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CONSERVATION 



"Transactions of the Royal Scottish Arbori- 

 cultural Society, Vol. XXII, Part II, July, 

 1909 " 



The number is devoted mainly to a dis- 

 cussion of the report of the Royal Commis- 

 sion on Coast Erosion and Afforestation. 

 which recommended the planting of the 

 enormous area of 9,000,000 acres of land in 

 the United Kingdom, at an annual cost of 

 approximately $10,000,000. This proposal and 

 the method suggested for carrying out the 

 work are thoroughly discussed by such emi- 

 nent authorities as Dr. Schlich, Professor 

 Somerville, Dr. Nisbet, Mr. Ribbentrop, and 

 others. The discussion takes up very thor- 

 oughly the question as to the adivisability 

 of starting planting work on such a tremen- 

 dous scale, and covers the economic aspects 

 of the problem very fully. To those who are 

 interested in the problem of state forest 

 planting on a large scale, this issue will be 

 of special interest and value. 



There are also several articles on other sub- 

 jects, such as afforestation of waste lands 

 in Europe, trees of California, and the effect 

 of smoke on trees, which are, as usual, of 

 much interest. S. T. D. 



Recent Books on Forestry, Written in English 



Familiar Trees; G. S. Boulger. New ed., 

 Vol. 1-3. 1906-7. Illus. Cassell & Co.. 

 London. 



The Utilization of Wood Waste by Distil- 

 lation ; W. B. Harper. 1907. 156 pp. 

 Illus. St. Louis Lumberman. St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



British Trees; R. V. Cole. Vol. 1-2, 1907. 

 Illus. Hutchinson & Co., London. 



Wayside and Woodland Trees ; a pocket 

 guide to the British sylva ; E. Step. 1907. 

 182 pp. Illus. F. Warne & Co., London. 



Seaside Planting of Trees and Shrubs ; A. 

 Gaut. 1906. 101 pp. Illus. Country Life, 

 London. 



The Pruning Book; L. H. Bailey. 1907. 

 545 pp. Illus. McMillan Co., N. Y. 



North American Trees; N. L. Britton. 1908. 

 894 pp. Illus. Henry Holt & Co., New 

 York. 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland ; H. J. 

 Ehves and A. Henry. Vol. 1-4, 1906-9. 

 Privately printed. 



Our Trees : How to Know Them ; C. M. 

 Wed & A. T. Emerson. 1908. 295 pp. 

 Illus. J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. 

 Pa. 



Forest Entomology; A. T. Gillanders. 1908. 

 422 pp. Illus. Wm. Blackwood & Sous. 

 Edinburgh and London. 



A Concise Manual of Silviculture for the Use 

 of Forestry Students in India. 1906. 240 

 pp. Supt. of Government Printing, Cal- 

 cutta. 



Indian Forest Utilization; R. S. Troup. 

 1907- 2 57 PP- Ulus. Supt. of Government 

 Printing, Calcutta. 



A Manual of Forest Laws Compiled for the 

 Use of Students at the Imperial Forest 

 College, Dehra Dun. 1906. 100 pp. Supt. 

 of Government Printing, Calcutta. 



A Manual of Elementary Forest Zoology for 

 India; E. P. Stabbing, 1908. 229 pp. Supt. 

 of Government Printing, Calcutta. 



Trees and Their Life Histories; P. Groom. 

 1907. 407 pp. Illus. Cassell & Co.. London. 



Wood: A Manual of the Natural History 

 and Industrial Applications of the Timbers 

 of Commerce; G. S. Boulger. Ed. 2, 1908. 

 348 pp. Illus. E. Arnold, London. 



Wood Products, Distillates and Extracts; 

 P. Dumesney and J. Never. 1908. 320 pp. 

 Illus. London. 



Our Wasteful Nation : The Story of Amer- 

 ican Prodigality and the Abuse of Our 

 National Resources; C. Rudolf. 1908. 134 

 pp. Illus. M. Kennedy, New York. 



Trees: A Handbook of Forest Botany for 

 the Woodlands and the Laboratory; H. M. 

 Ward. Vol. 1-5, 1904-9. Illus. The Uni- 

 versity Press, Cambridge, England. 



Forest Finance; C. A. Schenck. 1909. 44 

 pp. Inland Press, Asheville, N. C. 



The Study of Evergreens in the Public 

 Schools;' C. M. Weed. 1908. 30 pp. Illus. 

 State Forester's Office, Boston, Mass. 



Our Forests and Woodlands; J. Nisbet. 

 1909. 348 pp. Illus. J. M. Dent & Co., 

 London. 



The Practise of Forestry: Concerning also 

 the Financial Aspect of Afforestation; 

 P. T. Maw. 1909. 503 pp. Walter & 

 Walter, Brockenhurst, England. 



The Tree Book; M. R. Jarvis. 1908. 13^ 

 pp. Illus. John Lane Company, London 

 and New York. 



Indian Woods and Their Uses; R. S. Troup. 

 1909. 491 pp. Supt. of Government Print- 

 ing, Calcutta. 



An Analytical Key to Some of the Common 

 Flowering Plants of the Rocky Mountain 

 Region; A. Nelson. 1902. 



