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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Sr. Don Ricardo Cordoniu, who has 

 been for many years in charge of the work 

 of the Spanish Government in reforesting 

 the sand dunes and control of torrents and 

 tree planting in the mountains, has had con- 

 ferred on him, on tlie occasion of his 6Tth 

 birthday, the Grand Order of Elizabeth 

 the Catholic and Agronomial Merit. The 

 insignia of the order was given him by 

 public subscription. Sr. Condoniu is the 

 editor of Espana Forestal, one of the 

 heads of the only forestry school in Spain 

 and a member of the society of Amigos 

 del Arbol. 



The last number of Bspami Forestal 

 has just been received and is a very cred- 

 itable piece of work, the illustrations are 

 e.xcellent and there is more attention paid 

 to the aesthetic and artistic side of for- 

 estry than in any other forestry journal 

 published. 



ling and finishing woods and the different 

 kinds of paints, stains and varnishes which 

 are suitable for getting the effects desired. 



Secretary Robson Black, of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association, has just made a trip 

 to the territory patrolled by the Lower 

 Ottawa Forest Protective Association and 

 to the Ontario Government Nurseries and 

 plantation, at St. Williams, Ont. Fif- 

 teen acres are covered by the nursery 

 and about eighteen hundred acres have 

 been taken over from farmers and planted 

 up. Mr. E. J. Zavitz, Provincial Forester, 

 deserves great credit for the efficient way 

 in which he has handled this work and for 

 the excellent condition of the nursery and 

 the good he has done in awakening pub- 

 lic interest and in turning a barren section 

 into a fine prospective forest. The pine 

 plantations have now reached a height of 

 nine and ten feet and are in excellent con- 

 dition. Enormous numbers of hardwoods 

 of all sorts are grown for distribution. 



Mr. Black also investigated the "fake 

 settlers" in the Township of Boyer, Prov- 

 ince of Quebec, and showed the disastrous 

 result of their being allowed to take up 

 land simply for the purpose of cutting off 

 the timber. This is an abuse which has 

 been a crying shame but which the Province 

 ib rapidly controlling, and soon hopes to 

 make a thing of the past. 



At a recent meeting of the British Co- 

 lumbia Forest Club a very interesting 

 paper on the Forests of Central British 

 Columbia was read by Mr. H. R. Christie, 

 and one on general administrative problems 

 in forestry work by Mr. W. N. Millar. 



The Hon., the Minister of Lands, is in 

 receipt of advices from the Tete Jaune 

 Cache district, reporting that during the 

 month of August there were seven hundred 

 thousand feet, board measure scaled, being 

 timber cut by the Canadian Northern Pa^ 

 cific Railway during its construction 

 through the timber limits in the North 

 Thompson Valley, and representing the 

 addition of $2,600 to the provincial revenue 

 in stumpage and royalties. 



While its lumber industry is quiet, it is 

 believed that much development will take 

 place in that district as soon as economic 

 conditions permit. 



Fifty-five fires have been reported this 

 season, some sixty acres in all having 

 burned over, with damage to rather less 

 than three hundred thousand feet of stand- 

 ing timber. Ten of these outbreaks, af- 

 fecting twenty acres and damaging about 

 two-thirds of the timber mentioned, were 

 due to lightning. Hot, dry, windy weather 

 for the past few months rendered the po- 

 sition one of great hazard, and it is a 

 tribute to the efficiency of the fire-wardens 

 that the losses and fire fighting expendi- 

 tures have been kept within comparatively 

 small limits. The splendid spirit of co- 

 operation existing throughout this large 

 district has been a valuable asset, several 

 instances having occurred of settlers walk- 

 ing or riding many miles in order to report 

 the outbreak of a fire. 



Land-clearing by settlers has been ex- 

 tensively undertaken this year, and good 

 crops are reported generally, especially in 

 view of the fact that many areas are virgin 

 ground, and have been broken up for the 

 first time this year. 



