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BOOK REVIEWS 



The Story of the Forest, by J. Gordon 

 Dorrance, of the Maryland State Board 

 of Forestry. The American Book Co., 

 New York, 232 pages. Price, 65 cents. 

 The author in a most interesting and in- 

 structive way tells the younger generation 

 what the woodlands of the country are and 

 what they mean. The book is particularly 

 of service in the schools. It tells of the 

 forests of America; of the tree and 

 how it lives and dies ; of how to know- 

 trees ; of work in the woods; of the by- 

 products of the forests and of the most 

 famous trees in American history. 



Tree Wounds and Diseases, by A. D. 

 Webster. J. B. Lippincott Company, 

 Philadelphia, 215 pages, $2.50 net. 

 Here is a book which will fill a public 

 need. Everybody loves trees, many own 

 them. When a tree is sick, diseased or in- 

 jured the owner rarely knows what to do 

 for it. This book clearly and simply 

 tells what to do and how to do it. Tlie 

 illustrations add considerably to the prac- 

 tical instruction given. The advice will be 

 of service to every tree lover and tree 

 owner. 



Southern Forestry Congress Proceedings, 



Price, $1.00. 



In this is a compilation of the addresses 

 presented at the Southern Forestry Con- 

 gress, at Asheville, North Carolina, last July. 

 The book contains nearly 200 pages, is 

 neatly printed and attractively bound and 

 should be on the shelf of every Southern 

 lumberman, forester and landowner. 



The Well-Considered Garden, by Mrs. 



Frances King. Charles Scribner's Sons, 



New York, 290 pages. 



This attractive book, profusely illustrated, 

 is by an author whose practical knowledge, 

 keen insight, and splendid enthusiasm 

 combine to make her so well fitted to in- 

 struct, advise and inspire lovers of plants 

 and gardens that it will be found by all of 

 these of unusual practical value. 



The Book of Forestry, by Frederick Frank- 

 lin Moon. D. Appleton & Company, New 

 York, 315 pages. 



The author, who is professor of forest 

 engineering at the New York State College 

 of Forestry at Syracuse, states in his preface 

 that " The American people are by inheri- 

 tance a nation of forest butchers " and he 

 therefore aims in the book to awaken a 

 love of the forest in the heart of young 

 America, and a realization that forestry is 

 necessary for the comfort, health and pros- 

 perity of future generations. 



Hand-book for Rangers and Woodsmen, 



by Jay L. B. Taylor. John Wiley & Sons, 



Inc., New York City, 420 pages, $2.50 net. 



The author is a forest ranger in the 



United States Forest Service and, realizing 



the need of such a volume as this to serve 



as a guide for inexperienced men in woods 



work, he wrote it. It is so complete in 



detailed description and in illustration that 

 it is most valuable. While the book is 

 primarily intended to describe the problems 

 confronting the forest ranger, it is also of 

 use to others whose work or recreation takes 



them into rougli ami unsettled regions. 

 The book covers in considerable detail 

 problems dealing with equipment, construc- 

 tion work, general field work, live stock and 

 miscellaneous conditions. 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT 



Ellwood Wu.son, Sfxretary, Canadian Society 

 OF Forest Engineers 



Suggestions are being made to farmers 

 who have some rough land on their farms, 

 to plant balsam for Christmas trees. They 

 do not take long to grow and should prove 

 a profitable crop. 



Practically all of the paper and pulp mills 

 in Canada are preparing to increase their 

 output and many new mills will be built. 



The Pulp and Paper Magazine of Canada 

 comes out in a new cover and will hereafter 

 appear as a weekly. This paper is keeping 

 step with the growth of the industry whose 

 organ it is, and is a very creditable one. 



The fourth annual meeting of The Cana- 

 dian Pulp and Paper Association took place 

 January 31st, and was addressed by Sir 

 George Foster, Minister of Trade and Com- 

 merce. At the banquet in the evening Sir 

 Robert Laird Borden, Prime Minister of 

 the Dominion, responded to the toast of 

 " Our Country." The Technical Section 

 met on the 30th and 31st. Mr. Herman 

 Guettler read a paper on the " American 

 Barking Drum" and Dr. Bjarne Johnson, 

 one on the " Chemistry of Wood," and there 

 was a genera! discussion on " The Handling 

 of Wood in Pulp Mills." 



In February Mr. Henry Sorgius, Manager 

 of the St. Maurice Forest Protective Asso- 

 ciation, will be sent on a tour of the Prov- 

 ince, by the Department of Lands and 

 Forests, to try to get the limit holders who 

 are not already members of the Coopera- 

 tive Associations to form new ones in their 

 respective districts. 



On February first and second, in ihe 

 rooms of the Montreal Board of Trade, was 

 held the first general conference on Forest 

 Fire Protection in Eastern Canada. It was 

 under the joint auspices of the Lower 

 Ottawa and St. Maurice Forest Protective 

 Associations and consisted of short papers, 

 by men prominent in different phases of pro- 

 tective work, followed by informal general 

 discussion. Mr. T. B. Wyman, of the 

 Northern Forest Protective Association. 

 Mr. Clyde Leavitt of the Dominion Con- 

 servation Commission and other prominent 

 men took part. The subject of the white 

 pine blister rust was di-cussed. A very 

 important question was also brought up, 

 i.e.. the protection of forest areas wliich 



are at present of no commercial value, such 

 as young growth, burnt over territory, sec- 

 ond growth, and timber without commercial 

 value, owing to its inaccessibility. 



The work of the New Brunswick forest 

 survey is proceeding satisfactorily and at 

 low cost. About 375,000 acres have already 

 been covered. Maps have been made show- 

 ing the holdings of the Government, boun- 

 dary lines, drainage, etc., the kinds and 

 amounts of timber and the kinds of soil. 

 The cost has been, including the office work, 

 only 4l4 cents per acre, which is very 

 creditable. This survey will set a Provin- 

 cial record for thorough and comprehensive 

 work and will put the Province of New 

 Brunswick in a splendid position to lay out 

 future plans for the management of its 

 forests, the regulation of its cut, protection 

 work, etc., and will give all the data neces- 

 sary for the proper classification of lands 

 so that only those which are really agricul- 

 tural shall be opened for settlement. 



The soil map shows the character of the 

 soil by broad physical types, such as clays, 

 clay-loams, sand-loams, sand soils and 

 swamp soils. The presence of surface and 

 sub-surface stones are also shown, with 

 areas too steep and rugged for cultivation. 

 The timber maps show the main topographic 

 features, and the timber by broad types, 

 with the estimate based on types. This 

 gives the board feet per acre, and the per- 

 centage of the different species entering into 

 the estimate. 



In the United States, neither the public 

 generally nor the foresters, seem to be 

 aware of the rapid progress which forestry 

 is making in Canada. Almost all of the 

 Provinces now have active and efficient 

 Forestry Services as has the Dominion 

 Government. Fire protection has made 

 rapid progress and public sentiment has 

 reached a point where forest fires will soon 

 be a thing of the past. Public opinion will 

 Iiold those responsible for poor protection 

 strictly responsible. Proper exploitation is 

 becoming more and more the rule, especially 

 with the pulp and paper companies. A be- 

 ginning has also been made along silvicul- 

 tural lines and people at large arc beginning 

 to realize that trees must be grown as crops. 

 A large amount of experimental work is be- 

 ing carried on and the outlook for proper 

 utilization and conservation of our forest 

 resources is decidedly bright. 



