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ing is fine, the shading and line work as delicate as that on a 

 banlc note, and the colouring such as to convey facts rapidly. For 

 instance, there are a series of eighteen maps showing the density 

 of forest growth in the several States, and different shadings (light 

 or dark, the colour being a definite shade of green) show where 

 tlie first growth is less than one cord per acre ; from one to 

 two cords ; from two to five cords ; from five to ten cords ; from 

 ten to twenty cords ; from twenty to fifty cords, and above fifty 

 cords per acre. Different colours on the maps show the distribution 

 of different species, and where wood has been cut off. 



The chief graphic feature of this report, however, is a portfolio 

 of sixteen maps, accompanying the report. These maps are all of 

 a size of engraved surface, of l7f by 22^ inches. The work is 

 fine both in engraving and colouring. These maps sliow (1) the 

 portion of the forest, prairie, and treeless regions of jSTorth America, 

 exclusive of Mexico; (2) the natural divisions of tlie North American 

 forests ; (3) tlie distribution of the different genera ; and (4) the 

 relative average density of existing forests. These maps are an 

 interesting study, and the entire work is a splendid example of 

 American scholarship, expert scientific investigation, and the 

 liberality of our Government in the encouragement of the science 

 of economic forestry. 



AuoL'STA, Maine, U.S.A. 



FROM PROUD PRESTON TO POOR JAPAN. 



BY IIENIiY F, MOORE, FROME. 



THIS is a long journey, but it was one that was male in 

 imagination by the writer but a few weeks ago. Coming 

 home from the great agricultural show of the year, one of the first 

 things found waiting was a volume of reports sent in by American 

 consuls on the agricultural machinery of their several districts. 

 Among these was an illustrated report on the implements and 

 machinery in u.se in Japan. Tliese were in such a marked contrast 

 to the exquisite and complete English machinery, that it was felt 

 that there must be a very large number of persons who would like 

 to have a glance at a few of them. The first class of implements 

 described are those for breaking up the ground, and consists of 

 spades (convertible into mattocks) and ploughs. In Fig. 1 we have 



