1920] FORESTRY. 747 



The introductory chapter deals with the period prior to 1878, when the Free 

 Timber and the Timber and Stone Acts were passed. The subsequent chapters 

 discuss tlie period leading up to the establishment of forest reserves and their 

 administration and protection, conservation activity, anticonservation activity, 

 the forest reserves in the Appalachian and White Mountains, the unreserved 

 timber land since the passage of the Forest Reserve Act, the hostility to Na- 

 tional Forests in recent years, the work of the Forest Service, and the results 

 of our forest policy. 



Vacation on the White Mountain Xational Forest (L^ S. Dept. Agr., Dept. 

 Circ. 100 {1020), pp. 2Jf, figs. 16). — An account of the recreational features of 

 this forest.^including instructions to campers. 



Mountain outings on the Rainier Xational Forest (I/. S. Ilept. Agr., Dept. 

 Circ. lO.i (1D.!0\ pp. 28. pi. 1, fujx. 16). — An account similar to the above. 



Fishing, hunting, and camping on the Cascade National Forest ( t/. S. 

 Dept. A(/r., Dept. Circ. lO.'f (1920), pp. 22, pis. 2, figs. Uf). — An account similar 

 to the al)0ve. 



Ninth annual report of the State forester to the governor for the year 

 ending December 31, 1919, F. A. Elliott (Ann. Rpt. State Forester Orcg., 

 9 (1019), pp. ST, figs. IS). — The report deals largely with forest fire protective 

 work for the season. 



Texas forest facts, E. O. Sieckk (Texas: State, 1918, pp. 16).— A brief 

 review of timber resources and the status of forestry work in Texas. 



Hawaii's tapestry forests, V. MacCaughey (Bot. Gaz., 10 (1920), No. 2, 

 pp. iS7-i47, figs. 6). — A descriptive account of those portions of the rain forest 

 on the Hawaiian mountains that cling to very steep slopes, together with a Ust 

 of species included in these formations. 



Forests and forestry in British Columbia, T. D. Pattullo, G. R. Naden, 

 and M. A. Grainger (Victoria, B. C: Govt., 1920, pp. S5, pis. 2, figs. 6).— This 

 report embraces the replies to the questionnaire sent out by the British For- 

 estry Commission. The information given deals with the topography, geology, 

 soils, and climate of the country, forest types and trees, forest areas, important 

 timber trees, forest ownership, relationship of the State to the forests, the forest 

 authority, forestry activities of municipalities, etc., forestry or utilization asso- 

 ciations, educational, research, and experimental work, annual increment and 

 utilization of home-grown timber, forest industries, iand statistics of exports 

 and imports of timber. 



The history of Irish forests and forestry, G. Robinson (Irish Gard., 15 

 (1920), Nos. 173. pp. 10.',-106, fig. 1; Ilk, PP- 116-121, fig. 1).—A paper read 

 before the Irish Forestry Society, May 27, 1920. 



The woods and forest institutions in the new Province, A. Serpieki et al. 

 (R. Ist. Super. Forestale Naz. Firenze \_Fub.], No. J, (1920), pp. \ I+2tid, figs. 

 ^5). — An account is given of the forests, the organization of the forest service, 

 general forest legislation, the administration of State, communal, and private 

 forests, the control of torrents, reafforestation of poor% soils, and agricultural 

 operations in the province returned by Austria to Italy after the World War. 

 The text of various laws dealing with forestry in this province is appended. 



Department of forestry: State forestry report for the year ended .March 

 31, 1919, E. P. Turner et al. (New Zeal. Dept. Forestry, State Forestry. Ann. 

 Rpt. 1919, pp. 45).— This compri.ses an annual report relative to the adminis- 

 tration and management of the indigenous forests, as well as the State nurseries 

 and plantations. Information relative to legislation, finances, and trade and 

 forest-areas Is included. Appended to the report are reports upon afforestation 

 operations in the North and South Islands, together with extracts from reports 

 by the conservators of State forfests. 



