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lor insect control on abotit t)00 acres in the Klamath National 

 Forest, resulted in a saving of timber to the \ahie of cner 

 i?6oo,ooo (p. 96). 



Friends of conservation will be interested to learn (p. 114; 

 that a single issue of a New York Sunday paper consimies the 

 trees on about 15 acres of forest. Apropos of this, one may per- 

 haps be pardoned for questioning the wisdom, or the advantage 

 from any point of view, of using eleven pages (pp. lix-lxix) to 

 repeat in full the legends of the 80 illustrations. The analytical 

 table of contents hardly makes up for the absence of an index. 

 Incidentalh- it might be remarked that the fringed edges (tech- 

 nical term unknown to the reviewer — chewed would be appro- 

 priate) make it necessary to use the carpet sweeper and whisk 

 broom after one has spent an hour with the book. 



But the few features that may be noted adversely are minor 

 matters in comparison with the general excellence of the book. 

 It gives a terse and readable surve}^ of the history and acti\ities 

 of the Forest Service, and makes clear the need and value of 

 this work. It will be invaluable as a reference book in all col- 

 leges and universities, and in public and private libraries. Both 

 the author and the cause of forestry and conservation are to be 

 congratulated. 



C. Stuart Gager. 



Harwood's New Creations in P/ant Life* 



The revised and enlarged reprint of the first edition of \V. S. 

 Harwood's "New Creations in Plant Life" reads like a Florida 

 land investment prospectus or a modern version of "The Arabian 

 Nights." 



Mr. Harwood tells the story of Luther Burbank and his work 

 with all the enthusiasm, all the veracity, and all the inspiration 

 one expects from one whose years have been devoted to journal- 

 istic effort. In Chapter I is recounted the struggles and tribu- 

 lations of Burbank, the man, toward accomplishing his life's 

 ideal. "Now and again," Mr. Harwood writes, "arose some 

 pseudo-scientific man who, professing unlimited friendship, 



* Harwood, W. S. New Creations in Plant Life. 2d ed., Revised and Enlarged. 

 Pp. xviii + 430. Illustrated. The Macmillan Co.. X. V. 1918. Price $2.00. 



