Boulger, G. S., Wood. London: Edward Arnold, 369 pp. A thoro discussion of wood structure, with chapters on the recognition and classification of woods, defects, preservation, uses, tests, supplies, and sources of wood. Good illustrations.
Bruce, E. S., Frost Checks and Wind Shakes. Forestry and Irrigation, 8: 159, April, '02. An original study of the splitting of trees by sudden frost and thaw.
Bruncken, Ernest, North American Forests and Forestry. N. Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 265 pp. A comprehensive survey of American Forestry conditions including the forest industries, fires, taxation, and management. No illustrations.
Busbridge, Harold, The Shrinkage and Warping of Timber. Sci. Amer. Suppl., No. 1500, Oct. 1, 1904. Good photographic illustrations.
Comstock, J. H. and A. B., A Manual for the Study of Insects. Ithaca, N. Y.: Comstock Publishing Co., 701 pp. Valuable for reference in classifying insects injurious to wood.
Curtis, Carleton C., Nature and Development of Plants. N. Y.: Henry Holt & Co., 1907, 471 pp. Chapter III is a very clear and excellent discussion of the structure of the stem of plants (including wood).
Encyclopedia Brittannica, Eleventh Edition, Cambridge: At the University Press. Article: Forests and Forestry, Vol. 10, p. 645. Article: Plants, Anatomy of, Vol. 21, p. 741. Article: Timber Vol. 26, p. 978.
Felt, E. P., The Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths. N. Y. State Museum: Bulletin 103, Entomology, 25. Valuable for colored illustrations as well as for detailed descriptions.
Fernow, B. E., Economics of Forestry. N. Y.: T. Y. Crowell & Co. 1902, quarto 520 pp. A treatment of forests and forestry from the standpoint of economics, including a comprehensive exposition of the forester's art, with chapters on forest conditions, silviculture, forest policies, and methods of business conduct, with a bibliography.
Fernow, B. E., Report upon the Forestry Investigation of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1887-1898. Fifty-fifth Congress, House of Representatives, Document No. 181. Quarto, 401 pp. A review of forests and forestry in the U. S., of forest policies of European nations, particularly of Germany, of the principles of silviculture, of a discussion of forest influences, and a section on timber physics.