry, published in the 

 Revista de Monies, and afterwards reprinted a Resena Critica 

 or Critical Review And four years later, in 1885, he pub- 

 lished as a reprint a pamphlet entitled Alcornocales Industrie 

 TaponicaThe Cork Industry of the Cork-Oak a part of 

 a larger work reporting what had been made subjects of 

 observation on a professional tour made with the students 

 under his care, in the province of Gerona, in the spring of 

 1882. 



Another work on the same subject is one published in 

 1884, Notas Sobre los Alcornocales, y la Indastria Corchera de 

 la Argelia par D. Jose Jordana y Morera, Jcfe de Primera 

 Clase der Ouerpo, de Ingenieros de Monies ; publication oftcial 

 del Ministero de Fomento Notes on the Cork Trees and the 

 Cork Industry of Algiers, by Senor Jordana, Chief of the 

 First Class in the Corps of Forest Engineers ; an official 

 publication of the Minister de Fornento. 



Appended to the first-mentioned work of Senor Artigas 

 is the following list of works, consulted by him in the 

 preparation ot that work, which might prove useful to 

 others engaged in the prosecution of the study of this 

 subject, while it shows what provision was made for 

 facilitating such studies by members of the corps : 



Alonso de Herrara (Gabriel). Agricultura general. 4 vols. 

 1818-19. Madrid. 



Barruel (G.) Traite de Chimio appliquee aux arts et a 

 1'industrie, a la pharmacie et a 1'agriculture, 5 yols,, 

 1856-60. Paris, 



