RECENT 



PUBLICATIONS 



Laws Relating to Public Lands in the 

 Philippine Islands. Pp. 110, with line 

 cuts. Published by Bureau of Insular 

 Affairs, U. S. War Department, 1905. 

 Washington, D. C. 



The pamphlet here presented includes a 

 complete synopsis of all the land laws of 

 the Philippine Islands, methods of laying 

 out claims, homesteads, etc., together with 

 a resume of all forest legislation . In 

 that latter subject there is presented some 

 valuable information regarding the native 

 trees of the islands, their values, etc., to- 

 gether with various recognized rules for 

 determining content, etc. 



Primer Containing Questions and Answers 

 on the Public Land Laws in the Philippine 

 Islands. 1906. 



Pamphlet Containing the Mining Laws of 

 the Philippine Islands. 1906. 



Free Patent Circular. 1906. 



Sales Circular. 1905. 



Circular Relative to Leasing of Agricultural 

 Public Lands in the Philippine Islands. 

 1906. 



In line with the pamphlet reviewed just 

 above are the five publications here pre- 

 sented. Each pamphlet is issued separately 

 in English and Spanish, and they are all 

 designed to place before the people of the 

 islands, and those interested there, author- 

 itative information regarding the workings 

 of certain portions of the land laws of the 

 Philippines. 



Yearbook, U. S. Department ot Agricul- 

 ture, 1905. P. 440. Illustrated. Gov- 

 ernment Printing Office, Washington, 

 1906. 



By reason of a new ruling, the Yearbook 

 of the Department of Agriculture has been 

 divided into two separate bound parts, the 

 first including the formal report of the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture to the President, and 

 the reports of the various division chiefs 

 to the Secretary, while in Part II. is includ- 



ed the papers and discussions of various 

 agricultural subjects which have made 

 previous editions of the volume so popular 

 throughout the country. The Yearbook for 

 1905 contains a very laarge number of ar- 

 ticles, all of which are of interest, and 

 should prove exceedingly helpful. 



There are a number of valuable contri- 

 butions on forest subjects, including "How 

 To Grow Young Trees for Forest Plant- 

 ing," by E. A. Sterling; "Insect Enemies of 

 Forest Reproduction," A. D. Hopkins; 

 "Waste in Logging Southern Yellow Pine," 

 J. Girvin Peters; "Prolonging the Life of 

 Telephone Poles," Henry Grinnell ; and an 

 exceedingly clear and comprehensive article 

 on the "Progress of Forestry in 1905," by 

 Quincy R. Craft. The latter contains a 

 very valuable resume of the forest legisla- 

 tion throughout the United States during 

 the fiscal year of 1905. 



Forty-Eighth Annual Report of the Mis- 

 souri State Horticultural Society. pp. 



451. Illustrated. Jefferson City, Mo., 



1906. 



The Forty-Eighth Annual Report of the 

 Missouri Horticultural Society contains the 

 proceedings in full of two of the most suc- 

 cessful meetings in the history of the or- 

 ganization, those held at Versailles, June 

 13, 14, and 15, and at Kansas City, Decem- 

 ber 28, 29, 30, 1905. The volume contains 

 a large amount of interesting and valuable 

 information on horticultural subjects. 



Forestry, A Profession for Young Men. 



By Samuel J. Record. Published by the 

 Botanical Department of Wabash Uni- 

 versity, 1906. 



In this little pamphlet Mr. Record de- 

 fines the scope of the profession of fores- 

 try, indicates what studies will be of most 

 value to the student preparing to enter that 

 profession, states what advantages and dis- 

 advantages it offers, and includes a lot of 

 good common sense advice relating to the 

 subject, given in the guise of simple infor- 

 mation. 



