12 FORESTRY ]Bot. Absts., Vol. VII, 



FOREST BOTANY AND FORESTRY 



Raphael Zon, Editor 

 J. V. HoFMANN, Assistant Editor 



100. Anonymous. AUgemeine Bedingungen fiir die Verpachtung forststaatlicher Jagden 

 in Preussen. [Leasing of hunting rights on Prussian State Forests.] Forstwiss. Centralbl. 

 42: 100-105. 1920. — In general, hunting is managed by the State forest authorities, but in a 

 few cases is leased to private individuals. The conditions and forms governing such leasing 

 are given. — W. N. Sparkawk. 



101. Anonymous. Facts about depletion of our forests. Amer. Forest. 26:433-435. 

 1920. 



102. Anonymous. Forestry in France. Australian Forest. Jour. 3: 141-142. 1920. — 

 A description is given of the French method of silvicultural management of a practically 

 normal beech forest of 26,000 acres having a negligible admixture of oak in the State forest 

 in the neighborhood of Lyons-la-F6ret in the Department Eure. The present method of 

 regulation' is based on the uniform compartment system with natural regeneration. — C. F. 

 Korstian. 



103. Anonymous. Industrial research in forest products. Amer. Forest. 26:401-407. 

 7 fig. 1920. — A brief of the work of -the Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. — 

 Chas. H. Otis. 



104. Anonymous. Kurze tJbersicht fiber die wichtigsten Kennzeichen der verschiedenen 

 Larchenarten. [A brief review of the most important characteristics of the various Larch 

 species.] Naturwiss. Zeitschr. Forst- u. Landw. 18:46-51. 1920. — This brief review con- 

 tains a key for the cones of the 19 species and varieties in the Larch family, a key for the 

 needles and twigs, and a brief description of each species or variety. — /. Roeser. 



105. Anonymous. Progress of the purchase of Eastern national forests. Amer. Forest 

 26:454-460. 2 maps, 4- fig- 1920. [From report prepared by the National Forest Reserva- 

 tion Commission.] 



106. Anonymous. The utilization of sand wastes. Australian Forest. Jour. 3: 138- 

 139. 1920. — A brief review is given of the experience of France in the fixation and econotnic 

 utilization of barren areas of shifting sand in the Landes through the planting of cluster 

 pine {Pinus pinaster), and a plea is made for the adoption of similar measures in Australia. — 

 C. F. Korstian. 



107. Anonymous. Die Verhandlungen der Preussischen Landesversammlung iiber den 

 Staatshaushaltsplan der Forstverwaltung. [Action in the Prussian legislature on the Forest 

 Service budget.] Forstwiss. Centralbl. 42: 106-114. 1920.— By the Versailles treaty there 

 was a definite loss to Prussia of 581,513 hectares of forest with an income of 23,459,000 marks, 

 besides a possible loss of 346,862 hectares and income of 24,519,858 marks in the plebiscite 

 areas, and 34,958 hectares and 2,208,000 marks in the districts of Aachen and Trier. Although 

 wood prices have risen along with all other prices, the Forest Service must try to keep them 

 down within reason. It is proposed to cut one-third more wood than usual to supplj^ fuel 

 needs, especially of the bakers; but in many places increased production of fuelwood will 

 have to be made at the expense of construction timber or mine timbers. Receipts from tur- 

 pentining brought in a considerable revenue, but can be counted on only so long as the indus- 

 try is needed to supply domestic requirements and is profitable. A demand has arisen for 

 more agricultural land, with the tendency to demand clearing of parts of the State forests. 

 There is also considerable deforestation of private forests, so that a law is under consid- 

 eration giving the government authority to regulate such clearing and requiring that all 

 forests of more than 15 hectares be subject to State supervision. The question of salaries 



