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Forestry quarterly, Dec, 1916. — Some sug- 

 gestions on the control of mistletoe in 

 the national forests of the northwest, 

 by James R. Weir, p. 567-77 ; Some 

 characteristics of slash pine, by Wilbur 

 R. Mattoon, p. 578-88; National forest 

 organization, by S. W. Wynne, p. 589- 

 94; Fire-season forecasts on a Califor- 

 nia forest, by R. W. Ayres, p. 595-8; 

 Conversion methods ; a visit to the for- 

 ests of Oiaux and Faye de la Mon- 

 trond, France, by H. R. MacMillan, 

 p. 599-604; Passing views of forestry in 

 British South .'\frica, by H. R. Mac- 

 Millan. p. 605-23; Forestry in India 

 from a Canadian point of view, by H. 

 R. MacMillan, p. 624-49; China's for- 

 est laws, by F. Sherfesee. p. 650-61 ; 

 The significance of certain variations in 

 the anatomical structure of wood, by R. 

 P. Prichard and I. W. Bailey, p. 662-70 ; 

 Douglas fir fiber, with special reference 

 to length, liy H. N. Lee and E. M. 

 Smith, p. 671-95 ; The economic woods 

 of Hawaii, by Vaughan MacCaughey, 

 p. 696-716. 



Indian forester, Nov.-Dec, 1916. — Teak 

 taungya plantations in the Henzada- 

 Maubin division, by C. W. Allan, p. 

 533-7: The road drag, by A. J. S. But- 

 terwick, p. 537-45 ; The forest resources 

 of Newfoundland, p. 567-70. 



Quarterly journal of forestry, Jan., 1917.— 

 Relationship of the Douglas fir to lime 

 in soil, by William Somerville. p. 1-6: 

 The improvement and maintenance of 

 soil fertility in woodlands ; by W. L. 

 Taylor, p. 6-16 ; Discussion on the pres- 

 ent position and future development of 

 forestry in England and Wales, p. 20- 

 58; Large Sitka spruces in Scotland, 

 by A. Henry, p. 65-6; Income tax on 

 woodlands, by H. J. Elwes and Wm. .\. 

 Haviland, p. 66-8 : The pine beetle in 

 larch shoots, by Wm. Somerville. p. 

 68-72 ; A scheme to encourage affor- 

 estation, by James Smith, p. 74-6; 

 Memorandum on the Danish moorland 

 society, p. 77-9. 



Revue des eaux et forets, Nov. 1. 1916. — 

 Influence de I'intensite des eclaircies 

 sur le rendcmcnt des peuplements 

 reguliers de sapins, by Emile Mer, 

 p. 305-9; Forets russes d'extreme-ori- 

 cnt. Province maritime, by A. Arnould, 

 p. 310-16; Le service forestier aux 

 armees, p. 322-8. 



Revue des eaux et forets, Dec. 1. 1916. — 

 fitendue des forets domaniales en 

 France, by G. Iluflfel. p. 337-48; La 

 reparation des dommages de guerre aux 

 forets, by J. Demorlaine, p. 349-53 ; 

 L'exploitation des bois au Tonkin, by 

 J. Prades, p. 354-6 ; Le bois digestible, 

 p. 360-2. 



Tiddskrift for skogbruk. Dec. 1916.— Gam- 

 melskog og nutidsskog (Former forests 

 and present forests), p. 417-24; Aus- 

 traliens skogcr (."Vustralia's forests), 

 by D. E. Hutchins. p. 424-8 ; Hr. f orst- 

 mcstcr Vcstby og mine beregninger 

 (Hr. \'cstby and my calculations con- 

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 Barth, p. 428 ; Skog og planting paa 

 Dovre (Forests and plantations in 

 Dovre). bv Haakon Lie. p. 433-8. 



Tidsskrift for skogbruk. Jan., 1917.— Om 

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 clear cutting and selection cutting), 

 by K, p. 2-8; Efter en liten Vestlands- 

 visit (After a little visit to the west 

 coast), by A. K. Myhrwold, p. 8-14; 

 I.andbrukshiskolen og dens skogbruk- 

 savdeling (The agricultural college and 

 its department of forestry), by J. G. 

 Bohmer, p. 14-20. 



