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Anglo-French expedition to China in i860 and 

 an eye witness of the extraordinary scenes he de- 

 scribes. It appears to have entirely escaped at- 

 tention during the late crisis, although it has an 

 interesting bearing on recent events and illus- 

 trates in a curious manner how history repeats 

 itself. 



Aeronautics, which only in the last decade 

 has been growing to be considered a science, 

 has several articles devoted to it by M. Janssen, 

 Lord Rayleigh, Secretary Laugley, and others. 



Among the thirty or more other articles there 

 may be mentioned, as illustrating the variety of 

 the subjects treated, papers on malaria and the 

 transmission of yellow fever, by Surgeon-Gen- 

 eral Sternberg ; an essay on Huxley, by Pro- 

 fessor Brooks, of Johns Hopkins, and a paper 

 on so practical a subject as incandescent mantles. 



The Smithsonian Reports which are dis- 

 tributed by the Institution to libraries through- 

 out the world, may be had by purchase at cost 

 price from the Superintendent of Documents, 

 Washington City, and may generally be ob- 

 tained, also, free of charge, from the applicant's 

 member of Congress. 



Notes on the Red Cedar. By the late Dr. 

 Chas. Mohr. Published as Bulletin 31, 

 Division of Forestry, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. 



This bulletin deals with the economic value, 

 uses and character of red cedar timber, and with 

 silvicultural and botanical features of the spe- 

 cies. It is fully illustrated by plates and figures. 



The cedar forests of the various States are 

 described, including their yield of timber. The 

 soil, climate, and the associated trees, which in- 

 fluence the production of different qualities of 

 cedar timber, are also considered. 



The structure and uses of red cedar wood are 

 fully described, as are the germination of the 

 seed and the growth of the tree from the seed- 

 ling to maturity. The heights and diameters 

 attained by cedar of various ages are shown by 

 tables of measurement. 



The principal enemies of the red cedars (fire, 

 live stock, fungi, and insects) are described in 

 relation to the reproduction and growth of 

 commercial timber. The bulletin concludes 

 with notes on natural and artificial reproduction 

 and the management of red cedar forests. 



The information given in this bulletin will be 

 of special interest to the consumers of Red Cedar 

 and to tree planters and owners of cedar-bearing 

 lands. 



Deutsch-englisches Forstwdrterbuch. Diction- 

 ary of English and German Forest-Terms. By 

 Karl Philipp. Published by J. Neumann 

 in Neudamm. 



This is a most useful publication of 107 pages 

 giving first the German term with its English 

 equivalent and in the second half of the book 

 vice versa. Every student of forestry should 

 own this book because it is useful and accurate. 

 Some day we hope that Oberforster Philipp will 

 add the French equivalents, then a definition 

 and then finally convert it into an international 

 encyclopaedic dictionary which is needed so 

 much at present to universalize the meanings of 

 many terms which are at present so vague, and 

 often even misleading. 



Most Americans who have travelled in the 

 Black Forest have had the pleasure of meeting 

 Oberforster Philipp. He speaks English, is 

 young, active, and up-to-date. He was formerly 

 forest assessor at Herrenwiess but is now stationed 

 as Oberforster at Sulzburg. 



Publications Received. 



American Breeds of Fowls. II. The Wyan- 

 dotte. By T. F. McGrew. Bulletin No. 31, 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 30. Plates 

 X., Figs. 3. 



Bulletin of the Bureau of American Republics. 

 No. 4, Vol. XL, pp. 203. 



Insect Enemies of the Spruce in the North- 

 east. By A. D. Hopkins, Ph.D. Bulletin 

 No. 28, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 80. 

 Plates XVL, Figs. 2. 



The Fall Army Worm and Variegated Cutworm. 

 By F. H. Chittenden. Bulletin No. 29. U. 

 S. Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 63. Plates XL 



Miscellaneous Results of the Work of the 

 Division of Entomology. Performed under 

 the direction of Dr. L. O. Howard. Bulle- 

 tin No. 30, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 

 97. Plates II., Figs. 29. 



Prunes and Prune Culture in Western Europe. 

 By E. R. Lake, Bulletin No. 10, U. S. Dept. 

 of Agriculture. Pp. 22. Illustrations X. 



The Relation of Lime and Magnesia to Plant 

 Growth. By Oscar Loew and D. W. May. 

 Bulletin No. 1, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. 

 S. Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 52. Illustra- 

 tions III. 



The Tuberculin Test of Imported Cattle. D. 



E. Salmon. Bulletin No. 32, Bureau of Ani- 

 mal Industry, U. S. Dept. Agriculture. Pp. 22. 



Note on the Chicken Tick. By ALBERT Has- 

 SAL, of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Pp. 

 7. Illustrated. 



Experiment Station Record. TJ. S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture. Vol. 12, No. 12, pp. 87. 



The Relation of Sparrows to Agriculture. By 

 Sylvester Judd, Ph.D. Bulletin No. 15, 

 Division of Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture. Pp. 92. Plates IV., Figs. 19. 



Seeds of Commercial Salt Bushes. By G. N. 

 Collins. Bulletin No. 27 of the Division of 

 Botany, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 28. 

 Plates VIII. 



The Chayote : A Tropical Vegetable. By O. 



F. Cook. Bulletin No. 28, Division of Bot- 

 any, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 30. 

 Plates VIII. 



Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Con- 

 vention of the Association of Official Agri- 

 cultural Chemists. Edited by Harvey W. 

 Wiley, Division of Chemistry, U. S. Dept. 

 of Agriculture. Pp. 152. Plates II. 



Shade in Coffee Culture. By O. F. Cook. 

 Bulletin No. 25, Division of Botany, U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 42. Plates XVI. 



Consular Reports for November. Vol. LXVIL, 

 No. 254, pp. 150. 



