376 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The management of the state forests is conducted by 16 major and 325 minor forest 

 officers, organized under a Bureau of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Commerce. Other systems of management are permitted, a considerable number of 

 areas being under local control. 



Brief notes are given on forestry education and legislation. The first school of 

 forestry, the Tokyo Dendrological School, was established in 1882, and at present 

 there are 62 institutions of various grades in which instruction in forestry is given. 



Forestry in the south of Ireland, R. H. Keane (Agr. Students' Gaz., n. ser., 12 

 (1904); No. 1, pp. 17-22). — Descriptions are given of the forests of the south of Ire- 

 land, a region which was formerly completely forested, but which has suffered very 

 materially from the removal of the timber and destruction of the forests. At present 

 it is said that only 1.5 per cent of Ireland is wooded, the total area of forest being 

 about 308,000 acres. This area embraces larch 46,000 acres, fir 34,000, oak 26,000, 

 spruce 15,000, pine 2,500, beech 10,000, ash 7,000, elm 3,300, sycamore 3,000, and 

 mixed forests 159,000. 



Attention is called to the rapidity with which a number of species of forest trees 

 grow when given proper attention, and suggestions given for future plantings. The 

 prevailing forest crop is said to be a mixture of larch and Scotch fir, with a consider- 

 able amount of scrub oak, which is desirable only for fire wood. The commoner 

 varieties of trees and their suitability as regards soil and climate are described. 



Review of forestry legislation for 1902, G. B. Si'dworth (New York Slut, 

 Library Bui. 80, pp. 839-843). — During the period covered by this review it is said 

 that 7 States enacted forest legislation, of which only 4 could be properly classified as 

 forest laws. Of these, the laws of New York, providing for the establishment of a 

 State park, and the New Jersey fire law are noteworthy. The provisions of these 

 laws are reviewed and commented upon at some length. Other laws briefly reviewed 

 are those passed by the legislatures of Ohio, Rhode Island, and Louisiana. 



Practical notes on forestry for New South Wales, J. H. Maiden (Agr. Gaz. 

 New South Wales, 15 (1904), No. 4, pp. 341-344)- — Notes are given on the selection 

 and propagation of forest tree seeds, means of testing, etc., and attention called to 

 the necessity of rejecting inferior species in planting. The author describes the prep- 

 aration of the soil for nursery beds, and gives directions for the care of the seedlings. 

 The propagation of trees by other means than by seeds is described. 



Forest conditions of the Black Mesa forest reserve, Arizona, F. G. Plt/m- 

 mer, T. F. Rixon, and A. Dodwell (£7. S. Geol. Survey, Prof. Paper 23, pp. 62, pis. 7). — 

 This report was prepared by the first of the above-mentioned authors from notes 

 made by the other two. The Black Mesa forest reserve contains approximately 

 1,783,000 acres, and extends in irregular strips of land from central Arizona in a south- 

 easterly direction to the New Mexico boundary. The general topography of the 

 region is described, as well as its drainage, water supply, lumbering operations, etc. 



The lands of the forest reserve are classified as timbered area 80.7 per cent, wood- 

 land 14.04 per cent, timberless 5.02 per cent, and burned and logged area 0.24 per 

 cent. The dominant species of timber trees of the reserve are the yellow pine, fol- 

 lowed by Engelmann spruce, white pine, and red and white fir. In addition to the 

 above species there is a considerable amount of oak, juniper, and cypress, which is 

 of value for fuel. 



Descriptions are given of the different species of trees, and notes on the rate of 

 growth of the principal timber species. The report concludes with detailed descrip- 

 tions of the townships embraced in the reserve. 



Street trees and g-as (Amer. Gard., 25 (19j4), No. 503, pp. 624, 625, fig. 1). — 

 Attention is called to the damage frequently suffered by street trees, which is attril >u- 

 ted to the effects of illuminating gas, and quotations given from the report of the 

 forester of Yonkers, N. Y., in wdiich a number of instances are cited where trees were 

 undoubtedly destroyed by leaks in gas mains. 



