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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



BOOK REVIEWS 



A Guide to the Identification of Our More 

 Useful Timbers. Herbert Stone, Uni- 

 versity Press, Cambridge. 

 A manual for the use of advanced for- 

 estry students, it gives information on cer- 

 tain points which are not easily accessible' 

 elsewhere. Two objects are kept in view 

 the observation of the characters of the 

 different species and the utilization of those 

 characters to discriminate between one 

 species and another. The illustiations are 

 restricted to figures which are deemed nec- 

 essary where the critical detail can be seen 

 only by means of the microscope or where 

 such detail is a difference of degree and 

 not of krnd. The Generic numbers attached 

 to the species correspond to the system by 

 which the specimens of wood in the collec- 

 tion of the Harvard School of Forestry are 

 arranged, thus making comparison ready 

 and easy for the student. 



Manual of the Timbers of the World. By 

 Alexander L. Howard. The Macmillan 

 Company, New York. 

 In his preface, the author says : "This 

 book is not intended to supersede any of 

 the works on timber hitherto published, 

 but rather to supplement them. It has been 

 put forward to meet a distinct want for 

 a clearly-arranged handbook which shall 

 contain information concerning all the tim- 

 bers encountered in commerce, including 

 those which have only of recent years ap- 

 peared in the European market. The aim 

 has been to treat the subject from its com- 

 mercial, technical, and industrial aspects. 

 In compiling this work I have adduced 

 the practical experience of over forty years' 

 work in the timber trade." The book itself 

 is interestingly and practically arranged 

 and beautifully made, and is a distinctly 

 valuable addition to the forest literature. 



A Tour of America's National Parks. By 

 Henry Ottridge Reik, E. P. Dutton & 

 Company, New York. Price, $4.00. 

 While not a guide book in the ordinary- 

 sense, this book contains much valuable in- 

 formation about railroad routes and sug- 

 gested hotels, and it is as well a charming- 

 ly written description of America's great 

 national playgrounds. The parks are treat- 

 ed separately, and very interestingly. The 

 object of the book, as explained by the 

 author in the preface, is to "attract more 

 widespread attention to the wonderful 

 natural beauty of our country ; to point 

 out the possibilities of a 'Grand Tour' here 

 at home that shall embrace more of scenic 

 beauty and more marvelous natural phe- 

 nomena than was ever included in a 'Grand 

 Tour' of Europe, and to make clear to 

 those who have but a limited vacation 

 period what is to be seen in the different 

 parks and how best to see it." 



BOOKS ON FORESTRY 



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

 * Hit of titles, authors and 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 Fillbert Roth 



FOREST REGULATION-FHlbert Roth 



PRACTICAL TREE REPAIR By Elbert Peets 



LUMBER MANUFACTURING ACCOUNTS By Arthur F. lone* 



FOREST VALUATION By H.- H. Chapman '. : 



CHINESE FOREST TREES AND TIMBER SUPPLY By Norman Shaw 



TREES, SHRUBS, VINES AND HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS By John Kirkegaard 



TREES AND SHRUBS By Charles Sprague Sargent Vols. 1 and 11, 4 Paris to a Volunu- 



Per Part 



THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER Gilford Plnchot 



LUMBER AND ITS USES R. S. Kellogg 



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

 KEY TO THE TREES-Collins and Preston. 



THE FARM WOODLOT E. G. Cheyney and J. P. Wentllng 



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



Record 



PLANE SURVEYING John C. Tracy 



FOREST MENSURATION Henry Solon Grae 



FOREST PRODUCTS By Nelson Courtlandt Brown 



THE ECONOMICS OF FORESTRY B. E. Fernow 



FIRST BOOK OF FORESTRY Fillbert Roth 



PRACTICAL FORESTRY A. S. Fuller 



PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN FORESTRY Samuel B. Green 



TREES IN WINTER A. S. Blakeslee and C. D. Jarvls 



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



Half Morocco Binding 



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



ROCKY MOUNTAINS Romeyn B. Hough 



Half Morocco Binding 



GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE TREES J. Horace McFarland 



HANDBOOK OF TIMBER PRESERVATION Samuel M. Rowe 



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



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



hurst 



TREES H. Marshall Ward 



OUR NATIONAL PARKS-Johu Mulr 



PRACTICAL FORESTRY John Gifford 



LOGGING Ralph C. Bryant 



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



FORESTRY IN NEW ENGLAND Ralph C. Hawley and Austin F. Hawes 



TtE PRINCIPLES OF HANDLING WOODLANDS Henry Solon Graves 



SHADE TREES IN TOWNS AND CITIES William Solotaroff 



THE TREE GUIDE By Julia Ellen Rogers- 



MANUAL FOR NORTHERN WOODSMEN Austin Cary 



FARM FORESTRY Alfred Akenrian 



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



nagel 



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



MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD Samuel J. Record 



STUDIES OF TREES J. J. Levlson 



TREE PRUNING A. Des Cars 



THE PRESERVATION OF STRUCTURAL TIMBER Howard F. Weiss 



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



FUTURE OF FOREST TREES By Dr. Harold Unwin 



FIELD BOOK OF AMERICAN TREES AND SHRUBS F. Schuyler Mathews 



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



FIELD BOOK OF AMERICAN WILD FLOWERS By F. Schuyler Mathews 



FARM FORESTRY By John Arden Ferguson 



THE BOOK OF FORESTRY By Frederick F. Moon 



OUR FIELD AND FOREST TREES By Maud Going 



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



THE LAND WE LIVE IN By Overton Price 



WOOD AND FOREST By William Noyes 



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



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



Gillette , .' 



FRENCH FORESi'S AND FORESTRY-By Theodore S. Woolsey, Jr 



MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS By L. H. Pammel 



WOOD AND OTHER ORGANIC STRUCTURAL MATERIALS Chas. H. Snow 



EXERCISES IN FOREST MENSURATION Winkenwerder and Clark 



OUR NATIONAL FORESTS H. D. Boerker 



MANUAL OF TREE DISEASES Howard Rankin 



THE BOOK OF THE NATIONAL PARLS -By Robert Sterling Yard 



THE STORY OF THE FOREST By J. Gordon Dorrance 



FOREST MANAGEMENT By A. B. Recxnagel and John Bentley, Jr 



THE FOREST RANGER AND OTHER VERSE By John Guthrie 



TIMBER, ITS STRENGTH, SEASONING AND GRADING By H. S. Berts 



THE HISTORIC TREES OF MASSACHUSETTS By J. R. Simmons 



TIMBERS AND THEIR USES By Wrenn Winn 



THE PRESERVATION OF STRUCTURAL TIMBER Howard F. Weiss 



THE UNITED STATES FOREST POLICY By John Ise 



THE KILN DRYING OF LUMBER By Harry D. Tiemann 



MODERN PULP AND PAPER MAKING By G. S. Wltham, Sr 



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

 or related subjects upon request. EDITOR. 



Conifers and Their Characteristics. By 

 Charles Coleman-Rogers, The Macmillan 

 Company, New York. Price, $7.50.. 

 The author is the Chairman of the For- 

 estry Committee of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England, and reading his book 

 is like walking through a great forest with 

 a learned and agreeable friend. The trip 

 itself is delightful and the information 



gained is well worth while. It is the work 

 of an expert and contains a great amount 

 of technical and scientific information, but 

 it is nevertheless written in a manner that 

 catches and holds the interest of the ama- 

 teur nature observer. It is an invaluable 

 aid for students and others in identifying 

 the many different species of trees in- 

 cluded in the category of the coniferae, 



