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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



BOOK REVIEWS 



West African Forests and Forestry, by A. 



Harold Unwin (Dutton). Illustrated. 



The author, late Senior Conservator of 

 Forests in Nigeria, having spent thirteen 

 years in West Africa in forestry, has had 

 exceptional experience, and his book offers 

 the reading public an excellent opportunity 

 to share in its benefits. He starts by deal- 

 ing in general with West African forests, 

 then successfully in geographical order 

 with the trees and forests of Gambia, Sierra 

 Leone, Liberia, the Ivory and Gold Coasts, 

 Togo, Nigeria, and the British Sphere of 

 the Cameroons. He supplies notes on tim- 

 ber trees both for export and local use, 

 and gives throughout the botanical and 

 vernacular names of indigenous trees. Doc- 

 tor Unwin has also chapters on the oil 

 beans, seeds and nuts of the West African 

 forests ; on the oil palm and palm kernel 

 industry ; and the question of the forest in 

 relation to agriculture. 



The Development of Institutions Under 

 Irrigation, by George Thomas (Macmil- 

 lar). Illustrated. 



This book, one of the Rural Science 

 Series, is a thorough and intensive report 

 of the history of irrigation in the State of 

 Utah. The large areas of land which have 

 been reclaimed all through the west make 

 the subject one of first importance to all 

 who are interested in western projects, as 

 well as to students of irrigation and its 

 effect on institutions. Mr. Thomas has 

 done an interesting historical piece of 

 work, well-written, and well worth the at- 

 tention of economists, geographists, and 

 historians of the United States. 



The Practice of Silviculture (With Par- 

 ticular Reference to Its Application in 

 the United States). By Ralph C. Haw- 

 ley (Wiley). Price, $4.00. 

 Published in March, this book will fill a 

 long-felt want and cover, as a text-book, 

 a field at present unfilled. It has par- 

 ticular application to the forests of this 

 continent with regard to silviculture. The 

 subject is presented from the standpoint of 

 the teacher and the arrangement and dis- 

 cussion is shaped in a manner which will 

 be clear to the student. The topics treated 

 are reproduction methods, clear cutting 

 method, the seed tree method, the shelter- 

 wood method, the selection method, the 

 coppice method, coppice with standard 

 method, intermediate cuttings, method of 

 controlling cuttings, slash disposal, forest 

 protection against forest fires, against in- 

 sects, against tree diseases and protection 

 against domestic animals (grazing). Pro- 

 tection against avalanches, landslides, floods 

 and shifting sand. The author's long ex- 

 perience in the practical application of 

 silviculture on forest properties and in 

 teaching the subject, as well as his position 



BOOKS ON FORESTRY 



AMERICAN FORESTRY will publish each month, for the benefit 01 those who wish books on forestry, 

 a list of titles, authors snd prices of such books. These may be ordered through the American Forestry 

 Association, Washington, D. C. Prices are by mall or express prepaid. 



FOREST VALUATION Flllbert Roth Jl.s 



FOREST REGULATION FUibert Roth 20a 



PRACTICAL TREE REPAIR By Elbert Peets 2.35 



LUMBER MANUFACTURING ACCOUNTS By Arthur F. Jones 2 11 



FOREST VALUATION By H. H. Chapman 1.10 



CHEMISTRY OF PULP AND PAPER MAKING By Edwin Sutermeister 6.10 



CHINESE FOREST TREES AND TIMBER SUPPLY By Norman Shaw 2.5* 



TREES, SHRUBS, VDfES AND HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS By John Kirkegaard 2.50 



TREES AND SHRUBS By Charles Sprague Sargent Vols. I and II, 4 Parts to a Volume 



Per Part 5.00 



THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER Gilford PInchot 1.39 



LUMBER AND ITS USES R. S. Kellogg 2.15 



FORESTS, WOODS AND TREES IN RELATION TO HYGIENE By Augustine Henry 5.25 



DEVELOPMENT OF FOREST LAW IN AMERICA By J. P. Kinney 2.60 



STUDIES IN FRENCH FORESTRY By Theodore S. Woolsey 6.10 



FOREST PHYSIOGRAPHY By Isaiah Bowman 5.10 



KEY TO THE TREES Collins and Preston 1.50 



THE FARM WOODLOT E. G. Cheyney and J. P. Wentling. 1.75 



IDENTIFICATION OF THE ECONOMIC WOODS OF THE UNITED STATES Samuel J. 



