644 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Tables showing the progress in working plans in the provinces outside 

 the Madras and Bombay presidencies up to the 31st December, 1908, with 

 special reference to the application of the various silvicultural systems, 

 A. M. F. Caccia (\lii(li(tn Fonst ])<i)t.\ I'diiijiliht II, WurLiiKjiiltiii, Her. ,{, pp. 



Instructions for making forest surveys and maps ( ('. iS. Dept. Agr., For- 

 est tScrr. [I'amphlet], I'JIO, pp. 51, figs. 9). — These instructions are issued to 

 nienil)ers of the Forest Service of this Department with a view of securing uui- 

 fonii results in the nial<iufi of forest surveys and maps. Information is jjiven 

 relative to the use of surveyinj; instruments, including the necessary tables for 

 ni;iking observations, the use of tlie hypsonieter and Ki'iidemeter. making; 

 measurements and tield notes, tlie use of the plane lai»l(>, map making, etc. 



Preservation and utilization of the national forests, S. Rif.ey ( Proc. (Utlo. 

 Sci. Soc, 9 (1909), pp. l')9-IS0). — A i)aper read before the Colorado Scientific 

 Society. 



Study of forest conditions in Kentucky, .T. S. IIolmks ;ind K. ('. Hall 

 (Bicti. h'pt. Bur. Agr., Luhor, and Htntis. [Kij-]< 1^ {190S-9), pp. ;i-/7«).— This 

 is the second report on the joint study of forest conditions in Kentucky which 

 is bein^j; conducted by the Forest Service of this Department in cooperation 

 with the Kentucky State Board of Agriculture, Forestry, and Immigration. 

 Thus far 6 forest districts have been covered in the work, the first of which 

 was discussed in the previous report (E. S. R., 20, p. .54.S). 



A report is here made on the 5 districts studied in liJOS. including for each 

 district an outline of the physiography, transportation and land classification, 

 descri|)tions of forest types with recommendations for the management of each 

 type, tabular data showing the present stand and outi)ut of lumber and other 

 forest products, an<l detailed descriptions by counties. Articles discussing 

 forestry for coal mine owners and the black locust in Kentucky are appended. 



An introductory study on the distribution of the principal forest species 

 of the Maritime Alps, J. Salvador (Rec. Euu.i- ct Forets, ^9 (1910), Nos. If, 

 pp. 97-113, map 1; 5, pp. 132-1 -'p\ fig. 1). — This consists of a summarized study 

 of the principal forest si)ecies of the department of Maritime Alps with notes 

 on the geographic distribution of cjich. 



Petwun or trincomali wood (Berrya ammonilla). 11. S. Troup ([Indian 

 Forest Dept.] I'anipJilct l.i, Forest Econ. Ser. 5, pp. S, pi. 1). — An account is 

 given of this species of wood relative to its synonymy, distribution, habitat, 

 and botany, the grain, color, weight, strength, seasoning power, and durability 

 of the wood, exploitation, yields, returns and uses. Petwun wood occurs iu 

 Burma and the Little Coco Island, and is also found in Ceylon. It is tough, 

 elastic, and straight grained. In addition to' its use for building purposes, it is 

 employed in a large number of wood using industries. The bast fiber also 

 furnishes a poor quality for cordjige. 



The dissemination of junipers by birds, F. J. Phillips (Forestry Quart., 

 8 (1910). iVo. 1, pp. 60-13). — This article embraces the results of G years' 

 regional studies in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, South Dakota, and 

 New Mexico, as well as data from other regions which have been supplied by 

 observers along this line. The genei-al conclusion is reached that birds are 

 responsible for most of the dissemination of the junipers. A list is appended 

 of birds that have been found to eat juniper berries. 



On the afforestation of poor or unfavorably situated agricultural lands, 

 Thiele (Ztschr. Landw. hammer Braunsehweig, 78 (1910), Mo.s. '//>, pp. 557-559; 

 .',6, pp. 570, 571; 7^8, pp. 59Jf-596. figs. //).— A discussion of this subject with 

 special reference to (Jlerman conditions, including directions for planting forest 

 trees. 



