Important Books on Forestry and Irrigation for sale by FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 

 510 Twelfth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 



Trees of New England. By L. L. DAME 

 and HENRY BROOKS. This book is a small volume 

 which can be easily put in the pocket and carried 

 in the woods, and at the same time is the best guide 

 to the identification of our New England trees of 

 any of the smaller books yet published. Price, $1.50 



Trees of Northeastern America. (NEW- 

 HALL.) A good general check list of the more im- 

 portant trees of the northeastern United States. 



Price, $1.75 



Trees and Shrubs. By C. S. SARGENT. The 

 most thorough and authoritative publication yet 

 issued, and a standard work. The matter is issued 

 in parts, of which there are three already published. 



Price, per part, $5.00 



Trees, Shrubs and vines of the 

 Northeastern United States. By H. E. 

 PARKHURST. In this book the author describes the 

 trees, shrubs, and vines of the northeastern United 

 States in a popular way, the book being designed 

 especially for persons who have never studied bot- 

 any. To these it will appeal as a valuable guide to 

 a familiarity with the salient characteristics of 

 trees, shrubs and vines. Price, $1.50 



West American Cone Bearers. By J. G. 



LEMMON. Written in a simple style, this book, with 

 its conveniently small size, is a ready guide to the 

 conifers of the Western coast. Pi-ice, $1.00 



DESCRIPTION OF PARTICULAR SPECIES 

 AND LOCALITIES 



Adirondack Spruce. The. By GIFFORD 

 PINCHOT. A study of the habits of an important 

 lumber tree : its rate of wood accretion per tree per 

 acre, with conclusions drawn from this study as to 

 the financial possibility of practical forestry in 

 dealing with the species. Price, '$1.00 



Mountain*, of California, The. By JOHN 

 MUIR. No other person is so well fitted to write of 

 the mountains of California as John Muir, and the 

 volume presented here describes not only the moun- 

 tains themselves but the trees that clothe them and 

 the wild life which they harbor. Price, $1.75 



"White Pine, The. By GIFFORD PINCHOT. 

 The study of an important timber tree ; its habits, 

 rate of wood accretion per tree per acre, with con- 

 clusions drawn as to the financial possibility of 

 practical forestry in dealing with the species. 



Price, $1.00 



Our National Parks. By JOHN MUIR. If 

 you want to learn about the glaciers, mountain 

 peaks, canyons and great waterfalls of the West; 

 of the habits of animals from the squirrel to the 

 moose ; plant life from the big trees to the wild 

 flowers in fact be brought face with nature's 

 works, this is the book. Price, $1.75 



IMPORTATIONS 



Beautiful Rare Trees and Plants. By 



the EAKL OF ANNESLEY. A description of some of 

 the rarer English trees, shrubs and vines, illustrated 

 copiously. Price, $12.00 



Forests of Upper India and Their 

 Inhabitants. By THOMAS W. WEBBER. This 

 volume is an account of the author's life in India 

 during the period shortly after 1857. It contains a 

 vivid description of the country, its people, cus- 

 toms, etc.. with some description of its forests and 

 timber wealth. Price, $5.00 



Important Philippine Woods. By Cap* 

 tain GEORGE P. AHERN. This is the only authori-{ 

 tative compilation of the more important woods of 

 the Philippines, with copious illustrations, part of 

 which are in color. Captain Ahern is the head of 

 the Forestry Bureau of the Philippines. Price, $3.00 



BOOKS ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE 



Irrigation in the United States. By F. 



H. NEWELL. The most authoritative and complete 

 work on the subject which has yet been published, 

 by the head of the Government's irrigation work. 



Price, $2 00 



Irrigation for Farm, Garden and 

 Orchard. By HENRY STEWART. This work is 

 offered to those American farmers and other culti- 

 vators of the soil who, from painful experience, can 

 readily appreciate the losses which result from the 

 scarcity of water at critical periods. Price, $1.00 



Irrigation and Drainage. By F. H. KING. 

 While most of the existing books on these subjects 

 have been written from engineering or legal stand- 

 points, this one presents in a broad yet specific way 

 the fundamental principles which underlie the 

 methods of culture by irrigation and drainage. 



Price, $1.50 



Irrigation Institutions. By ELWOOD 

 MEAD. A discussion of the economic and legal 

 questions created by the growth of irrigated agri- 

 culture in the West," by the Chief of Irrigation and 

 Drainage Investigations of the Department of Agri- 

 culture. Price, $1.25 



Farm Drainage. By JUDGE FRENCH. The 

 principles, process, and effects of draining land with 

 stones, wood, ditch-plows, open ditches, and espec- 

 ially with tiles; including tables of rainfall, evap- 

 oration, filtration, excavation, capacity of pipes, 

 cost and number to the acre. Price, $1.00 



I. and Draining. By MANLY MILES. A hand- 

 book for farmers on the principles and practise of 

 draining, giving the results of his extended experi- 

 ence in laying tile drains. Price, $1.00 



Practical Farm D r ai 11 age Why, 

 When, and How to Tile Drain. By 

 C. G. Elliott. The book is a clear exposition of the 

 methods of tile draining, with a discussion of the 

 effects, and much valuable related matter. 



Price, $1.00 



Land of Little Rain. The. By MRS. MARY 

 AUSTIN. A nature book of the highest type. The 

 volume is made up of a series of sketches of the 

 human, animal, and plant life found in the region 



of the Mohave desert, Death Valley, and the Sierras,! 

 much of which the average person is likely to con- 

 sider almost devoid of living things. Price, $2.00, 



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IRRIGATION ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUC-; 

 TIVE WORK ! 



Design and Construction of Dams., 



By EDWARD WEGMANN. This volume includes an 

 authoritative discussion of the constructive work* 

 involved and the principal forms of construction; 

 Masonry, rock-fill and timber dams are discussed' 

 extensively. Price, $5 00 



Improvement of Rivers. By B. F. THOMAS 

 and D. A. WATT. This volume is a treatise on the 

 methods employed for improving streams for open 

 navigation and" for navigation by means of locks 

 and dams. Price, $6.50 



Irrigation Engineering. By HERBERT M.. 

 WILSON. This is the fourth edition of Mr. Wilson's 

 popular work, and the revision and enlargement 

 which it has undergone, places it at the forefront of 

 text books on the subject for American students. ; 



Price, $1^.00 



Engineering for Land Drainage. By' 



C. IT. ELLIOTT. A manual for laying out and con- 

 structing drains for the improvement of agricul- 

 tural lands. I'rii-f, $1.50 



Reservoirs for Irrigation, Water-, 

 power, and Domestic Water-sup- 

 plv. By JAMES Dix SCHUYLER. An account of 

 various types of dams and the methods and plans of 

 their construction, together with a discussion of the 

 available water-supply for irrigation in various sec- 

 tions of arid America. "distribution, application, and 

 use of water; the rainfall, runoff, and evti]xiration 

 from reservoirs, and effect of silt, etc. Price, $5.00 



'Water Supply Engineering. By A. 

 PRESCOTT FOLWELL. A treatise on the designing, 

 construction and maintenance of water-supply sys- 

 tems, both city and irrigation. Price, $!t.OO 



Water Power. By JOSEPH P. FIUZELL. An 

 outline of the development and application of the 

 energy of flowing water. Price, $5.00 



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