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145. Anonymous. Holztrocknung durch kalte Luft. [The drying of wood by means of 

 cold air.] Naturwissenschaften 7: 353. 1919. — A review of an article appearing in the Quar- 

 terly Journal of Forestry. — Orion L. Clark. 



146. Anonymous. Un bon exemple a suivre. [A good example to follow.] Bull. Trimest. 

 Soc. Forest. Franche-Comt6 et Belfort 13 : 55-56. 1919. — The city council of Epinal on May 3, 

 1919, adopted a resolution urging that the fines for forest trespass provided by Article 192 

 of the Code forestier be increased and that the penalty of imprisonment be restored, at least 

 to the extent of making it optional in the case of habitual offenders. The example set by Epi- 

 nal should be widely followed and every effort made to secure legislation which will more ade- 

 quately protect the forests, particularly in the vicinity of cities. — S. T. Dana. 



147. Anonymous. Ce que valent les chenes sur pied. [Oak stumpage values.] Bull. 

 Trimest. Soc. Forest. Franche-Comt6 et Belfort 13: 53-55. 1919. — Stumpage prices of oak 

 timber in eastern France have approximately doubled since 1916, while the prices of many 

 other commodities are three or even four times what they were before the war. Taking into 

 account the decreased purchasing power of money, oak stumpage, in spite of the apparent 

 increase in price, is worth relatively less than it was a few years ago. Owners of timber of 

 good quality would therefore do well to hold it for the further increase in price which is sure 

 to take place. — S.T. Dana. 



148. Anonymous. La foret de Haguenau (etude d'un forestier francaise. [A study of 

 the forest of Haguenau.] Bull. Trimest. Soc. Forest. Franche-Comte" et Belfort 13: 117-146. 

 1919. — The historic forest of Haguenau, owned jointly by the State and the city of Haguenau, 

 comprises an almost unbroken expanse of 13,699 hectares in northern Alsace between the 

 Rhine and the Vosges. It is situated on a practically level plain with a heavy, impermeable 

 clay subsoil, generally overlain with a mixture of sand and clay in varying proportions. The 

 area as a whole is cold, poorly drained, and in spots marshy. The continuity of the forest, 

 which has decreased comparatively little in size since the middle ages, is doubtless due to the 

 fact that the soil is in general unsuitable for cultivation. Injuries from frost, snow-break, 

 and windfall are not uncommon and are at times severe. There is also more or less damage 

 from animals (chiefly deer), insects (chiefly May beetles), various fungi, and, rarely, fire. 

 Scotch pine forms 50 per cent of the stand, oak 30 per cent, hornbeam 8 per cent, and beech 

 6 per cent. Scotch pine grows rapidly up to 70 or 80 years of age, and ordinarily reaches ma- 

 turity at about 120 years, with a height of from 28 to 30 metres and a diameter of 60 centi- 

 meters. It accommodates itself to all except the most marshy sites; is ordinarily rather poorly 

 formed, but produces wood of excellent quality; and forms rather open stands which at matur- 

 ity seldom have more than 200 trees per hectare. Seed years occur annually after 50 years 

 of age with particuarly heavy crops every 3 or 4 years. Oak, which formerly occupied a much 

 more important place in the forest, thrives best in the alluvial soils along stream bottoms 

 and produces a fine-grained wood which is much sought after, particularly for ship-building. 

 Although it often attains a much greater age, it ordinarily matures at from 150 to 180 years 

 with a height of from 25 to 30 meters and a diameter of 70 centimeters to 1 meter. Seed crops, 

 which are much less frequent than formerly, occur at intervals of approximately 7 years, with 

 full crops not oftener than once in 50 years. Hornbeam is of little value except as a filler 

 and is often more or less of a weed tree. Beech was formerly much more abundant than at 

 present, but has been increasing in importance again since 1870 because of its frequent use 

 by the Germans for underplanting with pine and oak. Herbaceous vegetation is generally 

 abundant, some times to the extent of interfering with reproduction, and local residents de- 

 rive a considerable revenue from the abundant crops of whortleberry. The forest is more 

 or less burdened with rights of use, most of which date back to time immemorial, and consid- 

 erable damage has been done to the soil by the constant removal of the hardwood leaf litter. 

 Transportation facilities and markets are good. — Prior to the seventeenth century, the forest 

 of Haguenau appears to have been regarded as chiefly valuable for pasturage. The first real 

 attempts at forest regulation were made in 1695, and it was not until 1845 that a complete 



