1 8 Announcement of Botany and Forestry. 



distribution, and actual and possible uses. Lectures, 

 laboratory and field work. Three hours, first semester. 

 (Open only to graduates.) 



Sargent : Silva of North America. W. Stevenson : Trees 

 of Commerce. Matthews : Familiar Trees and their 

 Appearance. Pinchot: The White Pine. Emerson: 

 Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts. Sargent: Woods of 

 the United States. 



Dendrology: Mr. C. A. DAVIS. A continuation of Course 3 

 in which the biological side of the subject will be espe- 

 cially considered. Lectures, laboratory and field work, 

 Three hours, second semester. (Open only to graduates.) 

 Koch : Dendrologie. F. Schwartz : Forstliche Botanik. 



Forest Mensuration: Mr. C. A. DAVIS. The methods of find- 

 ing the volume of felled and standing trees and of whole 

 forests, and the discussion of the principles underlying 

 these. Methods of determining the rate of increase in 

 height, diameter, and volume of individual trees, and of 

 stands, and of estimating timber. Lectures, recitations 

 and practical work. Three hours, first semester. (Open 

 only to graduates.) 



Miiller : Lehrbuch der Holzmesskunde. Schlich : Manual 

 of Forestry. 



Forest Mensuration: Mr. C. A. DAVIS. A continuation of 

 Course 5. During the spring term a large part of the 

 time devoted to this course will be spent in the woods 

 in practically applying the principles already learned in 

 work upon a large scale. Three hours t second semester. 

 (Open only to graduates.) 



Information with regard to other courses to be pursued during 

 this year may be found in a special circular relating to the work 

 in Forestry. 



