560 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



10,000,000 acres of forests are denuded annually, and these should be 

 replanted in order to preserve the equilibrium. By the proper selec- 

 tion of soil, choice of trees, care in plantino- and cultivating, it is 

 believed that this could be successfully done. 



The forestal conditions and silvicultural prospects of the 

 coastal plain of Nevr Jersey, J. Giffokd {lipt. State Geol. New 

 Jen^cy^ 1899^ pp. ^So-SlS., ph. 16). — The coastal plain of New Jersey 

 is said to embrace about 2,500 square miles, 75 per cent of which is 

 wooded. It is slightly rolling, seldom exceeding 200 ft. above sea 

 level. Light sandy soils predominate, although there are many places 

 where heavy clay and coarse gravel are found as well as clay loams 

 and mucky swamp lands. The different species of trees found in this 

 region are enumerated, their uses and distribution being described. 

 Suggestions are given for forest policy to be adopted by the State as 

 well as silvicultural methods. By selection of proper species, plant- 

 ing, and proper care in the prevention of forest fires, the author 

 believes the region could l)e reforested so as to be of greater economic 

 value than at present. Descriptive notes are given on a number of 

 regions in Europe which are similar to southern New Jersey where 

 reforestation has l)een successfully carried out. 



Forest planting in Nor-way, Deinboll {Forester., 6 {1900)., No. J, 

 yp. Jf9-62). — The former condition of the forests of Norway are 

 described and their present character contrasted. It is stated that a 

 large part of the country is almost barren of timber, so much having 

 been cut awa}^ that one-half the country has not enough timber for 

 building purposes and one-fourth not enough for fuel. The amounts 

 cut each season are mentioned and the necessity for replanting is shown. 

 The first artificial planting was begun in 1869 at Bergen, Norway. At 

 the present time the government maintains six large and a number of 

 smaller planting schools, which annually plant about two and a half 

 million trees. The necessity for extending this work is shown and 

 suggestions oflered of possible means for the improvement of forest 

 conditions. 



Conifers at Murthly Castle, ScotlBnei {Garden, 57 {1900), N>. 1^87, 

 pp. oo8, 3G9.,ji(jx. J). — An account is given of the rate of growth and 

 present condition of a number of species of coniferous plants which 

 have been growing for nearly half a century on this estate. The results 

 do not represent single individuals, but a large number of representa- 

 tives of the different species. A number of the trees are said to have 

 been severel}^ injured by the cold weather of the winter of 1894—95, 

 when for sev(n'al days the temperature was below zero F. The results 

 of some of the measurements as well as the ages of the trees are given 

 in the following table: 



