New Publications. Bulletin, Forest Fires of 1903. By William F. Fox, Superintendent of Forests; Forest, Fish and Game Commission, Albany, N. Y. Svo, 56 pages, illustrated. This bulletin shows that in the year 1903, owing to the prolonged drouth in the spring, forest fires in the State of New York were the most extensive since the Commission was organized. In the Adirondack region, 292, 121 acres of timber and 172,068 acres of brush land were burned over ; the value of the standing timber destroyed was $666, 207, of logs and pulpwood, etc., $145,457, buildings, fences, etc., $34,418, a total of $846,082; in the Catskill region, 20,469 acres of timber and 15,086 acres of brush land were burnt, the loss in standing timber being placed at $29,075, in logs, pulpwood, etc., $7,934, and in fences, etc., $25, a total of $37,034, making a grand total for both regions of $883,116. In the above estimate, allowance has been made for the value of the standing burnt timber, but on the State lands this standing killed timber, although still merchantable, will be a complete loss, as owing to the State laws it cannot be cut. The total amount expended in fighting the forest fires was $153,763.95. Col. Fox states that most of these forest fires could have been prevented by a fire patrol system, and the annual expenditure of but a small proportion of the amount spent. The best way to fight fires is to have no fires. There was a large number of these fires which were reported as "cause unknown," but of the balance, the greater portion, 340, were started by railroad locomotives, burning fallows, from other fires by wind, fishermen and tobacco smokers. Along one of the railroads in the Adirondacks, using petroleum as fuel, no forest fires were reported from locomotives, but on all those using coal the instances were numerous. During the year 1903, the output of the Adirondack forest was 572,022,604 feet B. M., of which 148,859,311 were spruce, 60, 177,715 hemlock, and 253,531,494 pulpwood. These figures do not include 32,806,000 shingles or 45,987,200 pieces of lath. In the Catskill forest 118,696,530 feet B. M. were cut, 58,618,352 feet being lumber mostly hardwood, 50,562,361 feet of wood for acid factories, the balance being used for excelsior, pulp, etc. In addition, 4,698,000 shingles and 4,454,500 lath were obtained. Statistics were collected showing that, in 1903, 502,386 guests were entertained at 3,526 hotels and boarding-houses in the Adirondacks, Catskills, Lake George and the Thousand Islands, the total receipts amounting to $9,075,370, the capital invested being placed at $17,670,820. Extracts are appended from some of the fire wardens reports, while the illustrations aid in an understanding of forest fires and methods of fighting the same in the State of New York. The Tree Doctor. By John Davey, Kent, O. 8vo, 88 pages, illustrated. Bound in red cloth. Price, $1.00. Atten This brochure was prepared by Mr. Davey to call especial attention to diseases of trees, their cure, proper way to trim, etc., being profusely illustrated with 167 views, showing graphically the cause of disease and its remedy. It is divided into a number of different departments. Tree Surgery calls attention to the mutilation of trees by so-called trimming, the evils resulting therefrom, and means of correcting the same. tion is also directed to the proper method of pruning. The relation between root and branch growth is dwelt upon, also the advantage of planting small trees, with suggestions as to methods of forming the head in young trees. to plant young trees, also blight disease are described. One chapter is devoted to a description of trees in Cleveland, O., calling attention to their diseased conditions, with suggestions for bettermental trees and shrubbery, landscaping and floriment. Other departments are devoted to ornaculture, closing with a suggestion in regard to the inspection of nurseries. The book is practical throughout, intended to aid anyone in understanding and correcting tree diseases and defects. The best way Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1902. Washington, D. C. 8vo, 687 pages, illustrated. Bound in cloth. This is always an interesting volume. After the report of the Secretary, Mr. S. P. Langley, together with appendices, showing a satisfactory progress for the year, a number of papers are presented Major B. F. Baden-Powell on "Recent Aëronautical Progress;" Wilbur Wright treats of "Some Aëronautical Experiments;" Prof. George E. Hale, "Stellar Evolution in the Light of Recent Research;" Prof. J. Halm, "A New Solar Theory;" S. P. Langley, "Good Seeing;" Henri Becquerel, "On the Radio-Activity of Matter;" William Maves, Jr., "Wireless Telegraphy;" Charles M. Clark, "Telpherage ;" Reports on volcanic eruptions on Martinique by Tempest Anderson, John S. Flett and Israel Russell; A. Dastre on "The Life of Matter;" W. W. Skeatt, "Wild Tribes of the Malay Peninsula ;"' Sir Harry H. Johnston, "The Pygmies of the Great Congo Forest;" W. E. Stafford, "Guam and its People,'' etc. "THE TREE DOCTOR" IS THE BOOK THAT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED TREE CULTURE IN THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, 0. (If you wish to see a fac-simile letter of Judge George F. Robinson, of Ravenna, O., commending "The Tree Doctor," send me a postage stamp and I will mail it to you. John Davey, Kent, O.) 66 The Tree Doctor" was written