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Ashe, W. W., Shortleaf Pine in Virginia. (Departm. Agric. 

 and Immigr. Virginia. 44 pp. 6 pl. Riclimond 1913.) 



This bulletin gives the distribution and imporiance oftheshort 

 leaf pine, Pinus echinata Mill., condition and importance of old field 

 Stands, managements, thinnings, production of cordwood from 

 thinned and unthinned Stands, production of saw timber, value of 

 trees and Stands, etc. Harshberger. 



Bailey, V., Life Zones and Crop Zones of New Mexico. 

 (Bur. Biol. Survey. North Amer. Fauna N*^. 35. Washington, 1913.) 



An excellent map in color serves as a frontispiece to this bul- 

 letin illustrated with 16 plates and 6 textfigures. The plate and 

 textfigures largely represent the Vegetation of the different life 

 zones. After a short introduction, the general physical features are 

 considered with a Statement of the personnel engaged in the field 

 work. Next are considered the life zones, as to their plant and 

 animal forms. Six of the transcontinental life zones, following the 

 Classification of Merriam, are represented in New Mexico as 

 broad bands sweeping across the State, as tongues reaching in from 

 further south, or as encircling rings or caps on the elevated peak- 

 sand mountain ranges. Lower Sonoran, the zone of mesquite, comes 

 into the southern Valleys along the Pecos, Rio Grande and Yila 

 rivers, and over the low plains of the southwestern corner of the 

 State. Upper Sonoran, the zone of nut pine and juniper, covers 

 most of the plains and foot hill country. Transition, the zone of 

 yellow pine, covers generally the middle mountain slopes of the 

 high ranges. Canadian, the zone of spruce and fir, covers the 

 higher mountain slopes. Hudsonian , the zone of dwarf spruces. 

 occurs as a narrow belt of scrub by timberline trees around the 

 high peaks, and the treeless Arctic-Alpine Zone caps many ot 

 the higher peaks in the Sangre de Cristo Range. 



Lists of mammals, birds, reptiles and plants of each of these 

 different life zones are given, as also the names of the different 

 varieties of cultivated fruit trees, such as the peach, the apricot, 

 the plum, the quince, the grape, the watermelon, the muskmelon, 

 the canteloupe, the onion and the sweet potato. The change in the 

 native fiora, as well as in the introduced cultivated flora, is to be 

 noted in passing from one zone to another. A useful bibliography 

 is added. Harshberger. 



Harper, R. M.. The Forest Regions of Mississippi in Rela- 

 tion to the Lumber Industry. (The Southern Lumberman. 

 LXX. 935. Aug. 23, 1913.) 



The author gives a useful map of the forest regions of the 

 State and describes the tree Vegetation of the northeaslern hills, 

 the black prairie belt, the red hills, the longleaf pine region, the 

 yellow loam region, the Yazoo delta with reference to the lumber 

 production and sawmills in each. A table in the summary gives 

 the names of the trees and the num.ber of mills reporting each. 



Harshberger. 



Harper, R. M., The Forest Resources of Alabama. (Amer- 

 Forestry. XIX. 657-670. 17 figs. and a forest map. 1913.) 



A description is given of the forest regions of Alabama and 



