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Kansas are given, together with data as to their minimum and maximum diam 

 eters breast-high. The rate of growth of white elm, green ash, backberry, and 

 bur oaks in different localities is also shown in tabular form. On .".l sample 

 areas examined in western Kansas the reproduction of the valley type was 

 good in l n it instances. In fi more ii was fair, while in the remaining r.» it 

 w.-is very poor, due in ;i large measure to unrestricted grazing. 



A genera] discussion is given of bow foresl extension Is broughl about, with 

 brief descriptive accounts of 28 species of trees found in western Kansas and 

 Nebraska. 



Forest reserves in Idaho, <;. I'i.m ihh (I . fif. Dept. I'//.. Forest fieri'. Bui. 

 57, pp. 90, figs. 5, map t). This bulletin contains copies of the correspondence 

 and papers relating to the creation of foresl reserves in Idaho. 



Forestry in Maryland, W. I >. Stebrett (Forestry and Irrig., II {1905), Vo. 

 I.', pp. 571 580, figs. 9). A discussion of the general forest conditions in the 

 Appalachian, Piedmont Plateau, and Coastal Plain regions of Maryland, and of 

 the progress of forestry in these same regions. Aboul two and one-half million 



acres, or 40 per cent, of the total land area of the State is w Hand, bul less 



than 1 per <-< , nt of the wooded area is virgin forest. .Most of the second growth 

 forests are under 150 years of age The chief lumber tree is' yellow pine. 



Report of the superintendent of forests, \Y. F. Fox i \. )'. State Forest, Fish 

 and Game Com. Ann. Rpt., 10 {1904), PP- '■' •»'/• pis. t2).—A general review of 

 the work of the year 1904, relative to control of foresl tires, reforesting, lumber- 

 ing operations throughout the state, seed gathering, exhibit made at the St. 

 Louis Exposition, etc. 



In the Adirondack forests 578,592,440 ft. Ii. M. of lumber were cut, and 

 31,516,450 shingles, and 52,659,692 laths made. In theCatskill forests 120,695,320 

 ft B. M. were cut. Five hundred bu. of white-pine cones were pecured during the 



year, from which 500 lbs. Of clean seed were obtained, at ;in average COSt of 47.5 



cts. per pound. 



Belgian woodlands and their management, F. II. Osmond-Smith (Agr. 

 Students' Qaz., n. ser., II (1905), No. 5, pp. 155 16S). An account of the visit 

 of the Royal English Arboricultural Society to a large number of Belgian state 

 and private forests with notes on the forestry practices observed in different 

 localities of Belgium. 



The forestry conditions and management of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 

 F. Dimitz i Vienna: Wilhelm Frick, 1905, pp. VIII-\-S89, map />. An account of 

 the history, cultural condition, climate, vegetation, people, and development of 

 the forests under Austrian supervision during the past 25 years of those prov- 

 inces where about 5,000,000 acres are devoted to forestry. 



An account of the methods pursued in the systematic management of these 

 forests and of the results obtained is of especial interest to American foresters, 

 since forestry conditions .it the lime the work was begun are more or less com 

 parable with forestry in certain parts of the United States at the present time. 



A list of the numerous publications consulted hy the author in the preparation 



of this work is appended. 



Report of the conservator of forests, Natal, T. R. Sim (Rpt. Conserr. 

 forests Natal, 1908 /. />i>. <H. maps 8). An account of the forestry service of 

 Natal and of the work done in the demarcation of forests, afforestation, estab- 

 lishment of nurseries, forest protection, revenues derived from state forests, 

 condition of the game preserves, and the preparation of land for a fruit orchard. 



An outline is given of an experiment underway in the use of fertilizers for 

 black wattles, and of different quantities of seed sown broadcast in clumps and 

 at different distances apart An experiment was also made to see if chemicals 

 could be drawn into wattle timber hy natural suction which would render it 



