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far the most efficient society is the recently organized Thiiringia society of forest adminis- 

 trative officers, who are working toward scientific and politico-economic development of for- 

 estry and forest management and toward the consolidation of all the German societies of 

 forest administrative officers into a national society, A meeting was planned for June 14- 

 15, 1921.— J. Roeser. 



1631. Henry, Augustine. The tallest yews in Europe. Country Life [London] 50: 9-10. 

 2 fig. 1921. — Professor Badoux has recently claimed that a yew 70| feet high, growing wild 

 in the forest of Chillon, Switzerland, is the tallest in Europe; but the Close Walks, near Mid- 

 hurst in England, contain 3 trees respectively 89, 90, and 92 feet high. These are probably 

 about 260 years old. In China and Japan the yew grows only about 50 feet high, but in 

 western North America occasionally reaches 80 feet. The tall specimens of Midhurst prob- 

 ably are not surpassed in height, unless it be in the Himalayas. — M. F. Warner. 



1632. Hertz. Staatsaufsicht fur den Privatwald, [State supervision of private forests.] 

 Zeitschr. Forst- u. Jagdw. 51: 177-184. 1919. — The author is opposed to communism in the 

 forest as advocated by Kordvahr and Merten. He claims that in many instances small private 

 forests are the only means of holding farmers on the land, and that with the sale of these 

 private holdings to the state, the farmers will join the urban population. Many small private 

 forests are better managed than the average state forests and in a way which better suits the 

 economic needs of the country and secures the best use of forest labor. The state should aid 

 private forests primarily by a good forest law, which, for the large forest, should provide for 

 both regular technical supervision and forest organization. The law might also cover the 

 much discussed subject of "capital cuttings," and help forest owners by providing loans 

 which approximate the interest on capital invested in growing stock. — /. Roeser, 



1633. Holmes, J. S. Damage to forests by hail in North Carolina. Monthlj'- Weather 

 Rev. 49: 333. 1921. — A hail storm on April 28, 1921, did much damage in North Carolina 

 forests, killing much young growth, defoliating trees, and breaking branches, and so weaken- 

 ing many of the pines that they will be easy victims of the pine beetle. — E. N. Munns. 



1634. HoMANs, G. M. Eighth biennial report of the State Board of Forestry of the State 

 of California, 1919-20. 54 ?>•, 5 illus. 1921. — This report quotes the act of 1919 creating a 

 State Board of Forestry and outlines a state forestry policy for California under 4 important 

 headings: (1) Control of forest fires; (2) disposal of slash; (3) acquirement of cut-over lands; 

 (4) survey of watershed areas. Complete minutes are given of the meeting of the lumbermen 

 of California with the State Board of Forestry on Nov. 5, 1920, which culminated in a roll 

 call on the slash-disposal question. All present agreed to dispose of their slash. Since then 

 260 operators have agreed in writing to dispose of their annual slash in such a manner as to 

 lesson fire hazard and save young growth. The new fire protective organizations of the state 

 are described, and statistics on causes of fires, areas (by counties) burned over, etc., are given. 

 Announcement is made of a state forest nursery on a 30-acre tract near Davis, where trees 

 will be raised for forest and highway planting. A tfest of white fir {Abies concolor) and cotton- 

 wood {Populus fremontii) as substitutes for Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) for butter boxes, 

 carried on at the Davis farm, resulted in the decision that both species give entire satisfaction 

 when the boxes are properly paraffined and lined with parchment paper. — Woodbridge Metcalf. 



1635. Jameson, F. Walton. Notes on tree-planting in the Kimberley District. South 

 African Jour. Indust. 4: 504-511. 1921. — The country about Kimberley is hot, drj^, and dusty, 

 but at many of the railway stations trees have been established and are growing well. Most 

 of the natural timber from Mafeking to many miles south of Kimberley has been felled and 

 the veld, unprotected by trees, is subject to the full hot blast of the northwest winds. With 

 due care certain hardy trees can be successfully grown, and for this purpose Eucalpytus 

 rostrata, Cypressus arizonica, Pinus halepensis, and P. longifolia are recommended. Experi- 

 mental plots have been planted in Kimberley. — E. M. Doidge. 



