576 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



given for the modification of the law. In connection with the Bureau of Forestry 

 of til is Department tlie working plans have been made for a number of tracts. As a 

 ' portion of his duties the State forester is obliged to collect statistics on the forest 

 products of the State. These are given in detailed and tabular form. 



A detailed report is also given on the forest fires occurring during 1900. During 

 that season more than 14,000 acres were burned over, the loss of timber destroyed 

 being estimated at $12,400. Other losses bring the total up to about $20,000. 



A study in practical reforesting, J. Y. McClintock {New York State Forest, 

 Fish and dame Com. Rpt. 1900, pp. 87-96, pis. 7).— In connection with proposed syl- 

 vicultural investigations to be carried on by the State forestry department, the author 

 visited a number of places where forest-tree planting has been midertaken and reports 

 at considera])le length on the plantation made in the Stephen Girard estate, situated 

 in the watershed of Lost Creek, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. On this tract 

 a series of plantings has been made, beginning with 1881. About 1,200 acres have 

 been planted, the principal species being European larch, hardy catalpa, Scotch 

 pine, white pine, black cherry, and Douglas spruce. In all, about 2-50,000 trees have 

 been jilanted, the different plantings being described in some detail. The native 

 species of trees have been protected and the estimated income derived from the 

 entire tract is a little in excess of 4 per cent upon the cost of the industry. 



A forest working- plan for township 40, Hamilton County, New York, 

 R. S. lIos.MER and E. S. Bruce {Ncir York Stale Forest, Fi.'^h and dame Com. Rpl. 

 1900, pp. 157-336, pis. 11, maps 4). — This is a reprint of Bulletin 30 of the Bureau of 

 Forestry of this Department (E. S. R., 13, p. 458). 



Culture experiments with foreign trees in Austria, A. Cieslar ( Ueher Anbau- 

 rersuclie mil fremdlundisclica Ilolzartcn in Oesterreich. Vienna: Wilhelm Frick, 1901, 

 pp. 5.5). — Notes are given on the distribution, characteristics, and culture relations 

 of a large number of exotic species of trees, most of which are of American origin. 

 Among those described are the following: Douglas, Sitka, blue, Engelmann's, and 

 white spruce; Port Orford cedar; Pacific arbor vit;e; juniper; Japanese larch ; white. 

 Bank's, and pitch pine; balsam fir; red, bur, and pin oak; lilack walnut; butternut; 

 Shagbark and bitternut hickory; sugar and silver maple; white ash; wild black 

 cherry; and paper birch. 



The woodman's handbook, I, H. S. Graves ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of For- 

 estry Bid. 36, 2)p- US, figs. 15, map i).— The purpose of this handbook is to give a 

 collection of tables and rules of practical use to lumbermen, foresters, and others 

 interested in the measurement of wood and timber. Only such information is given 

 as is deemed of immediate practical value to American woodsmen. The unit of 

 measure most commonly used in this country is the board foot, and tables are given 

 based upon that system of measurement. Tables are given for the measurement of 

 standing trees, the volume tables for such species as have been worked out in this 

 country being included. The various methods of estimating standing timlier are 

 described and the essentials for a forest working plan are outlined. Special instru- 

 ments useful to the woodsman are figured and their uses described. 



Methods of estimating and measuring standing timber, A. Knechtel {New 

 York State Forest, Fish and Gamt Com. Rpt. 1900, pp. 67-86, pis. 4, map 1). — About a 

 dozen methods for the estimation of the amount of standing timber are described, 

 and the advantages and weaknesses of each pointed out. 



"Wood, G. S. Boulger {London: Edward Arnold, 1902, pp. 369, pds. 4, figs. 66). — 

 This is a manual of the natural history and industrial applications of the timliers of 

 commerce. After describing the origin, structure, and development of wood, the 

 author gives keys for the recognition and classification of different kinds of woods. 

 The various defects and diseases to which wood is subject are described and sugges- 

 tions given relating to the selection, seasoning, storage, and durability of different 

 kinds of timber. The various sources of wood supply are described as well as the 



