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983. Woodruffe-Peacock, E. A. H3rpericum humifusum. Jour. Botany 57: 225. 1919. 

 ^Notes called forth by H. Stuart Thompson's article in this journal (see Bot. Absts. 8, 

 Entry 980). The author makes use of 50 years of very carefully kept soil records for Lincoln- 

 shire. He shows the percentage distribution of this Hypericum in the different soils. It is 

 calciphobe, and typically a plant of the open woodland of the older decaying stages passing 

 into calluna moorland. In general the observations bear out those of Thompson and Bent- 

 ham. — K. M. Wiegand. 



984. ZiNSMEisTER, J. B. Weltere BeitrSge zur Flora von Augsburg und Schwaben. [Fur- 

 ther contributions to the flora of Augsburg and Swabia.] Ber. Naturw. Verein Schwaben u. 

 Neuburg 42: 264-270. 1919. — The author lists 4 pteridohpytes and 122 spermatophytes from 

 the region in question, giving one or more definite stations in each case. A hybrid 

 origin is indicated in 18 instances. — A. W. Evans. 



APPLIED ECOLOGY 



985. MuNNS, E. N. Some biological and economic aspects of chaparral. Jour. For- 

 estry 17: 9-14. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 1, Entry 1147; 3, Entry 560. 



986. TouMEY, J. W. The relation of gray birch to the regeneration of white pine. Jour. 

 Forestry 17: 15-20. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 578. 



FOREST BOTANY AND FORESTRY 



Raphael Zon, Editor 

 J. V. Hofmann, Assistant Editor 



(See also in this issue Entries 768, 864, 1129, 1176, 1206, 1351, 1365, 1368, 1374, 1382, 1390, 

 1392, 1395, 1397, 1402, 1406, 1408, 1414, 1423, 1435, 1468, 1492, 1540, 1549, 1560, 1565) 



987. Anderson, J. Paper from Alaska. Sci. Amer. 124: 64, 75. 3 fig. 1921.— A popular 

 article considering the supply of pulpwood in Alaska. It is stated that the National Forests 

 of Alaska contain resources suflacient to produce 1,500,000 tons of paper annually in perpetuity. 

 —Chas. H. Otis. 



988. Anonymous. El algarroba. [The carob bean.] Informacion Agric. [Madrid] 10: 

 501-504. 6 fig. 1920. 



989. Anonymous. Grundbesitz und Vermogensabgabe in Oesterreich. [Landed estates 

 and property taxes in Austria.] Allg. Forst- u. Jagdzeitg. 38: 61-62. 1920. — A discussion of 

 the tax law under consideration by the Ministry of Finance. Assessments on forest estates 

 will be upon their vastly inflated present sale value, as they fall into the classification of 

 "large estates." Medium and small estates have a lower valuation based on pre-war 

 values. The result will be discouraging to Austrian forestry and threatens to cause the 

 breaking up of many large forest estates and demoralization of the liunber trade. — F. S. 

 Baker. 



990. Anonymous. Mitteilungen iiber die Ergebnisse der Sachsischen Staatsforstverwal- 

 tung im Jaahre 1918. [Administration report of state forests of Saxony for 1918.] Tharander 

 Forst. Jahrb. 71:264-268. 1920. — Classified tables of areas, income, and expenditures are 

 given. The total forest area of the state forests of Saxony at the end of 1918 was 180,989 

 hectares, of which 172,934 hectares is forest land and 8,055 hectares non-forest land. This 

 is an increase of only 49 hectares over 1917. The income from the state forests was 31,393,339 

 marks — an increase of 5,057,450 marks over 1917. The increase in income was partly due to 

 the rising price of wood. The price per festmeter of fuelwood increased from 21.72 marks 

 in 1913 and 27.37 marks in 1916 to 44.37 marks in 1918. The total income of the depart- 

 ment of forestry was 32,431,903 marks— an increase of 5,228,776 marks over 1917. This is an 



