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Hill, Morrisiana, New Utrecht, Philips Manor, Red Hook, 

 Sandy Hook, Staaten Island, Mr. Stuyvesant's Lands, Turtle 

 Bay, Valentine's Hill, West Chester, Wolferts Hollow, Yellow 

 Hook, and York Island. 



When the truce was signed in 1783 he was discharged from 

 the army and travelled through Pennsylvania, Maryland and 

 the Carolinas. After a two month's rest in Charleston, he 

 continued his travels to St. Johns and St. Augustine in East 

 Carolina and thence to the Bahamas, studying the plants and 

 animals of these regions. 



In the fall of 1784 he returned to Europe in a small ship. 

 In Bayreuth he secured an appointment as court and military 

 surgeon. In 1787 he published his only botanical work, the 

 Materia Medica Americana. The following year he published 

 in two volumes a description of his travels; there were included 

 many references to the climate, geology, plants and animals and 

 to social and political conditions in the North American Republic. 

 In succeeding years he published several small monographs on 

 zoological topics, the most important being the Natural History 

 of the Turtles. 



It is to be regretted that the Index Plantarum was never fin- 

 ished. Numerous notes in ink and pencil on the manuscript 

 show that Schopff worked over it during later years, probably 

 intending to publish it. 



Munich, Bavaria. 



BOOK REVIEW 



Lumber and Its Uses* 



The book describes briefly the structure of woods, illustrating 

 the main types with photographs of microscopic sections. The 

 physical properties of woods are given, with tables of the specific 

 gravities, strength, elasticity, hardness, etc., of the important 

 woods. Other chapters are devoted to lumber grades, standards 

 of size, structural timbers, shipping, seasoning, and preserving 

 woods. The chapter on paints and wood finishes are complete 

 enough to enable the home builder to know what should be speci- 



* Lumber and Its Uses, R. S. Kellogg, Revised by Franklin H. Smith, pp. 

 1-370, fig. 98, U. P. C. Book Co., New York, 1924. Price $4.00. 



