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Forest conditions in Illinois, R. C. Hall and O. D. Ingall {Bui. III. fitate 

 Lab. Nat. Hist., 9 {1911), Art. -J, pp. 175-253, pis. 17, fig. i).— This report is 

 based upon a cooperative study undertaken by the Forest Service of this Depart- 

 ment and the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. It discusses in 

 detail the soil areas and forest types of southern and of northern Illinois, the 

 distribution of tree species, including a list of 129 trees native to Illinois, the 

 ownership and taxation of forest lands, and the various timber industries of the 

 Stiite. Suggestions are then given relative to the general methods of forest 

 management, and to management for special objects and of various forest types. 

 The question of forest protection is also discussed. 



The investigation shows in brief that there are nearly a million acres of 

 forests in the 26 counties estimated, most of which are more suitable for timber 

 production than for agriculture. The woodlands are nearly all divided into 

 small tracts and owing to their poor silvicultural condition their productive 

 capacity is much below normal. It is recommended that the State adopt a pro- 

 gressive forest policy to be administered through a nonpartisan board of fores- 

 try and a technically trained state forester. The chief features of the policy 

 consist in the adoption of an adequate state fire protection system, the inaugura- 

 tion of an educational campaign, and further investigations of the problems 

 involved in developing and extending Illinois woodlands. A proposed forest law 

 embodying the above policy is presented. 



A bibliography relating to forest conditions in Illinois is appended 



Report of the state forester, S. N. Spring {Connecticut State Sta. Rpt. 1909- 

 10, pt. 11, pp. 775-80.'t, pis. 3). — Aside from a brief statement relative to the 

 various lines of work being undertaken, this report deals wholly with the sub- 

 ject of forest fires, especially with those of 1910. The phases considered include 

 the fire warden service, statistics of forest fires in 1909 and in 1910, measures 

 of control and prevention of forest fires, enforcement of forest laws, economic 

 results of forest fires, statistics by towns, and a list of the town fire wardens 

 in 1911. 



Report of the professor of forestry, E. J. Zavitz {Aiui. Rpt. Ontario Agr. 

 Col. and Expt. Farm, 36 {1910), pp. 269-273, figs. 6).— This is chiefly a progress 

 report on the reclamation of waste land and forest nursery operations at the 

 forest station in Norfolk County. A table taken from the Ontario Bureau of 

 Industries report for 1908 is given showing the percentages of woodland and 

 slash land in the various counties of southwestern Ontario, 



Reports on the forest administration in Burma for the year 1909-10 

 {Rpts. Forest Admin. Burma, 1909-10. pp. 3+9+11+195+9).— Thin consists 

 of the usual progress reports on the administration of the state forests of the 

 Pegu. Tenasserim, Northern, and Southern Circles of Burma for the year 

 1909-10. The more important data relative to forest reserves, settlement, 

 surveys, working plans, forest offenses and protection, plantations, and other 

 miscellaneous work, revenues, expenditures, etc., are appended iu tabular form. 



Micrography of the woods of Javanese trees, J. W. Moll and H. H. Jans- 

 soNirs {Mikrographie des Holzes der auf Java vorkommenden Baumarten. 

 Leyden, 1911, vol. 2, pt. 3, pp. 161-5-'f0, figs. 49). — This is a progress report on 

 the study of the wood anatomy of Javanese trees which the authors have con- 

 ducted since 1903. Some 100 additional species are described along the lines 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 20, p. 1134). 



Chaparral. — Studies in the dwarf forests, or elfin-wood, of southern Cali- 

 fornia, F. G. Flummeb {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Forest Serv. Bui. 85, pp. 48, pis, 8, 

 figs 7). — This bulletin comprises a study of the chaparral region of southern 