British Columbia Notes C/UrrCtlt 



Under the direction of the Hon.. the 

 Minister of Lands, an attractive pamphlet 

 entitled "British Columbia Timber" has 

 been prepared for distribution among the 

 buyers in overseas markets. It is intended 

 to draw the attention of importers overseas 

 to the forest products of the province, and 

 especially to the facilities for exporting 

 British Columbia lumber. Consisting of 

 nearly forty pages, and containing thirty 

 illustrations, the pamphlet treats of the 

 principal exportable woods, their qualities 

 and uses, together with information con- 

 cerning their strength, values and suitability 

 for various uses. Also a pamphlet entitled 

 "How to Finish British Columbia Wood," 

 giving full details and directions for hand- 



Literature 



MONTHLY LIST FOR OCTOBER, 1915. 



(Books and periodicals indexed in the library 

 of the United States Forest Service.) 



FORESTRY AS A WHOLE 



Proceedings and reports of associations, forest 

 officers, etc. 



India — Andaman Islands — Forest dept. Prog- 

 ress report of forest administration for 

 the year 1913-14. 41 p. Calcutta, 

 1915. 



India — Bombay presidency — Forest dept. 

 Administration report of the forest 



circles, for the year 1913-1914. 184 p 

 Bombay, 1915. 

 New Jersey — • orest park reservation com- 

 mission. Tenth annual report for the 

 year ending October 31, 1914. 79 p. 

 pi., map. Trenton, N. J., 1915. 



Forest Education 



Cornell university — Dept. of forestry. 

 Courses in forestry ; a circular of informa- 

 tion for prospective forestry students. 

 lip. il. Ithaca, N. Y., 1915. 



Montana, University of — Forest school. Sec- 

 ond annual announcement, 1915-16. 63 

 p. il. Missoula, Mont., 1915. 



Forest Botany 



Lawler, James. Twenty Canadian trees. 

 23 p. il. Ottawa, Canadian forestry 

 association, 1915. 



SUvical Studies of Species 



Mattoon, Wilbur R. The southern cypress. 

 74 p. il., pL Wash., D. C, 1915. 

 (U. S. — Dept. of agriculture Bulletin 

 272.) 



Silviculture 



Planting and nursery practice 



New Zealand — Dept. of lands and survey. 

 Report on state nurseries and plantations 

 for the year 1914-15. 69 p. il., pi. 

 Wellington, 1915. 



Forest Protection 



Diseases 



Ross, R. M. The chestnut bark disease in 

 Vermont. 16 p. pi. St. Albans, Vt., 

 1915. (Vermont — Forest service. For- 

 estry publication no. 16.) 



Fire 



Kentucky — State forester. Manual of in- 

 structions for county forest wardens and 

 district forest wardens, and information 

 in regard to the prevention and suppres- 

 sion of forest fires. 31 p. Frankfort, 

 Ky., 1915. 



New Hampshire — Forestry commission. Per- 

 sonnel of the forest fire service. 53 p. 

 Manchester, N. H., 1915. (Circular 8.) 



United States — Dept. of agriculture — Forest 

 service. Fire protection in District 1, 

 for the use of forest officers. _ 117 p. 

 Wash., D. C, 1915. 



Forest Legislation 



New Hampshire — Laws, statutes, etc. For- 

 est laws. 31 p. Concord, N. H., 1915. 

 (New Hampshire — Forestry commission. 

 Circular 7.) 



New Jersey — Laws, statutes, etc. The law 

 and regulations concerning camp fires 

 in New Jersey. 4 p. il. Trenton, 

 N. J., Dept. of conservation and develop- 

 ment, 1915. 



New Jersey — Laws, statutes, etc. Laws of 

 New Jersey relating to forestry, 1915. 

 44 p. " Union Hill, N. J., 1915. 



United States — Dept. of agriculture — Forest 

 service. State forestry laws; Louisiana, 

 through regular session, 1914. 7 p. 

 Wash., D. C, 1915. 



United States — Dept. of agriculture — Forest 



