948 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, 



formal garden, tlie pergoJa, shrubs, vines and wild flowers, squirrels and birds, 

 and weeds for decoration. The text is fully illustrated from photographs by 

 the author. 



FORESTRY. 



Report of the Secretary of Agriculture on the Southern Appalachian and 

 White Mountain watersheds {Washington: Govt., 1908, pp. 39, maps 2). — In 

 compliance with a provision of the agricultural appropriation bill for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1908, investigation was made of the watersheds of the 

 Southern Appalachian and White Mountains for the purpose of reporting to 

 Congress the area and conditions of these watersheds, the advisability of their 

 purchase for National forests, and the probable cost. This report embraces 

 the salient features of the investigation, which was conducted from various 

 points of view. Including the importance of these forests in their relation to 

 agriculture, water supply, navigation, and the preservation of hard-wood supply. 

 The present condition of these regions is considered as well as the causes 

 which have brought about this condition, including damage through lumbering, 

 clearing, fire, and soil erosion. 



The general conclusions arrived at from various phases of the investigation 

 are that the Southern Appalachians and White Mountains are of vast commer- 

 cial importance to the industries of the country, and that both are encounter- 

 ing well advanced destructive influences which, unchecked, will bring ruin to 

 the regions themselves as well as to many of the industries of the country. 



Maps are given of both regions, the area and location of lands needing pi'O- 

 tection are considered, and it is strongly recommended that the National Gov- 

 ernment purchase and convert into National forests a definite portion of these 

 lands in order that they may be protected and improved. The treatment of 

 the regions is discussed, together with the methods of acquirement and esti- 

 mated cost of lands. 



The forests of Arkansas, S, J, Record (Forestry Quart., 5 {1901), No. 8, pp. 

 296-301). — The forests of Arkansas are briefly discussed with regard to their 

 area, forest regions and types, specific constitution and range, valuation and 

 uses. 



The total amount of standing timber in the State is said to be approxi- 

 mately 100,0()0,0(IO.OO() ft., of which pine comi)rises one-fifth. The total cut 

 for the year IlXMl was al^out 2,000.()()().0()0 ft. 



What forestry has done, T. Cleveland, Jr. (['', »s', Bcpt. Agr., Forest *Scry, 

 Circ. I'lO, PI). 31). — This circular contains statistical data and discussion show- 

 ing what the development of systematic forestry has accomplished in foreign 

 countries. A table is given showing the expenditures and revenues of the 

 various Government forests considered, from which it appears that higher 

 productiveness is obtained where larger expenditures are made. The author 

 points out that the United States is enormously behind other countries in its 

 expenditures for the management of National forests, and that timely action 

 is needed since forest waste can be repaired only at a great cost, A table taken 

 from Schlich's Manual of Forestry is also given showing the net wood imports 

 and exports of forest countries, from which it is shown that Russia, Sweden, 

 Austria-Hungary, and Canada are making up the wood deficit of a large part of 

 the world. The United States consumes each year from three to four times the 

 wood which its forests produce. 



German forest revenue, W, C. Teichman {Daily Consular and Trade Rpts. 

 [XJ. S,], 1901, No. 298.'/, PI). 7-9). — According to official statistics here given, as 

 compiled by the government of Saxony for the year 1006, a net revenue of 

 $2,126,037 was obtained from the cultivation of 443,105 acres of government 



