appendixes showing in tabular detail the area of the different forests, cuttings, 

 receipts, disbursements, etc. 



Transplanting- of big-tree seedlings, S. J. Flintham (Forestry and Irrig., 11 

 (1905), No. 9, pp. 428-430).— The author notes the results of successful experiments 

 of ranger L. L. Davis, in charge of the General Grant National Park, in transplanting 

 naturally sown Sequoia seedlings. 



Most of the plants set out were from 4 to 18 in. in height and were from 2 to 3 

 years old. These had taproots often 1 to 2 or more feet long. Some 1 -year-old 

 plants which were 1 to 4 in. high were set out, but these did not succeed so well, as 

 in the dry season the roots did not reach down to permanent moisture. The larger 

 seedlings were quite hardy as to drought and frost even at elevations of 6,000 to 

 7,000 ft. 



Seed bed fertilizer experiments on sandstone soils, Vater ( Tharand. Forstl. 

 Jahrb., 55 (1905), No. 2, pp. 116-137). — A detailed account is given of experiments 

 to determine the effects of fertilizers in growing seedling spruces and \ tines. 



In the first experiment the seed beds were located on sandstone soil of the second 

 to third class. The fertilizers used were kainit, potassium chlorid, and potassium 

 sulphate. Spruce seed was planted. The tabulated results show that the height 

 growth of the seedlings was doubled and the mass growth trebled by the use of the 

 fertilizer, the largest seedlings as regards height and weight being produced on the 

 plat fertilized with kainit, closely followed by that fertilized with potassium chlorid. 

 The potassium chlorid gave about 20 per cent better results as regards growth than 

 the potassium sulphate. 



Experiments with both pine and spruce seed on sandstone soil of the fourth 

 quality gave results similar to those noted above as regards the beneficial effects of 

 fertilizing seedlings. In one experiment the fertilizers were not applied until the 

 seedlings were a year old. At the end of the following season they had made prac- 

 tically 40 per cent better growth than the unfertilized seedlings. 



Analyses are given of the different soils used and results included of some experi- 

 ments by other investigators along similar lines. 



The natural replacement of white pine on old fields in New England, 

 S. N. Spring ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Forestry Bui. 63, pp. 32, pis. 4, map 1).— This 

 bulletin deals primarily with the life history of second-growth white pine on old 

 fields and pastures in New England. Its object is to furnish such information about 

 the characteristics of the white pine and the conditions governing its growth as will 

 be of practical help to people in New England interested in the profitable growth of 

 this timber. 



At present merchantable stands of white pine in New England are being rapidly 

 removed and commonly no seed trees are left to provide for future stands. Unless 

 such seed trees are left the future extension of white pine forests in New England 

 will be limited to occasional small groups, leaving much of the land to be occupied 

 by inferior species. If seed trees are left it is thought probable that the number of 

 stands of merchantable pine in New England will be greater 50 years hence than it 

 is to-day and the quality of the timber better. 



A white pine does not begin to bear full crops of cones until about 35 years of age. 

 The heaviest seed years are from 5 to 7 years apart. Tests indicate that from 10 to 

 20 per cent of fresh white pine seed will not germinate. Seedlings grow very slowly 

 but after that stage is past the growth is rapid for 50 to 60 years. The most rapid 

 rate of growth occurs when the tree is from 30 to 40 years of age. 



Tables are given showing the contents in cords of white pine trees of different 

 diameters. A map is included which indicates where forests of various types of 

 white pine in New England are found. Counts of seedlings 2 to 8 years old in typical 

 white pine areas averaged 2,113 trees of all species per acre. Of these 80 per cent 

 were white pine and 20 per cent birch and less valuable species. In regions of New 



