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plementary,' including a description of the 

 principal federal and state reservations, and 

 a descriptive list of fifty of the principal 

 forest trees of North America. The test is 

 clearly written, and the publishers (Apple- 

 tons) have done their duty in the way of 

 type, paper and illustrations. 



The second book, by Professor Eoth, is en- 

 titled ' First Book of Forestry.' In it the 

 author has attempted ' to present in simple, 

 non-technical language some of the general 

 principles underlying the science, and to 

 state the methods whch are employed and the 

 objects to be attained in the practice of for- 

 estry.' As indicated, the treatment is very 

 simple, and a perusal of its pages shows that 

 the book might easily be used in the public 

 schools. The present writer would suggest 

 this book as one to be used for supplementary 

 reading in connection with work in reading 

 and nature study. A citation of a few of the 

 topics will show the simple style of the book, 

 as follows : ' What Light and Shade do for 

 the Woods ' ; ' What Different Soils do for 

 the Woods ' ; ' What Moisture does for the 

 Woods ' ; ' Care and Protection of the Forest ' ; 

 ' Use of the Forest ' ; ' Forest Plantations on 

 the Prairies.' The publishers (Ginn) have 

 made a pretty book of the text and illustra- 

 tions so well supplied by the author. 



THREE FORESTRY JOURNALS. 



With the increased interest in forestry in 

 this country have come several journals de- 

 voted to this subject. The oldest of these is 

 Forestry and Irrigation (published in Wash- 

 ington, D. C), which began in 1895 under 

 the name of The Forester, and after seven 

 years enlarged its scope and changed its name. 

 In addition to forestry it now devotes a good 

 deal of attention to irrigation, which in many 

 portions of the country is so intimately asso- 

 ciated with the growth of trees. This journal 

 is the official organ of the American Forestry 

 Association, and because of the support given 

 it by the staff of the United States Bureau 

 of Forestry it is, to a certain extent, the 

 organ of this government bureau. Beginning 

 in a modest way, it has improved year by year 

 until it has become a journal which is of in- 



terest to scientific botanists, as well as the 

 practical men to whom it is supposed to par- 

 ticularly appeal. This journal illustrates 

 very well the fact that science and its prac- 

 tical applications are coming to be more and 

 more closely associated. The botanist can no 

 longer overlook many of the papers which are 

 published in a journal of this kind. Among 

 recent papers may be mentioned the following : 

 ' The Mesquite, a Desert Study ' ; ' The Beetle 

 Pest in the Black Hills Forest Eeserve'; 

 ' Recent Progress in Dendro-chemistry ' ; 

 ' The Jack Pine Plains of Michigan ' ; ' The 

 Climate of the White Pine Belt'; 'Notes on 

 a Northwestern Fir ' ; ' The Eed Cedar in 

 Nebraska'; 'Pinus attenuata as a Water Con- 

 server ' ; ' Forestry and Plant Ecology ' ; etc. 



In September of the present year a second 

 journal of forestry appeared in Chicago, 

 under the name of Arboriculture. It is quite 

 distinctly a popular journal, and, since it is 

 illustrated with good ' half-tones,' it is likely 

 to appeal to a large constituency and do 

 much toward creating and stimulating an in- 

 terest in forestry. 



A third journal devoted to forestry has 

 come to us from Cornell University within 

 the last few weeks, under the name of the 

 Forestry Quarterly. It is published under 

 the direction of the faculty of the College 

 of Forestry, and is considerably more tech- 

 nical in nature than either of the preceding. 

 In addition to a number of valuable general 

 papers there is one feature which will com- 

 mend itself to most botanical readers, viz: 

 the full account of the current forestry litera- 

 ture, much of which is of immediate interest. 

 This journal must find a place in every botan- 

 ical library. 



Charles E. Bessey. 



THE VIRGHOW MEMORIAL. 

 A meeting was held in London on November 

 21 to forward the movement to take part in 

 the erection of a statue to Rudolf Virchow in 

 Berlin. Lord Lister presided and addresses 

 were made by a number of leading men of 

 science. An influential committee was formed 

 with Lord Lister as chairman. Lord Avebury 

 as treasurer and Sir Felix Semon as secretary. 



