2 FORESTRY [Bot. Absts. 



in the interior of the country foresters were gradually attached to the various organizations 

 using wood and finally a general committee on wood (Comite general des Bois) was established 

 to coordinate and control all matters relating to the utilization of wood. The actual conduct 

 of the necessary operations was centralized in a General Inspection of Woods (l'lnspection 

 Generale des Bois). — As a result of the enormous demands for wood for military purposes, 

 private forests suffered more severely than national and communal forests, which were pro- 

 tected by the Administration of Waters and Forests. In the Landes, which suffered from 

 unusually intensive exploitations by the Allies of the French, a special Commission was cre- 

 ated to exercise general supervision over all cuttings in this region. — One important outcome 

 of the war has been the inauguration of a complete inventory of the available resources of the 

 French forests. This work is being continued since the signing of the armistice, since the 

 information being secured by it is essential to determine the extent to which the French forests 

 can be used in the reconstruction period. — S. T. Dana. 



4. Federal Horticultural Board. U. S. Dept. Agric. Amendment No. 1 to regulations 

 supplemental to notice of quarantine No. 37. Service and regulatory announcements 60: 21-22. 

 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 399. 



5. Federal Horticultural Board. U. S. Dept. Agric. Amendment No. 2 to regula- 

 tions supplemental to notice of quarantine No. 37. Service and regulatory announcements 61 : 

 33. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 400. 



6. Federal Horticultural Board. U. S. Dept. Agric. Nursery stock, plant and seed 

 quarantine. Notice of quarantine No. 37 with regulations. Service and regulatory announce- 

 ments 57: 101-110. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 401 . 



7. Detwiler, Samuel B. Status of white pine blister rust control in 1918. Rept. White 

 Pine Blister Rust Control. Amer. Plant Pest Committee Bull. 2: 4-11. 1919. — See Bot. 

 Absts. 3, Entry 396. 



8. Metcalp, Haven. Summary of the white pine blister rust situation. Rept. White 

 Pine Blister Rust Control, Amer. Plant Pest Committee, Bull. 2: 16. 1919. — See Bot. Absts. 

 3, Entry 411. 



9. Boulger, G. S. [Rev. of: Webster, A. D. Coniferous trees for profit and ornament: 

 being a concise description of each species and variety, etc., etc. XX + 298 p., 28 plates. 

 Constable & Co. [Date not given.] [The title is very long, many of the chapter headings 

 being included.] Jour. Bot. 57: 102-103. 1919. 



10. Marsh, C. D., A. B. Clawson, and H. Marsh. Oak leaf poisoning of domestic ani- 

 mals. U. S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 767. 36 p., 19 fig. 1919.— At Salina, Utah, during summers 

 1915-1918 inclusive, experiments were conducted in feeding cattle with scrub oak (Quercus 

 gambelli) and at Monahans, Texas, 1917, with "shinnery" oak (Quercus havardi) . Marked symp- 

 toms are constipation, emaciation, hardened feces containing mucus and blood, and edema. 

 The small losses, estimated between 2 and 3 per cent should not cause stockmen to overlook 

 the fact that exclusive oak feed tends to injure cattle permanently and prevent normal weight 

 gains. Exclusive oak brush diet can be eliminated by not admitting cattle to such ranges 

 before grass has started growth; danger of oak poisoning is small when some other forage is 

 present. A bibliography of the subject dating back to 1662 is appended. — A. R. Bechtel. 



11. Anonymous. The use of wood for fuel. U. S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 753. 40 p., 5 pi. 

 1919.— Abundant supplies of wood suitable for fuel are widely distributed over the United 

 States, particularly the eastern half, and inability to secure coal should not. result in suffering 

 during the winter. By extending the present wide use of wood in rural districts, coal and cars 

 can be saved for more essential uses. Wood can be substituted for coal with greatest public 

 benefit in places where rail-hauled coal can be replaced with wagon-hauled wood. Long dis- 



