474 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Notes are given on the choice of location, methods of planting, cultivation, etc. 

 For upland planting under ordinary conditions the author recommends the honey 

 locust, Osage orange, Russian mulberry, and red cedar, followed by white elm, green 

 ash, hackberry, and Scotch and Austrian pines, where these species can be properly 

 cared for. For valley plantings, where the roots will eventually <ret the benefit of 

 permanent water, all of the upland species are said to be excellent, and in many 

 localities Cottonwood, box elder, soft maple, black walnut, and hardy catalpa may 

 be added. Under favorable conditions, where growth is rapid, Osage orange, black 

 locust, Russian mulberry, and hardy catalpa may be profitably planted for commercial 

 returns. 



Forestry in the Michigan State Agricultural College [Forestry and Irrig., 10 

 (1904), No. 7, pp. 326-329, figs. 3). — An outline is given of the course of forestry, 

 which was put in operation at the Michigan Agricultural College September, 1902. 

 The forestry course extends over 4 years and the schedule of subjects pursued in the 

 last 2 years is given in detail. 



Experimental forest in Minnesota, C. C. Andrews (Forestry and Irrig., 10 

 (1904), No. 8, pp. 379, 380). — A description is given of the experimental forest of 

 20,000 acres which the State of Minnesota has set aside as an experimental forest. 

 This consists of third and fourth rate land and has been selected on the Vermillion 

 Range, about 12 miles from the town of Ely. 



Forest-tree seed collecting in New Mexico, W. H. Mast (Forestry and Irrig., 

 10 (1904), No. 7, pp. 309-312). — An account is given of the author's experience in 

 collecting forest-tree seed, principally western yellow pine, in New Mexico. The 

 various tree seeds selected were piiion pine, red and white fir, limber pine, blue 

 spruce, western yellow pine, and one-seed juniper. The methods for collecting each 

 of these species of seed are descrihed at some length, and a table is given which 

 shows the amount of seed collected and the cost per pound of each species. The 

 cost ranged from 23 cts. to $1.47 per pound. 



Forest conditions in western Wisconsin, L. H. Pammel (Forestry and Irrig., 

 10 (1904), No. 9, pp. 421-426, figs. 3). — The early history of the forests in western 

 Wisconsin is traced, and statements given regarding their present condition. The 

 author divides the region into different formations, describing the characteristic 

 soils and the more important species occurring in the different formations, and also 

 the important shrub and herbaceous plants associated with the different forest trees. 

 The formations described are the river formation, sandy uplands, valley formation, 

 ridge formation, and tamarack formation. 



The black wattle (Acacia decurrens), E. Hutchins (Agr. Jour. Cape Good Hope, 

 25 (1904), No. 3, pp. 277-280). — An account is given of the various attempts which 

 have been made to cultivate the black wattle in Cape Colony and elsewhere. While 

 it has been frequently claimed that the black wattle will grow in the poorest soils, 

 according to the author experiments have shown that while the soil may be deficient 

 in plant food it must be moist and open. A number of plantations of this tree have 

 been made in different parts of Cape Colony and where the rainfall has been suffi- 

 cient the growth has been very satisfactory. Where rainfall is not abundant but 

 irrigation can be followed, equal satisfaction has been experienced. 



The author concludes with statements taken from an account of black wattle cul- 

 tivation in Natal, in which it is stated that in 1903 there were 25,000 acres of black 

 wattle in cultivation. The cultivation of this tree was first begun about 20 years ago, 

 and the production of bark now amounts to nearly $500,000 annually. 



The poplars, L. Breton-Bonnard (Le peuplier. Paris: Lucien Laveur, 1903, pp. 

 VIII-\-213, pis. 2, figs. 97). — The poplar, according to the author, is next to the oak 

 the most valuable tree for general cultivation in France. The monograph which he 

 has presented gives an account of the history of these trees and their distribution, 



