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Appalachia May, 1906. Published by 

 the Appalachian Mountain Club. Pp. 196. 

 illustrated. Boston, 1906. 



The current number of Appalachia con- 

 tains, in addition to the articles and club pa- 

 pers regularly issued, the reports of officers, 

 proceedings of meetings, and official reports 

 of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1905. 

 Among the contributed articles there is a 

 very interesting paper on "The Proposed 

 Eastern Forest Reserves," being compiled 

 from an address delivered before the club 

 by Mr. Gifford Pinchot, on January 20, 

 1906. In the reports of the councillors, Mr. 

 Harlan P. Kelsey contributes a gratifying 

 statement of the forestry work accomplished 

 by the club and urges the perpetuation of 

 New England forests. The pamphlet con- 

 tains some very striking mountain views, 

 particularly those illustrating Miss Annie S. 

 Peck's article on climbing Mount Sorata. 



Fourth Annual Bulletin of the Con- 

 necticut Forestry Association. Pp. 16, 

 illustrated. New Haven, 1906. 

 This pamphlet contains a short concise 



statement of the progress in forestry in 

 Connecticut and the need for its more gen- 

 eral practice in general a complete exposi- 

 tion of the forest situation in Connecticut. 

 Mr. Austin F. Hawes, State Forester, con- 

 tributes the leading article on the "Forestry 

 Situation in Connecticut." In addition, the 

 Connecticut laws bearing on forestry are ap- 

 pended, and the Conecticut Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, its aims and work, briefly described. 



Proceedings of the Iowa Park and For- 

 estry Association, Fifth Annual Meet- 

 ing. Published by the Association. Pp. 

 133, illustrated. Des Moines, 1906. 

 This volume contains the complete pro- 

 ceedings of the meeting of the Iowa Park 

 and Forestry Association held at Des 

 Moines, December 11 and 12, 1905. Dis- 

 cussion of forestry occupies a gratifying 

 amount of space, and includes an excellent 

 paper by Mr. H. P. Baker on "How to 

 Plant a Ten-Acre Lot to Trees," from the 

 viewpoint of the Forest Service, and a con- 

 tribution of value on the same subject from 

 another viewpoint by Mr. B. Shimek. 



Bulletin of the New York Botanical 

 Garden. Vol. 4, No. 13, issued June 25, 

 1906. Pp. 308, illustrated. New York, 

 1906. 



The volume here presented contains five 

 papers by eminent authorities, describing 

 contributions to flora of various localities, 

 and descriptions of new species collected. 

 To the botanist and student of native flora 

 the book should prove valuable. 



Irrigation in the North Atlantic States. 

 Office of Experiment Stations, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 167. 

 By Aug. J. Bowie. Pp. 50, illustrated. 

 Washington. Government Printing Office. 

 1906. 



The bulletin presented here includes the 

 results of investigations made in 1905 in 

 Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New 

 Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and 

 Massachusetts to determine to what extent 

 irrigation was practiced, and the various 

 methods in vogue. The report shows con- 

 clusively that for market gardens and 

 meadows, irrigation in humid sections has 

 proven profitable. As yet its application in 

 the raising of general farm crops has not 

 been extensive. The cost of water, not- 

 withstanding its abundance in the East, far 

 exceeds that in the arid regions, and the 

 suggestion is made that if this cost could 

 be reduced, the application of irrigation 

 would render the production of many crops 

 profitable, which, with the present cost of 

 water, are unprofitable. The descriptions of 

 irrigation practice should be suggestive to 

 many who are now raising truck without 

 the aid of irrigation. 



Topographic Development of the Kla- 

 math Mountains. Bulletin No. 196, U. S. 

 Geological Survey. By J. S. Diller. Pp. 

 66, illustrated. Washington, Government 

 Printing Office. 



As it^ title indicates this bulletin contains 

 an exhaustive analysis of the topographic 

 features of those portions of Northern Cali- 

 fornia and Oregon embraced in the Klamath 

 range. 



