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administration of the State foi-ests in tlie Nortlnvest Frontier Province for the 

 year 1910-17. 



Progress report of forest administration in the Province- of Assam for the 

 year 1916-17, A. W. Blunt and W. F. L. Tottenham (Rpt. Forest Admin. 

 Assam., 1916-11, pp. [S2], pi. 1). — A report similar to the above relative to the 

 administration of the State forests of the Western and Eastern Circles in the 

 Province of Assam for the year 1916-17. 



Annual administration report of the forest department of the Madras 

 Presidency for the twelve months ended June 30, 1917, H. A. Latham, H. B. 

 Bryant, P. M. Lushington, and C. D. McCakthy {Ann. Admin. Rpt. Forest 

 Dept. Madras, 1917, pp. 78+I/F+iS);— The usual progi-ess report (E. S. R., 37, 

 p. 146) relative to the administration of the State forests in the Northern, 

 Central, Southern, and Western Circles. 



Progress report of forest administration in Baluchistan for 1916—17, 

 MuLRAj {Rpt. Forest Admin. Balucliifitan, 1916-17, pp. 11+27). — The usual 

 progress report (E. S. R., 37, p. 45) relative to the State forests in Baluchistan 

 for the year 1916-17. 



A practical reforestation policy, G. A. Retan {Jour. Forestry, 16 {1918), 

 No. 3, pp. 335-340). — In this paper the author examines the silvical and 

 economic status of the State-owned land in Pennsylvania and offers sugges- 

 tions relative to a practical policy for reforesting these lands. 



The indicator significance of native vegetation in the determination of 

 forest sites, C. F. Korstian {Plant Woild, 20 {1917), No. 9, pp. 267-287).— In 

 this paper the author reviews the related literature of the subject and presents 

 tree growth data showing the relative productivity of tv\'o distinct western 

 yellow pine sites with differing types of native vegetation. 



The role of artificial regeneration in the reenforcement of hardwood 

 woodlots, E. Seckest {Jour. Forestry, 16 {1918), No. 3, pp. 329-33J,) .—In this 

 paper the author calls attention to certain species which might prove of value 

 in regenerating Ohio woodlots. 



The relation of germination in the greenhouse and nursery, S. B. Show 

 {Jour. Forestry, 16 {1918), No. 3, pp. 319-328). — In this paper the author sum- 

 marizes the results of cutting, greenhouse, and nursery germination tests with 

 seed of yellow pine, .Jeffrey pine, and incense cedar conducted at the Feather 

 River Experiment Station (near Quincy, Cal.) of the U. S. Forest Service. 



The work so far done .shows that for some species the cutting test gives an 

 excellent index of the germinating power of the seed, while for others it is 

 nearly worthless. With seed of yellow pine and Jeffrey pine from northern 

 California the relations between germination in the greenhouse and the nursery 

 to cutting-test values are remarkably consistent for all lots and for all years. 

 The first-year greenhouse tests, running for a period of 100 days, averaged but 

 75 per cent of the cutting test. The corresponding niu'sery tests exceeded the 

 greenhouse tests slightly and were 76 per cent of the cutting test, or just 

 normal. There is a much wider range of variation in seed from southern 

 California than for northern seed, and other considerations aside, the use 

 of southern seed is undesirable because of its inconsistent behavior. 



The behavior of incense cedar is extremely variable. The nev,' seed with 

 eqiial greenhouse and nursery germination averaging 40 per cent of cutting test 

 values was the most reliable. Generally speaking, yellow and Jeffrey pines 

 display reasonably consistent average values for number of seed per pound, 

 relation of germination to the cutting test, and rapidity of germination, whereas 

 such species as sugar pine, incense cedar, and firs show such great variability 

 that average figures probably will apply only about half the time. 



