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\'Ht Growiiitj, by Robert T. Morris, (Mac- 

 millan). New York. Price $2.50. 

 A valuable guide, full of practical in- 

 irmation both for the experimenter and 

 iginner in nut tree culture and for the 

 rofessional and commercial nut culturist, 

 ir it embodies the prescntatip^i of a sim- 

 x-, new method of grafting, overcoming 

 lany of the obstacles attending nut cul- 



iire under the older, more difficult methods. 



Xuts having been established now as a 



-taple article of diet, anything pertaining 



the extension of' this line of food sup- 



V would be a welcome contribution to our 



.L-rature and Dr. Morris certainly offers 



lis in his book. It is most interestingly 



,s well as authoritatively written and is 



well worth reading. 



Tin- Minds and Manners of Wild Animals, 

 by William T. Hornaday (Scribner's), 

 New York. Price $2.50. 

 It has been well said that no naturalist 

 f the rank of Dr. Hornaday has ever 

 "ought together in a systematic and log;i- 

 il relation such an extraordinary mass of 

 formation on his subject as this volume 

 icludes and, best of all, it is based on his 

 ',vn actual personal observation during a 

 fe of hunting and collecting in all quar- 

 rs of the world. It has commanded the 

 tention of naturalists the world over and 

 !fords the lay reader a clear understanding 

 of animal intelligence in a way which will 

 claim and hold his interest. 

 Trudy and Timothy and the Trees, by 

 Bertha Currier Porter. (Penn), Philadel- 

 phia. Price $1.50. 



A story full of interest for girls and boys 

 from seven to twelve years. Trudy and 

 Timothy tell of their trip to Washington 

 and the big trees how they met the forest- 

 ranger, what talcs he told them, how the 

 President of the United States bowed to 

 them and how the We-Four-No-More club 

 lived .'Vunt Theresy's old trees is all de- 

 lightfully described. You'll like it there 

 is no question about that. 

 Shade and Ornamental Trees of California, 

 by Merritt B. Pratt, State Forester, Cal- 

 ifornia. ^ 

 I>edicated to the memory of the late 

 State Forester of California, G. Morris 

 Homans, a pioneer of forestry in the State, 

 it* raison d'etre being the stimulation of tree 

 slanting in California^ a m(ore perfect 

 tlibute would have been difficult to find. 

 Mr. Pratt tells of the, trees of California 

 tfii pictures them so beautifully that pride 

 16 the publication cannot be confined to 

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 their own story. 



A BOOK ON DECAY 



Thirty-five of the more common wood- 

 destroying fungi are illustrated in "The 

 Decay of Ties," by C. J. Humphrey of the 

 Forest Products Laboratory. This book 

 contains eight full page plates, three of 

 them in natural colors, fifty-eight illustra- 

 tions in all and gives descriptions of all 

 the fungi presented. A simple key for 

 field use in their identification is given as 

 well as information concerning their rela- 

 tive, decay producing power. This is a valu- 

 able book for wood preservers, tie pro- 

 ducers, lumbermen, inspectors, forestry 

 students and anyone else at all interested 

 in the decay of wood. It gives a great 

 deal of specific information not likely to 

 be found elsewhere. It is bound in flexible 

 covers and contains 35 pages. 



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MEMORIAL TREE PLANTED FOR 

 MAJOR REED 



-As part of Memorial Day observance, in 

 Pocatello, Idaho, a tree was planted at the 

 entrance to the beautiful campus of the 

 Idaho Technical Institute in memory of 

 the late M'ajor Fred R. Reed, the. "father of 

 reclamation in Idaho." 



The dedicatory remarks were made by 

 Guy Flenner, who succeeded Major Reed 

 as head of the Idaho Reclamation Associ- 

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