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Forestry. By F. W. Bane (U.S.A. Agr. Exp. Stn. New Hampshire, 

 Bull. 106).— The author divides this into two parts : (1) How to make a 

 beginning, and (2) Waste lands, how to convert them into forests. When 

 it is stated that 80 per cent, or more of the land of New England is not 

 cultivated, or better described as waste land, the necessity for afforesting 

 will at once be seen. Excellent advice is given as to how cleared and 

 partially cleared lands may be restocked at the least possible expense, and 

 the recropping of depleted sandy barrens and low or wet lands is a step 

 in the right direction. There are eight good illustrations which convey 

 to the reader excellent examples of w T aste lands and their reclamation. 



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Forestry : A Farm Woodlot. By F. A. Waugh (U.S.A. Agr. Exp. 

 Stn. Hatch, Bull. 97). — This may best be described as a definite example 

 of practical forestry as carried out in the State of Massachusetts, where 

 store wood, fencing, and rough lumber are the main requirements. 

 Fence-posts, stakes, and firewood are always in demand on a farm, and 

 the American Larch is peculiarly suitable for such, while for fruit-boxes 

 the timber is, perhaps, most in favour. As usual, the illustrations help the 

 text considerably. — A. D. W. 



Forestry, A Primer of. By Gifford Pinchot (U.S.A. Dep. Agr. 

 Farm., Bull. 173).— Not for a long time have we perused a more instruc- 

 tive and interesting book on forestry than that compiled by Mr. Pinchot, 

 to whom every student of the craft must feel indebted for the very 

 able and lucid manner in which he has dealt with his subject. 



Beginning at the parts of a tree, the writer goes through the food, com- 

 position, transpiration, growth, and structure of the wood, rate of growth 

 and various requirements, in such a clear and simple manner that even 

 the amateur cannot fail clearly to grasp the life-history of a shrub or tree. 



The illustrations, which are remarkably clear and to the point, convey, 

 in connection w T ith the text, a very lucid idea of the various points brought 

 forward, particularly spurs of growth under old trees, destructive lumber- 

 ing, injury by snow, and the reproductive power of the Chestnut. — A. D. W. 



Forestry Association, Proceeding's of the Iowa Park and.— 



This is an interesting and valuable volume, the papers which have been 

 contributed on forestry subjects being, even to those in charge of wood- 

 lands in this country, concise and to the point. But this is not all, for 

 the short, pithy papers on parks for cities and villages, study of trees in 

 the public schools, starting a lawn, railway embellishment, and the archi- 

 tect and the landscape artist are all much to the point, and must appeal 

 to everyone who is at all interested in our public parks and plantations. 

 " The Economic Value of Iowa Birds," by Mr. J. T. Bailey, should be read 

 by everyone ; indeed, bird life is often quite a secondary thought when 

 dealing with our parks and woods — a fact that is to be regretted when the 

 usefulness of birds and their services to humanity are considered. Even 

 in our country the value of such birds as the woodpecker, starling, and 

 others in destroying injurious forest insects has been seriously undervalued. 

 The numerous beautiful illustrations go far in elucidating the text. 



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