138 FORESTRY [Bot. Absts.. 



tivities of the Division were confined to protection and extension. The compelling reason 

 for the practice of forestry in the Hawaiian Islands is the maintenance by forest influences- 

 of a steady supply of water for agriculture and domestic uses. The protection and rehibilita- 

 tion of the forest, therefore, for its effect upon the water supply, rather than the exploitation 

 of the forest for timber, have been the ends sought. The report sets out the details of this 

 work; five maps showing the Forest Reserves of the islands add to its value. — Stanley Coulter. 



952. Kntjchel, H. Ergebnis der Bucheln- und Eicheln-Ernte vom Jahre 1918 im Kanton 

 Schaffhausen. [The yield of beech nuts and acorns, 1918, in the Canton Schaffhausen.J: 

 Schweiz. Zeitschr. Forstwesen 70: 86-89. 1919. — On September 5, 1918, the Swiss Domestic 

 Department formed an agreement with the Department of the Interior to stock land with 

 fruit and other forest trees. Arrangements were made to gather the fruit by school children 

 or people of the local community. — The crop of acorns and nuts was very heavy and afforded 

 employment for a large number of families in the forest communities. 25 centimes per kilo- 

 gram was paid for gathering the acorns, and 1.10 francs per kilogram for beech nuts. A cen- 

 tral organization took care of all the nuts as they were gathered. On the whole, the arrange- 

 ment proved very satisfactory. — J. V. Hofmann. 



953. Leslie, A. S. Note on the planting of poplars at Kininvie. Trans. Roy. Scottish 

 Arboric. Soc. 33: 71-77. 1919. — This article discusses several kinds of poplar which are- 

 supposedly suitable for planting at Kininvie, the methods to be followed in planting and the- 

 rates of growth of the several species. — C. R. Tillotson. 



954. Lie, Haakon. Den store ulvetiden. [The great wolf years.] Tidsskr. Skogbruk 

 27: 71-74. Mar -Apr., 1919. — For several years after the Russian campaigns of Napoleon I r 

 Norway seemed overrun by hordes of ravenous wolves. It is supposed that the wolves in- 

 creased in numbers by feeding on the remains of the soldiers and when food gave out were 

 forced to roam elsewhere. No bearing on their influence on the forests is stated, but rather 

 an exciting account of how half a dozen animals attacked a man on a sled, who saved himself 

 by inverting and crawling under a wine trough which he was hauling home. — /. A. Larsen* 



955. Mangin, Vincey, Haller, and Hennegtjy. Le deperissement des Epiceas dans 

 la vallee de l'Arve (Chedde et Chamoniz). [Discussion on death of spruces in the Arve valley. | 

 Compt. Rend. Acad. Agric. France 1919: 113-115. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 1179. 



956. Maw, P. Tbentham. Government afforestation proposals. Quart. Jour. Forest. 13 r 

 97-100. 1919. — Comments upon the final report of the Forestry Sub-committee of the For- 

 estry Reconstruction Committee, 1918, with suggestions to land owners concerning the leas- 

 ing of their lands. — C. R. Tillotson. 



957. Milne Home, J. H. Preventive methods against attacks of the pine weevil. Trans, 

 Roy. Scottish Arboric. Soc. 33: 81-82. 1919. — While other methods of protection against the* 

 pine weevil are often employed, the peeling of stumps which form the breeding-ground for 

 the larvae of the weevil seldom receives attention. On two felling areas of 40 and 25 acres r 

 respectively (places in Scotland), where there was reason to fear a serious attack on young 

 plants that had been set out, the precaution was taken in the months of May and April, 1918, 

 to strip the bark from the stumps of both Scotch pine and spruce. Very large numbers of 

 larvae were found; many thousands being taken out and killed on the two areas. The damage 

 done by weevils during the succeeding several months was negligible; the pest being en- 

 tirely under control. — C. R. Tillotson. 



958. Murray, A. Nature as the forester's guide. Trans. Roy. Scottish Arboric. Soc, 

 33 : 59-63. 1919. — It is seldom that the practical forester or tree planter is capable of making 

 a chemical analysis of the soil. Even if possible, it is doubtful if such an examination would 

 form a reliable guide of the proper distribution of forest trees. The practical planter could, 

 however, through observation of the natural existing vegetation, come to have an understand- 



