No. 1, August, 1921] FORESTRY 17 



FOREST BOTANY AND FORESTRY 



Raphael Zon, Editor 

 J. V. HoFMANN, Assistant Editor 



(See also in this issue Entries 30, 63, 83, 101, 110, 113, 306, 439, 452, 466) 



117. Anonymous. Annual administration report of the Afforestation Division [United 

 Provinces, India] for the financial year 1919-20. 28 p., 3 pi. (Jovernment Press: Allahabad, 

 1920. — The report covers the work of the United Provinces Forest Service in reclamation of 

 land ruined by erosion following denudation. It is estimated that there are 8,000,000 acres 

 of denuded or eroded waste land in the Province, of which 23,708 acres are under government 

 control, and 4,08.3 acres are being actively afforested. The report considers the constitution 

 of state forests; summary of works carried out; exploitation of areas under reclamation; 

 history of afforestation in the United Provinces; a copy of the agreement made with owners of 

 ravine waste land; final report on famine relief operations; and financial statements. The 

 afforestation projects are designed to furnish reserve supplies of fodder and fuel, and to sta- 

 bilize and reclaim eroding areas. Of the many trees and grasses that have been experimented 

 with, Acacia arabica and Dalbergia sissoo are the most satisfactory trees, though Gmelina 

 arborea, Tectona grandis, Holoptelea integrifolia, and certain bamboos show great promise. 

 The cost of reclaiming and afforesting is about CO Rs. per acre. It has been found satisfactory 

 to use reclamation projects to provide government relief for famine sufferers as all classes 

 of labor can be employed, and the work can be closed at any time without being left incom- 

 plete. — Winfield Dudgeon. 



118. Anonymous. Ce que valent chenes et frenes sur pied. [Oak and ash stumpage 

 prices.] Bull. Trimest. Soc. Forest. Franche-Comte et Belfort 13 : 277-278. 1920. — Oak stump- 

 age prices are now approximately 30 per cent higher than a year ago in the Vosges and Ilaute- 

 Saone. The present stumpage price of oak can be determined roughly by doubling the diame- 

 ter of the tree (in cm.) and subtracting 10 francs; of ash by doubling the diameter and adding 

 10 francs. Prices for both species are still increasing. — S. T. Dana. 



119. Anonymous. Congres de 1920. [Congress of 1920.] Bull. Trimest. Soc. Forest. 

 Franche-Comt6 et Belfort 13: 212-258. 1920. — The annual meeting of the forestry society 

 of Franche-Comte and Belfort was held at Champagney, August 9-11, 1920. In addition to 

 the usual banquet and general assembly, field excursions were made to a number of neighbor- 

 ing forests. Separate abstracts are given of the speeches made and of the descriptions of the 

 forests visited. — S. T. Dana. 



120. Anonymous. Entwurf eines preussischen Gesetzes iiber Kahlschlage in Privatwald- 

 ungen. [Proposed Prussian law regulating clear cutting in private forests.] Deutsch. Forstzeitg. 

 36: 39-41. 1921.- — The proposed law forbids clear cutting of more than gV of the area of a 

 forest unit, or excessive thinnings, without special permit. It applies to high forests, or 

 similar forests, but not to coppice forests. All privately owned forests are subject to this 

 law except those managed cooperatively, which are already provided for. This law is intended 

 to prevent forest devastation, which is threatened, especially near the towns, until the pro- 

 posed new law regarding forest culture can be passed and made effective. At present there 

 is no legal way to prevent devastation of private forest lands in Prussia. Comments on the 

 law, by Dr. Bertog, are appended. — W. N . Sparhawk. 



121. Anonymous. Errichtung von Forsteinrichtungsanstalten in Preussen. [Estab- 

 lishment of forest regulation office in Prussia.] Forstwiss. Centralbl. 42: 267-270. 1920. — 

 The organization of a new working-plans ofhce in the Prussian state forest service is described 

 which will put the work of regulating the cut in the hands of specialists, and will also save 

 the treasury considerable money.- — W. N. Sparhawk. 



