1903 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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in good sense, and could be read with profit by 

 any one who is thinking of taking up any of the 

 attractive offers of orchard lands in California. 

 The whole report brings out clearly that Cali- 

 fornia conditions are so different from those 

 of the East, that beaten lines of agricultural 

 experiment cannot be followed, but that the 

 work undertaken, to be effective, must deal 

 directly with the local problems. The report 

 has followed the latter method and has con- 

 siderable value on that account. 



TheShrubsof Wyoming. By ELIAS E. NELSON. 

 Bulletin No. 54 of the Wyoming Experi- 

 ment Station, Laramie, Wyo. Pp. 48. Il- 

 lustrated. 



This bulletin follows very naturally in a 

 series on the plant life of Wyoming, after 

 bulletins 38 and 40, which were, respectively, 

 1 ' Cultivated Shade and Forest Trees of Wyo- 

 ming " and " The Trees of Wyoming and How 

 to Know Them." It has interest and value 

 and its style proves that its author is thor- 

 oughly in sympathy with the subject. The 

 value of the shrubs is treated from two view- 

 points ijesthetic and economic. Their use 

 for ornament is shown, and it is pointed out 

 that they conserve the water, prevent washing 

 out of the stream banks and soils, form valua- 

 ble forage for stock, and in some cases furnish 

 edible fruits. Many are recommended for 

 ornamental planting, and it is suggested that 

 the domestication and improvement of some 

 would be desirable from an economic stand- 

 point, and would afford an engaging and 

 pleasurable pursuit to any one interested in the 

 problems of horticulture. 



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