Record 2.60 



PLANE SURVEYING John C. Tracy ". 3.60 



FOREST MENSURATION Henry Solon Graves 4.00 



FOREST PRODUCTS, THEIR MANUFACTURE AND USE By Nelson Courtland Brown 4.15 



THE ECONOMICS OF FORESTRY B. E. Fernow 1.61 



FIRST BOOK OF FORESTRY Filibert Roth 1.10 



PRACTICAL FORESTRY A. S. Fuller 1.50 



PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN FORESTRY Samuel B. Green 2.00 



TREES IN WINTER A. S. Blakeslee and C. D. Jarvis 2 00 



AMERICAN WOODS Romeyn B. Hough, 14 Volumes, per Volume 7.50 



Half Morocco Binding 10.00 



HANDBOOK OF THE TREES OF THE NORTHERN U. S. AND CANADA, EAST OF THE 



ROCKY MOUNTAINS Romeyn B. Hough 8 00 



Half Morocco Binding 10 00 



GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE TREES J. Horace McFarland 1.75 



HANDBOOK OF TIMBER PRESERVATION Samuel M. Rowe 5.00 



TREES OF NEW ENGLAND L. L. Dame and Henry Brooks 1.50 



TREES, SHRUBS AMD VINES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES H. E. Park- 

 hurst 150 



TREES H. Marshall Ward 1.50 



OUR NATIONAL PARKS John Mulr 191 



PRACTICAL FORESTRY John Gifford 2 50 



LOGGING Ralph C. Bryant 4.65 



THE IMPORTANT TIMBER TREES OF THE UNITED STATES S. B. Elliott 250 



MANUAL OF FORESTRY VOL I Ralph C. Hawley and Austin F. Hawes 3.60 



THE PRINCIPLES OF HANDLING WOODLANDS Henry Solon Graves 2.60 



SHADE TREES IN TOWNS AND CITIES William Solotaroff 3.60 



THE TREE GUIDE By Julia Ellen Rogers. 100 



MANUAL FOR NORTHERN WOODSMEN Austin Cary 212 



FARM FORESTRY Alfred Akerman .57 



THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF WORKING PLANS (in forest organization) A. B. Reck- 



nagel ., 2.60 



ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY F. F. Moon and N. C. Brown 3.60 



MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD Samuel J. Record 2.60 



STUDIES OF TREES J. J. Levison - 2.10 



TREE PRUNING A. Des Cars 03 



THE PRESERVATION OF STRUCTURAL TIMBER Howard F. Weiss 1.00 



SEEDING AND PLANTING IN THE PRACTICE OF FORESTRY By James W. Toumey... 4.10 



FUTURE OF FOREST TREES By Dr. Harold Unwin 2.25 



FIELD BOOK OF AMERICAN TREES AND SHRUBS F. Schuyler Mathews 2.M 



FIELD BOOK OF WILD BIRDS AND THEIR MUSIC By F. Schuyler Mathews 2.00 



FIELD BOOK OF AMERICAN WILD FLOWERS By F. Schuyler Mathews 2.00 



FARM FORESTRY By John Arden Ferguson 2.10 



THE BOOK OF FORESTRY By Frederick F. Moon 2.10 



OUR FIELD AND FOREST TREES By Maud Going 1.50 



HANDBOOK FOR RANGERS AND WOODSMEN By Jay L. B. Taylor 3.10 



THE LAND WE LIVE IN By Overton Price 1.70 



WOOD AND FOREST By William Noyes 3 00 



THE ESSENTIALS OF AMERICAN TIMBER LAW By J. P. Kinney 3.00 



HANDBOOK OF CLEARING AND GRUBBING, METHODS AND COST By Halbert P. 



Gillette 2 50 



FRENCH FORESTS AND FORESTRY By Theodore S. Woolsey, Jr 3.10 



MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS By L. H. Pammel 5.35 



WOOD AND OTHER ORGANIC STRUCTURAL MATERIALS Chas. H. Snow 5.00 



EXERCISES IN FOREST MENSURATION Winkenwerder and Clark 150 



OUR NATIONAL FORESTS H. D. Boerker 2.50 



MANUAL OF TREE DISEASES Howard Rankin 150 



THE BOOK OF THE NATIONAL PARLS By Robert Sterling Yard 1.10 



THE STORY OF THE FOREST By J. Gordon Dorrance 05 



FOREST MANAGEMENT-By A. B. Recknaeel and John Bentley, Jr 2.60 



THE FOREST RANGER AND OTHER VERSE By John Guthrie 1.60 



TIMBER, ITS STRENGTH, SEASONING AND GRADING By H. S. Belts 1.W 



THE HISTORIC TREES OF MASSACHUSETTS By J. R. Simmons 3.65 



TIMBERS AND THEIR USES By Wrenn Winn 5.15 



THE PRESERVATION OF STRUCTURAL TIMBER Howard F. Weiss 150 



THE UNITED STATES FOREST POLICY By John Ise 5.15 



THE KILN DRYING OF LUMBER By Harry D. Tiemann 4.65 



MODERN PULP AND PAPER MAKING By G. S. Witham, Sr 15 



* This, of coarse, Is not a complete list, but we shall be glad to add to it any books on forestry 

 or related subjects upon request. EDITOR. 



among the leading foresters of the United 

 States, assure the authority and value of 

 his book. 



Logging, West of the Cascades. Issued by 

 the Williamette Iron and Steel Works. 



This handsome collection of views, se- 

 lected as typical scenes found in that in- 

 teresting forest belt extending along the 

 west coast of North America will prove 

 interesting both to those who are and who 

 are not familiar with the region. 





