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ter on "Advantages and Disadvantages of Irri- 

 gation," v^-herein the aiitlior discusses, among 

 other points, the fertilizing elTccts of water, 

 the silting of reservoirs, and the poisoning of 

 the soil with alkali. 



The work contains a great deal that is new 

 and a great deal of old matter brought up to 

 date and placed in a condensed and readable 

 form logically classified, by an author who 

 may be well classed as the most widely and 

 thoroughly informed upon this suliject of any 

 living man. 



The book is an attractive one of 566 pages, 

 printed in new, clean, leaded long primer, and 

 profusely illustrated with 62 half-tone plates 

 and 94 text figures It is hoped that it will be 

 widely circulated, for we believe that a candid 

 statement of the unvarnished facts, such as we 

 have here, will have a profound influence in 

 awakening thoughtful minds to the im])ortance 

 to our nation and our posterity of a broad na- 

 tional irrigation policy. 



Arthur P. Davis. 



Ne\v York State Fisheries, Forest, and Game 

 Commission. Fifth Annual Report, 1899. 

 Pp. 466. 1 14 illustrations. 



The Fifth Annual Report of the New York 

 State Fisheries, Forest, and Game Commis- 

 sion is an unusually handsome volume, con- 

 taining a great deal of valuable information. 

 Of special interest to the readers of F^orkstry 

 AND Irrigation are the reports and contrib- 

 uted articles on forestr}-. These include the 

 report of the Superintendent of Forests, Col. 

 William F. Fox; "Some European Forest 

 Scenes," by Dr. John Gifford ; "Beginnings 

 of Professional Forestr}^ in the Adirondacks, " 

 hy Dr. B. E- Fernow ; " Forest Taxation," bv 

 Dr. C. A. Schenck ; "Timber Product of the 

 Adirondacks," and " Forest Fires in 1.S99, " by 

 Colonel F"ox, and "Insects Injurious to Elm 

 Trees," by E. P. Felt. 



Of the man}' handsome illustrations in this 

 volume, fourteen are colored plates. Alto- 

 gether, this is an unusually valuable report. 



Propagation of Forest Trees Having Commercial 

 Value and Adapted to Pennsylvania. By 

 Geo. H. Wirt, Slate Forester of Penn- 

 sylvania. Published bj- the Pennsylvania 

 Department of F'orestry. 



A pamphlet of 38 pages, giving general in- 

 structions on the preparation of the forest 



nursery and cultural directions on some seventy 

 of the more important trees for planting in 

 Penn.sylvania. This is a very simple, concise 

 treatment of the subject. FAery page is 

 crowded full of usefid, though not new, in- 

 formation about the gathering, treatment, and 

 planting of forest-tree seeds and the trans- 

 planting of seedlings. It is especially valuable 

 on account of treating each species individually 

 rather than as one of a group. Only in a few 

 instances, as in the case of the oaks, are several 

 species grouped together. While the author 

 makes no claim of bringing forward new in- 

 formation, he has brought together from vari- 

 ous sources some exceedingly useful informa- 

 tion to forest ])lanters. Through a state publi- 

 cation, the pamphlet has general application, 

 and could well be di.stributed throughout the 

 East and Middle West. 



AMONG THE MAGAZINES 



Woodland and Roadside is the name of a 

 bulletin to be published quarterly by the Mas- 

 sachusetts Forestry Association. The first 

 number, which was issued March i . states that 

 the purpose of Woodland and Roadside is "to 

 keep the membership in touch with the activ- 

 ities of the organization." The opening num- 

 ber reflects great credit on the publication 

 committee, and the cause of forestry will likelv 

 be greatly advanced in Massachusetts through 

 this periodical. 



The Indian Forester for February contains 

 aninteresting article on "Six Months in the 

 Sudan," by C. E. Muriel, deputy conservator 

 of forests. 



The World's JVot k for March has an excel- 

 lent article on " The Wonders of the American 

 Desert," by Robert T. Hill, a well-known mem- 

 ber of the U. S. Geological Survey. 



' ' The Sugar Bush ' ' is the subject of a season- 

 able article in Country Life in America for 

 March. 



The Popular Science Montlily for March has 

 an interesting illustrated article on " The Palm 

 Trees of Brazil," by Prof. John C. l^ranner. 



Ontitig for March is unusually attractive, 

 both in an artistic and a literary wav. 



' ' Irrigation as a National Wealth-maker, ' ' by 

 Senator H. C. Hansbrough, and " What Irri- 

 gation is Doing in Arizona," by Arthur P. 

 Davis, are two articles on irrigation published 

 in the March number of the National J/aoa- 

 zine. 



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