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THE FORESTER. 



April, 



prompt computation of results and publication 

 is worthy of praise and emulation by others. 



Sylviculture in Relation to Horticulture. By 



Dr. John Gifford, Cornell University, New 



Jersey Horticultural Society Report. Pp. 18. 



Silviculture and horticulture in their relations 



to each other are much talked about and much 



misunderstood. A paper like this one is most 



welcome. Dr. Gifford has a good deal to sav 



about the relations between silviculture and 



horticulture in warm countries, but the last part 



of bis article is devoted especially to the value 



of silviculture to the farmers of New Jersey. 



The difficulty of an economical protection 



against fire is touched upon, and a number of 



suggestions are made with regard to it. 



Compilation of Notes on the Most Important 

 Timber Tree Species of the Philippine Is- 

 lands. Prepared by Capt. G. P. Ahern, in 

 charge of the Forestry Bureau at Manila. Pp. 

 103 ; colored plates XLV. Cloth $2.co, gold ; 

 leather $3.00, gold. Address Forestry Bureau, 

 Manila, P. I. 



This book is intended to make accessible to 

 any one who may be interested in Philippine 

 woods or the forests of the islands and their ex- 

 ploitation, whatever information of a practical 

 sort is now in print. The following are the 

 headings of the book's eight chapters: 



1. Extract from Forestry Regulations, and 

 list of tree species not at present on tariff list. 



2. Notes on the Philippine forests and their 

 exploitation. 



3. Descriptive notes of fifty important tree 

 species. 



4. The Anay or White Ant. 



5. Strength and weight of woods. 



6. Uses of woods. 



7. Gutta-percha. 



8. Authorities cited. 



Captain Ahern evidently thinks that the 

 proper management and care of the Philippine 

 forests is synonymous with their proper ex- 

 ploitation. At present, roads and all means of 

 transportation are lacking, so that the forests 

 are inaccessible for any purpose, and such are 

 the methods of managing and cutting that the 

 innumerable forest products are being wasted 

 where they do not go to waste. 



This book makes no pretense at being original 

 in contents, or being more than a pamphlet of 



reference got out to meet the demands of the 

 present hour. Of its kind, however, it is first 

 rate and will certainly be most useful. 



Progress of Forest Management in the Adiron- 

 dacks. Annual report of the Director of the 

 New York State College of Forestry. By Dr. 

 B. E. Fernow. Pp. 40. 



This is an interesting report on the work 

 which the Cornell Forest School has carried on 

 in managing its 30,000-acre tract in the Adiron- 

 dacks. Its author makes it the occasion for a 

 consideration of what " an American system of 

 forestry," often mentioned nowadays, may 

 really be. Although readers who do not know 

 about the different attempts at forest manage- 

 ment which have been made in the Adirondacks 

 will probably fail to get the meaning of many 

 of the things which Dr. Fernow says, this is un- 

 doubtedly the most interesting part of the re- 

 port. Dr. Fernow decides that "If sylvicul- 

 tural methods have been properly applied to 

 renew the harvested forest in superior compo- 

 sition ; if the old crop has been utilized to the 

 fullest possible extent ; and if this is done with 

 due regard to economy, all has been done that 

 can be done." This may be true and may work 

 well on the Cornell tract, but it does not neces- 

 sarily follow, as the author seems to hold that 

 it does, that estimates of the future yield of 

 wood per acre, are more misleading than useful. 



Publications Received. 

 Prospectus of the Yale Summer School of 



Forestry at Milford, Penna. Yale University, 



New Haven, Conn. 

 A Course in Forestry at the New Hampshire 



College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



Durham, N. H. 



A Disease of the Black Locust. Hermann von 

 Schrenk. Printed separately from the Twelfth 

 Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden. Pp. 10. Plates III. 



The Commercial Side of Governmental and 

 Private Forestry. Bv C. A. Scheuk, Bilt- 

 more, N. C. Pp. 8. 



Carrying Capacities of Irrigation Canals. By 

 Samuel Fortier. Bulletin No. 71. Experiment 

 Station of the Utah Agricultural College. 



First Annual Report of the Michigan Forestry 

 Commission, for the year 1900. 

 ( To be reviewed later. ) 



