I'OliESTKY. 41 



Tea culture, with notes on the production of indigo in Java, W. Detmek 

 {lioluiii.svlir 11)1(1 l(iiiili,rirtsc}i(iftliclte Studieii aiif .lava. .Iciia: (J. FiscJicr. JIXH. 

 I>l>. }'/-•>'). — A brief account is given of the cultivutiou of tea in Java, includint; 

 tlie planting, fertilizing, harvesting, and preparation for niarliet. together witli 

 a description of the extraction and fermentation of indigo in Java, and a dis- 

 (ussio'i as to the advisability of growing indigo as a cultivated crop in that 

 country. Although the price of artificial indigo is much lower than that of the 

 natural ]iroduct, the author is of the opinion that this crop uught be used as a 

 comi)ination crop with tea, since after the extraction of the indigo the large 

 amount of plant material remaining can be used as a fertilizer for the tea. 



Notes on palms and the exotic species cultivated in Egypt, A. d'Aba/a 

 {Alc.iaiith-ia Uort. Soc. Bill. 2. 1H07, pp. l-'/G). — A botanical description and 

 classification of palms, together with a descriptive list of exotic species growing 

 in Egyi)t aud a list of those recommended for introduction into that countr.v. 



FORESTRY. 



Improvement of the woodlot, H. D. House {South Carolina Sta. Bid. 129. 

 pp. J'l. fii/x. 2). — This bulletin is presented with a view to interesting the land 

 owners and farmers of western South Carolina in the improvement of the 

 depleted forest conditions of that region. 



The present work deals largely with a discussion of surveys made of 2 tracts 

 of woodland uear Clemson College, including a description (»f the areas and 

 tabulated data with reference to their composition and size of the timber, and 

 the conditions found in these areas which will work favorably and unfavoralily 

 on tlu' value of the tracts. 



Suggestions are given for the care and improvement of the forest and woodlot. 

 together with a list of valuable native trees for planting on different tyi)es of 

 soil in western South Carolina. Vatalpa speclosa is considered one of the most 

 valuable for extensive planting in low grounds, as -it has a rapid growth and 

 ])ossesses superior qualities for posts and ties. 



Forest revenues and forest conservation, J. F. Clarke {Caiiad. Forr.strii 

 .four., .? (19(17). Xo. 1. pp. l!)-,]()). — In this address, delivered at the forestry 

 convention, Vancouver, September, 190(5, the author discusses the disastrous 

 effects of the present methods of lumbering on the conservation of Canadian 

 forests, and points out the salient features and one notable omission of the i)res- 

 ent system of agreements between sellers and luml)ermen. with si)ecial ref(L>ren<-e 

 to their influence on the character of the logging which they authorize and 

 should, but do not, control. 



The author states, in substance, that the present form of agreement existing 

 between sellers and lumbermen places a premium on the destruction of lumber, 

 and that the •solution of the problem of conservation will be reached when a 

 system of sale of public timber is evolved and made elfective by which the State 

 and the lumbermen become partners, with mutual profit, in the work of renew- 

 ing the forests by the act of logging the matured trees. 



.\ table is given showing the ainuial ground-rent payment per scjuare mile for 

 the diffei-ent jirovinces and on dominion lands, with sums c-omputed at <; i)er 

 cent interest compounded anmially, to which these annual payments amount for 

 different periods of from .'!(» to 100 years. Particular attention is directed to 

 tlie mainuM- in which the tax bill runs up the longer the time between loggings. 

 Where tlie Imnliernian is tlie forester the influence of a groimd rent is said t() 

 lie towards cMi-lier utilization and clean cutting, with the abandonment of the 

 land after the timber is removed. 



