GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 



Apgar, A. G., Trees of the Northern United States. N. Y.: American Book 

 Co., 224 pp. A small book dealing with the botany of trees, giving de- 

 scriptions of their essential organs, and particularly valuable for the 

 leaf key to the trees. It should be supplemented by Keeler or Hough's 

 Handbook. 



Baterden, J. R., Timber. N. Y.: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1908, 351 pp. A 

 description of the timbers of various countries, discussion of timber 

 defects, timber tests, etc. 



Bitting, K. G., The Structure of Wood. Wood Craft, 5: 76, 106, 144, 172, 

 June-Sept., '06. A very scholarly and valuable series of articles on 

 wood structure and growth. Excellent microphotographs. 



Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Trees. N. Y. : Henry Holt & Co., 

 1908, 894 pp. A description of all the kinds of trees growing inde- 

 pendently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico, and the 

 West Indies. The standard Botany of trees. 



Boulger, G. S., Wood. London: Edward Arnold, 369 pp. A thoro discus- 

 sion of wood structure, with chapters on the recognition and classifica- 

 tion of woods, defects, preservation, uses, tests, supplies, and sources 

 of wood. Good illustrations. 



Bruce, E. S., Frost Checks and Wind Shakes. Forestry and Irrigation, 8: 

 159, April, '02. An original study of the splitting of trees by sudden 

 frost and thaw. 



Bruncken, Ernest, North American Forests and Forestry. N. Y. : G. P. 

 Putnam's Sons. 265 pp. A comprehensive survey of American Forestry 

 conditions including the forest industries, fires, taxation, and manage- 

 ment. No illustrations. 



Busbridge, Harold, The Shrinkage and Warping of Timber. Sci. Amer. Suppl., 

 No. 1500, Oct. 1, 1904. Good photographic illustrations. 



Comstock, J. H. and A. B., A Manual for the Study of Insects. Ithaca, 

 N. Y. : Comstock Publishing Co., 701 pp. Valuable for reference in 

 classifying insects injurious to wood. 



Curtis, Carleton C., Nature and Development of Plants. N. Y. : Henry Holt 

 & Co., 1907, 471 pp. Chapter III is a very clear and excellent discus- 

 sion of the structure of the stem of plants (including wood). 



Encyclopedia Brittannica, Eleventh Edition, Cambridge: At the University 

 Press. Article: Forests and Forestry, Vol. 10, p. 645. Article: Plants, 

 Anatomy of, Vol. 21, p. 741 Article: Timber Vol. 26, p 978. 



Felt, E. P., The Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths. N. Y. State Museum: Bul- 

 letin 103, Entomology, 25. Valuable for colored illustrations as well 

 as for detailed descriptions. 



Fernow, B. E., Economics of Forestry. N. Y.: T. Y. Crowell & Co. 1902, 

 quarto 520 pp. A treatment of forests and forestry from the standpoint 



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