668 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



For restocking mountainous regions with spruce seedlings no seed grown at an 

 altitude of 1,500 to 1,800 meters above sea level should be used. Seeds from ill- 

 formed trees produce as good seedlings as from well-formed trees. Seeds from an 

 especially bushj spruce produced seedlings, 67 per cent of which were like the 

 i Mother tree. 



In experiments with silver fir (Abies pectinata) all seed gathered at 1,300 to 1,400 

 meters above sea level proved of like character as regards weight, ability to 

 germinate, etc. 



Experiments with European larch (Larix eurcpsea) showed, as with spruce, that 

 two climatic races can be distinguished in Alpine districts. Up to 1,700 meters above 

 sea level a quick growing kind obtains, while above this height a much slower 

 growing variety is found, and these characteristics are inherited by the seedlings. 

 Seed gathered up to about 1,700 meters possesses like weight and ability to germinate. 

 Seed gathered in very high districts possesses less ability to germinate. Seed selected 

 from trees stunted because of unsuitable soil conditions may transmit these charac- 

 teristics. Therefore, in practice, only seed from well-formed trees should be 

 gathered. 



With the sycamore maple {Acer pseudoplatanus) also the best results are secured 

 by planting the seed harvested in the same or like locality as regards altitude and 

 climate. 



On the whole the experiments indicate very clearly that in forestry practice the 

 best seeds are those which are grown in the locality where they are to be planted. 



A working- plan for forest lands in Berkeley County, South. Carolina, C. S. 

 Chapman (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Forestry Bui. 56, pp. 62 t pis. 4, mop 1)- — Part 1 of 

 this bulletin contains a general description of a tract of 44,943 acres of timber land 

 owned by the E. P. Burton Lumber Company, with volume and yield tables, and a 

 general account of lumbering, marketing, and transportation and grazing. Sylvical 

 descriptions are also given of the most important trees, including loblolly pine, short- 

 leaf pine, cypress, red and black gum, etc. 



Part 2 discusses the management of this tract on the basis of these data. The inves- 

 tigations led to the conclusion that the prevailing species (loblolly pine), method of 

 logging, and the location of the tract are all adapted to make the pine lands perma- 

 nently valuable, if treated in such way as to insure future crops of timber. A work- 

 ing plan prepared with this end in view is given. 



Reafforestation in the Deccan and other dry districts, H. F. Arbuthxot 

 {Indian Forester, 31 {1905), No. 4, pp. 205-207).— The average rainfall of the district 

 under discussion is under 20 in. annually, all of which falls between the second week 

 of June and the middle or end of October. During the 7 months in which no rain 

 falls trees planted in the ordinary way must be watered. 



The author states that the ryots have developed a system of planting without irri- 

 gation which is very successful. They make ridges 2 ft. high by scraping up the 

 surface of the soil. On the top of these ridges Xeem {Melia azadirachta) hedges are 

 planted. In 1 hedge 2 years old saplings were 7 to 8 ft. high and 8 to 19 in. in girth. 

 The author planted Acha {Hardwiclda binata ) seed in the same manner and found 

 that it made a much more satisfactory growth than when planted in an 18 in. cube 

 pit and regularly watered from July 1. 



The seasons and growth, Heck {Forstw. CentbL, 27 (1905), Xo. 6, pp. 293-300).— 

 Some data are given on the growth of beech and ash during different periods of the 

 year, and also on the relation of temperature and rainfall to growth during the 

 different months. 



In 1904, 57.6 per cent of the growth of ash was made by May, 32.9 per cent during 

 June, and 9.5 per cent during July and the remainder of the summer and autumn 

 months. With beech about 40 per cent of the growth was completed by June 1, 40 

 per cent more during June, and 20 per cent during the remainder of the year. 



