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trees included in demonstration plantings started at the substations, and on the 

 catalpa plantations made at the college, the earliest of which were started in 

 1872. Owing to its great value as a tree for western Kansas, the catalpa is 

 discussed somewhat in detail relative to its identification and culture, a number 

 of extracts from a former bulletin of the station (E. S. 11., 14, p. 153) being 

 included. 



Report of the minister of lands and forests of the Province of Quebec for 

 the twelve months ending- June 30, 1909, J. Allard {Rpt. Min. Agr. Prov. 

 Quebec, 1909, pp. IX +202, i>?s. S). — In connection with a brief general report 

 on the operations of lauds and forests for the year ended June 30, 1909, a 

 large numl)er of tabular statements made by the officers in charge are appended, 

 showing the receipts and ex])enditures of the deiiartment from various sources, 

 licenses granted and other routine matters, revenues, results of forest protec- 

 tion work, forest surveys, and the control of water powers, together with con- 

 siderable miscellaneous information. 



Official proceedings of the division of forestry of the Royal Prussian 

 Ministry for Agricultural Domain and Forests, 1908 (Amtl. Mitt. At>t. Forsten 

 K. Prcass. Min. Laiidiv. [etc.], 1908. pp. IV+'p). — This consists of a statistical 

 review of forest operations and conditions in Prussia for 1908 with comparative 

 data for a few previous years. The data give information relative to impoi'ts 

 and exports of forest products, areas, yields, and reveinies, and considerable mis- 

 cellaneous information. 



Review of forest conditions in 1908, Semper {Ztschr. Forst n. Jagdw., Ji2 

 (1910), Nos. Ji, pp. 195-215, 5, pp. 293-316).— A statistical review of forest con- 

 ditions in Prussia for 1908, consideration being given to the genei'al situation, 

 forest areas, present conditions, silviculture, forest protection, utilization and 

 yields, timber trade, wood using industries, wood transportation, forest officers 

 and workmen, and hunting and foi-estry. 



Forest taxation in Germany, A. Arnould (Rev. Eaux ct ForetS, 1/9 (1910), 

 No. 1], pp. 32S-339). — A study of the systems of forest taxation in vogue in the 

 German Kmiiire. 



Forest conditions in Baden, K. Philipp {Die forstlichcn Tcrhdltnissic Badcns. 

 Freihurg, 1909, pp. 39). — In view of considerable criticism I'elative to the 

 administration of the forests in Baden, the present contribution is offered as a 

 critical examination of forest conditions in that country with a view to seeking 

 out methods by which the forest stands may be improved and the revenues 

 Increased. 



Proceedings of the Bavarian State Forest Administration (Mitt. Staat.<i- 

 for.stfcnv. Bai/crii.s, 1908, No. 8. pp. 193). — A statistical report on the adminis- 

 tration and condition of state, private, community, institutional, and corpora- 

 tion forests in Bavaria, largely for the year 1906 and the few preceding years, 

 although data relative to the returns from various forests are given up to the 

 year 1908. 



Some features of Bavarian forestry, A. C. Forbes (Dept. Agr. and Tech. 

 Instr. Ireland Jour., 10 (1910), No. 3, pp. -'/77--)8-i, pis. 6). — A brief descriptive 

 account of Bavarian forestry relative to the constitution of the forests and 

 their administration, silvicultural and experimental work, forest protection, 

 education, and related matters. 



Report of the forestry bureau of Norway, 1908, M. Saxlund (Indbrr. 

 Norske t^kogv., 1908, pp. XXXIX+162, figs. 6). — The report contains a general 

 account of the work done by the bureau during the year, together with reports 

 by the various officials of the bureau relative to operations at tree-planting and 

 forestry schools. The report of the state entomologist, W. M. Schfiyen. on 

 injurious insects and fungus diseases on forest trees for 1908 is also included. 



