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(pp. 395, 396) ; and What the Conservation Congress Accomplished, by C. L. 

 Pack (p. 397). 



Seventh report of the state forester of Connecticut, W. O. Filley (Con- 

 necticut State Sta. Rpt. 1913, pt. 6, pp. 391-^20, pis. 2).— In view of the de- 

 tailed report on the work of the forestry department which appeared in the 

 station report for 1912 (E. S. R., 29, p. 546) the report on the work for 1913, 

 here presented, is confined to a paper on A Preliminary Working Plan for the 

 I'ortland State Forest, by W. O. Filley and A. E. Moss, and tabular data as to 

 forest fires in Connecticut during 1913. This forest is described in detail and 

 discussed with reference to its silvicultural treatment, administration, fire pro- 

 tection, division of area, and revision of working plan. The compartments and 

 subcompartnients of the forest are described in detail. 



Forest statistics at the beginning of the nineteenth century, H. de Coincy 

 (Rev. Eaux et Forms, 53 (1914), Nos. 9, pp. 281-288; 10, pp. 313-320).— The 

 author here presents a statistical account of forest conditions in France during 

 the early years of the nineteenth century. 



The administration of a forest experiment station, G. A. Pearson (Forestry 

 Quart., 12 (1914), ^^o. 2, pp. 211-222). — A discussion of this subject based on 

 the author's experience of 5 years as director of the Fort Valley Experiment 

 Station, and here presented with the view of stimulating discussion from other 

 experiment stations and the U. S. Forest Service in general. 



A proposed method of preparing working plans for National Forests, 

 J. C. KiRCHEB (Forestry Quart., 12 (1914), lA'o. 2, pp. 145-157).— The author dis- 

 cusses the main reasons for the failure of past plans of the Forest Service and 

 describes the proposed plan to be tried out on the National Forests during 1914 

 before being put into effect. 



Reforesting cut-over chestnut lands, E. C. M. Richards (Forestry Quart., 

 12 (1914), No. 2, pp. 204-210). — The author here presents the results of a study 

 of the conditions found on various types of cut-over chestnut lands in northern 

 New Jersey, and ofi'ers brief suggestions relative to reforesting these lands. 



A mechanical tree planter, F. T. McLean (Forestry Quart., 12 (1914), No. 2, 

 pp. 139, 140, figs. 3). — The author here illustrates and describes a mechanical 

 tree planter which gives promise of planting forest trees more rapidly and as 

 well as a man with a mattock can do it. The machine is specially adapted to 

 plant tap-rooted conifers on rough, brushy lands, and burns. 



Design of a range finder, L. Crowell (Forestry Quart., 12 (1914), No. 2, pp. 

 137, 138, pi. 1). — ^A description and an illustration is given of a range finder 

 for forest lookout stations which is said to be quite accurate and cheaply and 

 easily constructed. 



A new measuring instrument, H. W. Siggins (Forestry Quart., 12 (1914), 

 No. 2, pp. 14I-I44, fig. 1). — The instrument illustrated and described consists 

 of a combination of the Biltmore stick, the Christen hypsometer, and the Doyle 

 rule in a single stick. Scales are given for constructing the Biltmore stick 

 and the Christen hypsometer in connection with any log rule which will fulfill 

 the requirements for a particular section. 



Errors in estimating timber, L. Margolin (Forestry Quart., 12 (1914), No. 

 2, pp. 167-176). — A discussion of the sources of error in timber estimating, 

 with special reference to errors involved in making an estimate on only a small 

 part of the area. 



Stem analyses, J. Bentley, Jk. (Forestry Quart., 12 (1914), No. 2, pp. 158- 

 166, fig. 1). — The object of the present discussion is to recommend a more 

 logical tabulation of the data usually included on a stem analysis blank aa 

 recorded in this country. 



