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Sierra club bulletin, Jan., 1915. The forest 

 fire season of 1914 in California, by Coert 

 Du Bois, p. 322-5. 



United States Department of agriculture. 

 Journal of agricultural research, April, 

 1915. Observations in Rhizina inflata, 

 by James R. Weir, p. 93-6. 



United States Department of agriculture. 

 Weekly news letter, April 21, 1915. 

 Trees and shrubs; varieties of orna- 

 mental plants recommended for private 

 grounds and schools in different sections, 

 p. 1. 



Trade journals and consular reports 



American lumberman, April 17, 1915. Preser- 

 vative treatment of wood, by E. W. Peters, 

 p. 38, 49; A wood paving experiment; 

 blocks are laid without sand cushion, p. 

 38 A; Suggestions for the utilization of 

 yellow pine, by Harry T. Kendall, p. 

 38 D-40; Tests fireproof paint, p. 45; Raps 

 taxation system, by B. F. Bonner, p. 47. 



American lumberman, April 24, 1915. Forest 

 service officials confer ; discuss progress of 

 investigation of the lumber industry in 

 meeting at Madison, Wisconsin, p. 26-7; 

 Grading rules of yellow pine structural 

 timber discussed, by H. S. Betts, p. 28-30. 



American lumberman, May 1, 1915. A 

 testimonial of wood's durability; quaint 

 old windmill stout and strong after cen- 

 tury of exposure to elements, p. 30; 

 Taxation of forest and timberland, by 

 Thos. E. Lyons, p. 33, 52; How to safe- 

 guard the timber bond business, by John C. 

 Spry, p. 34; Lumbermen visit Forest 

 products laboratory, p. 41-2. 



American lumberman, May 8, 1915. Will 

 utilize wood waste; Wisconsin enterprise 

 to make shoes with hardwood soles, p. 28; 

 Treats ties with crude oil, p. 28; New type 

 of creosoting plant, p. 31; Tests woods for 

 egg case use, p. 41. 



Canada lumberman, May 1, 1915. Montreal 

 engineers discuss dry rot, p. 30-31. 



Engineering and mining journal, April 10, 

 1915. Wood as a fuel for mine plants, by 

 E. A. Holbrook, p. 645-7. 



Engineering news, Jan. 28, 1915. The Broad 

 Street wood block pavement, Newark, 

 N. J., p. 153; Test of long-submerged 

 hemlock timber, by T. R. Lawson, p. 159. 



Engineering news, Feb. 11, 1915. Dry sand 

 and cement mixture vs. mortar bed for 

 wood block pavements, by Theodor S. 

 Oxholm, p. 217 ; Lugs or spacers to prevent 

 expansion failures in wood-block pave- 

 ments, by Frank W. Cherrington, p. 275-6. 



Hardwood record, April 25, 1915. Vehicle 

 making in the United States, p. 18. 



Lumber trade journal, May 1, 1915. New 

 grading rules for yellow pine timbers and 

 export lumber, by Southern pine associa- 

 tion, p. 15; Explosives in land clearing 

 and the burning of stumps discussed, by 

 Harry Thompson, p. 46. 



Lumber world review, April 25, 1915. 

 Modern uses of wood, by Hermann von 

 Schrenk, p. 21-3 ; The value of cypress and 

 its better utilization, by Frank N. Snell, 

 p. 27-8; Suggestions for the utilization of 



yellow pine, by Harry T. Kendall, p. 

 29-32. 



Lumber world review, May 10, 1915. 

 National lumber manufacturers' associa- 

 tion March report of production and 

 movement of lumber, p. 40. 



Mississippi Valley lumberman, April 16, 1915. 

 Wood block paving, p. 34; What the 

 government can do for the industry, by 

 E. G. Griggs, p. 39-40. 



Mississippi Valley lumberman, April 23, 1915. 

 Timber utilization, by O. T. Swan, p. 

 38-40. 



Mississippi Valley lumberman, May 7, 1915. 

 The taxation of forest land in Wisconsin, 

 p. 26. 



Municipal journal, May 6, 1915. Experiments 

 with wood paving blocks, by Clyde H. 

 Teesdale, p. 623-6. 



New York Lumber trade journal, May 1, 1915. 

 Honduran lumber trade, by Walter F. 

 Boyle, p. 46, 48. 



Paper, April 14, 1915. Fibers and their 

 formation, p. 16-17. 



Paper, April 21, 1915. Forestry and paper- 

 making, by Thomas J. Keenan, p. 13-15. 



Paper, April 28, 1915. Measuring the mois- 

 ture in cellulose, by Otto Nordstrom, p. 

 13-15. 



Paper, May 5, 1915. Plants available for 

 papermaking, p. 17-18. 



Paper, May 12, 1915. Some notable paper- 

 making fibers, by James Scott, p. 14-15. 



Paper trade journal, April 15, 1915. Esparto 

 grass for manufacture of paper, by R. S. 

 Geare, p. 44-6. 



Pioneer western lumberman, April 15, 1915. 

 Developing a market for Philippine 

 hardwood, by J. D. Miller, p. 20-1; Com- 

 posite statement of the cost of manufac- 

 turing lumber, embodying the figures of 

 20 miles in Washington and Oregon for 

 1913, by J. G. Mcintosh, p. 21. 



Pioneer western lumberman, May 1, 1915. - 



Wood block paving in Minneapolis, p. 6; 



Philippine hardwoods at the exposition, p. 



24. 

 Safety engineering, April, 1915. Protecting 



the national forests from fire, by Allen S. 



Peck, p. 293-8. 

 St. Louis lumberman, May, 1, 1915. Old 



water pipe in New York, p. 16; Creosote 



oil, by Horace C. Porter, p. 17. 

 Southern industrial and lumber review, April, 



1915. Texas forestry, by W. Goodrich 



Jones, p. 12. 

 Southern lumberman, April 24, 1915. Forest 



service experts demonstrating new method 



of turpentine production, p. 26. 



Southern lumberman, May 1, 1915. Improved 

 practice in the production of naval stores, 

 by A. W. Schorger, p. 37-8; Stump pullers 

 and methods of using them, by Earl D. 

 Strait, p. 40. 



Timber trade journal, April 3, 1915. The 

 forests of Washington state, p. 485 ; Pollard 

 oaks, p. 486. 



Timber trade journal, April 10, 1915. The 

 manufacture of charcoal, p. 522-3. 



