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treeless plain, through the agencies of planting and protection, has been transformed 

 into an apparently wooded region. 



Why is tree planting a failure? T. H. Douglas I Proc. Iowa Park and Forestry 

 Assoc, 3 {1903), pp. 27-31). — According to the author the reasons for failure in tree 

 planting are unsuitable selection of trees, careless planting, and neglect after plant- 

 ing. In older to avoid failure attention is called to some of the necessary procedures 

 to be followed in the selection, planting, and care of trees. 



Present condition of Iowa forests, L. II. Pammel ( Proc. Towa Park and Forestry 

 Assoc., 3 I 1903), pp. 53-75). — A review is given of the previous forest condition of 

 Iowa, contrasting it with the conditions as they exist at the present time. 



On account of the importance of tree planting in the State the author suggest s a 

 number of species which have proved of value for planting in parts if not all of the 

 State. This list includes white, Austrian, and Black Hills pine, white and Colorado 

 spruce, Douglas fir, hemlock, larch, Eastern red cellar and Western cedar, cotton- 

 wood, soft and black maple, box elder, green ash, black walnut, butternut, American 

 elm, bur oak, and honey locust. 



Extended notes are given on the value, from the tree planter's standpoint, of the 

 cottonwood, soft maple, walnut, green ash, white and Austrian pine, and the red 

 cedar. 



The phenology of our trees, Charlotte M. King (Proc. Iowa Park awl Forestry 

 Assoc, 3 (1903), pp. 47-53, dgm. 1). — The writer has brought together scattered 

 records pertaining to the trees of Iowa, the data being a consolidation of records of 

 Iowa trees and shrubs so far as kept to the present time, together with temperature 

 averages which are believed necessary to the proper understanding of the variations 

 shown in the different tables. 



Cooperative experiments in forestry, R. D. Craig (Ontario Agr. and Expt. 

 Union Iipt. 1903, pp. 36-40). — An account is given of efforts that have been made by 

 the author and others to secure cooperative experiments between the Canadian gov- 

 ernment and various individuals and societies for reforesting portions of that country. 



The management and planting of British woodlands, C. E. Curtis (Jour. 

 Roy. Agr. Soc England, 64 (1903), j)p. 16-49, figs. 6).—X review is given of the con- 

 dition of British woodlands, which are said to be in a very unsatisfactory state, and 

 suggestions made as to how their present condition might be profitably improved. 



Exotic conifers in Britain, W. Somerville (Jour. lid. Agr. [London], 10 (1903), 

 No. 3, pp. 319-346).— A translation is given of a paper contributed to the Congress of 

 Forestry Experimental Stations, held at Vienna September, 1903, in which the distri- 

 bution, forestry characteristics, and growth of a considerable number of exotic 

 species of conifers, most of which are of American origin, are described. 



The conversion of home-grown timber, R. Anderson (Jour. Roy. Agr. Soc 

 England, 64 (1903), pp. 50-75, figs. 4). — According to the author the competition of 

 foreign-sawn timber of standard size at low prices has almost destroyed the demand 

 for home grown. For other uses the demand has been well maintained. The value 

 of timber from different species of trees for special uses is pointed out and sugges- 

 tions given for the conversion of timber and for the utilization of waste and by- 

 products. 



The Philippine forestry service, W. Klemme (Forestry and Irrig., 10 (1904), 

 No. 4, pp. 158-16.', jigs. 4 ).— Notes are given on the life and work of the American 

 foresters in the Philippines, describing the climatic conditions under which the work 

 is carried on, the methods of estimating the output, and determining the trees for cut- 

 ting. According to the author the increased importance of this work is shown by 

 the revenues derived through the Forestry Bureau, which in 1900-1901 amounted to 

 $199,373; in 1901-2, $348,073; and 1902-3, $527,414. 



Report on the forest administration of the Central Provinces, 1902-3, B. 

 Robertson, H. A. Hoghton, E. G. Chester, and E. E. Fernandez (Forest Dept., Cen- 



