THE FORESTER. 



June, 



species of the broadleaf trees only. The coni- 

 fers are omitted. Technical descriptions are 

 given for 126 native trees (one of which is 

 usually considered a shrub), with partial de- 

 scriptions of n other natives and 8 exotics. 

 The leaf characters of 129 native trees and 16 

 exotics are illustrated by half-tones. One hun- 

 dred and sixty-two line drawings aie intended 

 to illustrate many characters not displayed by 

 half-tones. Eighteen half-tones give the general 

 appearance of as many different trunks ; while 

 a few other half-tones show additional leaf-forms 

 of species already illustrated. 



The author has added to the formal descrip- 

 tions some wood lore and popular notes includ- 

 ing poetic and historical allusions to the species, 

 with occasional mention of its geologic history. 

 Asa help in understanding the technical de- 

 scription the book concludes with a short chap- 

 ter on the form and structure of roots, stems, 

 leaves, flowers and fruits ; together with a 

 glossary of botanical terms. 



The sequence of families, genera, and species 

 conform to that of botanical text-books. 



In brief, the author has endeavored to give for 

 about 145 trees the common and botanical names, 

 and their distinguishing characters by technical 

 descriptions and illustrations, together with the 

 natural habitat and all available notes of popular 

 interest. She does not say how far she has de- 

 pended on nature in her descriptions, but makes 

 grateful acknowledgement to a long list of re- 

 liable descriptive tree books. We mention this 

 doubtful point to show that readers of to-day 

 like to know how much the author has person- 

 ally seen and gathered from a study of the trees 

 themselves, and how much has been compiled. 

 I [i.wever, the technical descriptions are scrupu- 

 lously accurate, and have the ring of text-book 

 ny. It is to be regretted, however, that 

 these descriptions were not presented in un- 

 ige. Busy people are apt to sigh 

 at their inability to translate "dioecious," 

 llary panicles," "petals papilionaceous," 

 mens diadelphous inferior," and "fruit 

 nate loculicidally 3-parted." But when 

 compare their specimens with the excellent 

 tone figures they will not fail to get help. 

 The accuracy and the clearness of these pictures 

 a high value to the book. As much, how- 

 r, cannot be said of the line drawings, and 

 only wishes that the author had photo- 

 ! the subjects of these drawings too. The 

 "f the artist is very poor, and in some cases 



led confusion. 



ID the treatment of the various topics under 



there are some errors of omission ; 



!<>r seems to have nodded or supposed 



would not care if omissions were 



example, we are given the meaning 



number of botanical names, and then sud- 



!y several species are slighted. Similarly, 



learn where a lot of trees are found, 



r some others we are left to guess 



it, or are given a part only of the 



There are some errors of commission. We 

 learn for the first time that the " White Pine is 

 the tallest of all cone-bearing trees." Evi- 

 dently the author has not seen or read of the 

 Western Pines, nearly TOO feet higher than the 

 eastern White Pine. The cone-bearing Se- 

 quoias, at least 200 feet higher are passed over, 



It would be discouraging to forestry, if, as the 

 author says, " White Pine cannot come again or 

 a tract devastated by fire." But fire does nol 

 bar its return, if the ground is not burned ovei 

 again soon. 



The Sycamore is said to occur singly only. 

 The author has not yet stumbled into a Syca- 

 more swamp where these trees prevail ovei 

 many acres. 



Black Cherry is said to be ordinarily 40 to 50 

 feet high, but "in Nebraska, Kansas and Texas 

 region" it is 100 feet high. We are sure thai 

 trees of this dimension are to be found only ir 

 the southern Alleghany Mountain region. The 

 statement is also made that "all native Aiders 

 east of the Rocky Mountains are shrubs.' 

 Alnus maritima is an eastern species and cer 

 taiuly not a shrub. The author tells us in an- 

 other place that Juniperus Virginiana ( Red 

 Juniper) is found in the Rocky Mountains, 

 This is not true. The Rocky Mountain red- 

 wooded species is Juniperus scopulontm, anc 

 very distinct from the eastern Red Juniper. 



Tilia Europcea is described as a species culti- 

 vated in this country. The author should have 

 known that as represented in the United States 

 T. Europcea includes three very distinct species 

 T. platyphyllos, T. vulgaris and T. cordata. 



The plate marked Cornus alternifolia looks 

 more like a Ceanothus. The leaves of Cornm 

 alternifolia are quite different from those in the 

 plate, and the fruit is borne in a large, long 

 stemmed, flat cluster (cyme). 



The author's statement that the Cucuinbei 

 tree has two forms, one when grown in the 

 open, and the other when found in the forest 

 is quite true, but might lead one to infer thai 

 this is not true also of other species. As a mat- 

 ter of fact many other trees exhibit these twc 

 forms, the low-branching form of open grounc 

 being produced very frequently if the seedlings 

 begin life in the open. 



G. B. S. 



The Forest Tent Caterpillar. By Clarence M. 



Weed. Bulletin 64 of the New Hampshire 



College Agricultural Experiment Station. 2z 



pp. Illustrated. 



During the last three years the Forest Tenl 

 Caterpillar has been doing a great deal of dam- 

 age to orchards, groves of sugar maples, and de- 

 ciduous forests generally in different parts oi 

 New Hampshire and the neighboring states. 

 Bulletin 640!" the New Hampshire College Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station is a popular and 

 profusely illustrated account of the life and 



bits of this insect. It ends with a discus- 

 sion of different methods of preventing its rav- 

 ages. 



