Diseases of Trees and Decay of Timber

Abstract

PROF. Boyce's work is a welcome addition to the scanty collection of text-books in English dealing with forest pathology. It is mainly concerned to give an account of the diseases of forest trees in North America which are due to plant parasites, and of the fungi which cause decay and stain of timber. Non-infectious diseases are dealt with in a short and summary manner. The book is written to serve a dual purpose. First, it is designed as a text-book and work of reference for foresters in North America, and secondly as a reference book for specialists. The first is, doubtless, its main purpose. This is reflected in the arrangement of diseases according to the organ of the host affected, instead of according to the classification of the parasites concerned, and in the suppression, so far as possible, of technical, mycological and especially taxonomic descriptions. The second purpose is reflected in the carefully selected lists of literature references appended to each chapter.

Forest Pathology

By Prof. John Shaw Boyce. (American Forestry Series.) Pp. x + 600. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1938.) 30s.