to Cleveland, O. about the present movement in that city. They had assigned the causes of "tree failure" to everything but the real ones. The same causes are working destruction among trees all over the land, but in such an imperceptible way that not one person out of a thousand suspects danger. I am doing what I can to arouse the people by giving a stereopticon lecture. This work is slow. I now offer "The Tree Doctor" to the country at large. The work is the result of thirty-eight years' careful study and observation (on both sides the Atlantic). It is substantially all photographic work, and has been pronounced "one of the greatest triumphs of the camera." Every step taken, there is the picture showing what the author is talking about. No child can misunderstand, and, certainly, every child should be taught to UNDERSTAND A TREE; then you have a complete remedy of the appalling danger of destroying, practically, all of the few trees that remain. Among the readers of this book are doctors, professors, lawyers, judges, and leading business men of Ohio, including the late Senator Hanna and his successor, Genl. Dick. A great demand is coming from New York State, and it is hoped that Pennsylvania will fall in line. It has 167 photographs. Price, $1. Address, JOHN DAVEY, KENT, O. The Willows and Poplars. Numerous species. 8. The Elms and allies. No. 9. The Lindens, and allied families of numerous species. CHESTNUT HILL ACADEMY, PART IV. SUGAR MAPLES. One of the very finest deciduous-leaved trees of North America is the tall Sugar Maple. It can truly be called the noblest of all the Maples. NO BETTER VARIETY CAN BE USED FOR STREET, as its growth is rapid and straight, its form symmetrical, For this reason it is well adapted for planting near build- 14 to 15 ft.; 134 to 2 in.; trans., Larger trees, 2 to 221⁄2 in. diam.; trans., ANDORRA NURSERIES, WILLIAM WARNER HARPER. CHESTNUT HILL, PHILA., PA. I 75 7 50 12 50 15 50 00 100 00 00 125 00 2 25 20 00 150 00 350 30 00 4 00 35 00 Spring Work at Mont Alto.......... Report of City Parks' Association..... Fighting Forest Fires... Reforestation in France.. 134 135 135 136 137 138 140 142 The attention of Nurserymen and others is called to the advantages of FOREST LEAVES as an advertising medium. Rates will be furnished on application. The Pennsylvania Forestry Association, Labors to disseminate information in regard to the necessity and methods of forest culture and preservation, and to secure the enactment and enforcement of proper forest protective laws, both State and National. Annual membership fee, Two dollars. Neither the membership nor the work of this Association is intended to be limited to the State of Pennsylvania. Persons desiring to become members should send their names to J. Dundas Lippincott, Chairman Membership Committee, 1012 Walnut Street, Phila. President, John Birkinbine. Vice-Presidents, Wm. S. Harvey, James C. Haydon, Albert Lewis, Richard Wood. General Secretary, Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock. Treasurer, Charles E. Pancoast. Council-at-Large, Mrs. Brinton Coxe, Dr. Alfred L. Elwyn, Charles Hewett. Finance, W. S. Harvey, Chairman; Dr. Henry M. Fisher, W. W. Frazier, Charles E. Pancoast, and J. Rodman Paul. Membership, J. Dundas Lippincott, Chairman; Mrs. George F. Baer, Edwin Swift Balch, Hon. Lucien W. Doty, Charles W. Freedley, Dr. J. T. Rothrock, W. W. Scranton, Albert B. Weimer, Dr. Samuel Wolfe, and Hon. S. P. Wolverton. Law, Hon. W. N. Ashman, Chairman; Henry Budd, Charles Hewett, and John A. Siner. Publication, John Birkinbine, Chairman; F. L. Bitler, Alfred S. Haines, Alfred Paschall, and Harrison Souder. Work, Mrs. Brinton Coxe, Chairman; Mrs. George T. Heston, Miss E. L. Lundy, Mrs. John P. Lundy, William S. Kirk, and Abraham S. Schropp. County Organization, Samuel Marshall, Chairman; Eugene Ellicott, James C. Haydon, Dr. J. Newton Hunsberger, and Richard Wood. OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATION, 1012 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. occasions to seriously consider resigning from the office of Commissioner of Forestry, but he has refrained from doing this at the requests of State officials and friends of the forestry cause. It has been our pleasure to have worked with Dr. Rothrock since the movement for forest protection in Pennsylvania took definite form, and we appreciate the strength he has given to it. In 1893, after the passage of an act by the Legislature authorizing the appointment of a Forestry Commission to take up the whole subject of forestry in Pennsylvania and make a report on the same in 1895, Dr. Rothrock resigned as General Secretary of the Pennsylvania Forestry Association to accept the position of Botanist member of the Forestry Commission, preparing the greater portion of the report. When this report was presented early in 1895, the Legislature passed an act creating a Department of Agriculture in which was included a Bureau of Forestry, of which Dr. Rothrock was made the head, which was followed in 1901 by the creation of a Department of Forestry, making it a permanent feature of the government, and Dr. Rothrock was with propriety appointed Commissioner of Forestry. This Department has been kept free from political entanglements, and Dr. Rothrock has served continuously under four different administrations with satisfaction to each executive. During the time Dr. Rothrock has been in |