9IO THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXXVIII. 



An excellent little illustrated pocket guide to British trees is Step's 

 'Wayside and Woodland Trees" (W^arne, London and New York. 



Timbers of Commerce and their Identification " (Ride 



— rather than handbook — 



247 species, with phototype illustrations of the wood sections, 

 'he forest resources of Texas are discussed by Bray in Bulletin 

 he Bureau of Forestry, U. S. Department of Agriculture ; anc 

 forests of the Hawaiian Islands are discussed by Hall in Bnlletih 



"Ihe Forest Manual, contaming the Forest Act (No. 1148), 

 extracts from other laws of the Philippine Commission relating to 

 the forest service, and the forest regulations prepared in accordance 

 with the provisions of the Forest Act, is a little pamphlet recently 

 issued by the insular r3ureau of Forestry. 



An account of basket willows and their insects is given by 

 Ifubbard and Chittenden in Bnlletm No. 46 of the Bureau of For- 

 ^ stry, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



The chestnut in southern Maryland is discussed by Zon in Bunethi 

 No. S3 of the Bureau of Forestry of the U. S. Department of A-ri- 

 culture. 



Hooper reports on Indi 



.ur.Mueraoie account ot Gutta Percha and Rubber is contained, 

 ath illustrations, in the recently issued Report of the Superintendent 

 f Government Laboratories in the Philippine Islands, for the ^•ear 

 nding Sept. i. 1903. 



Fconomic articles on the Sisal plants and the West Indian 

 nthracnose of cotton [caused by Colletotriehuni Gossvpii Barba- 

 f'lse^ are contained in Vol. 5, no. 2, of the West Lndian Bulletin. 



An account of the propagation and marketing of Oranges in Porto 

 ico IS given by Hendricksen in Bulletin No. 4 o{ the Porto Rico 

 ■gncuUural Experiment Station. 



sif'j ^^^^ anatomy of edible berries, by Winton, is pub- 



in the American Journal of Pharmacy for September. 

 Xalive ornamental plants of New Mexico are considered by 



