Current Literature and Reviews. loi 



the report, appears an argument for the establishment of a na- 

 tional park in the White Mountains, the main point made being, 

 that Congress is about to establish one in the Appalachians and 

 the White Mountains are just as well suited for it. A map com- 

 piled \iy the U. S. Geological Survey of the White Mountain 

 region is appended. In no part of this report can there be found 

 a statement of any material accomplishment by the Commission. 

 This seems to be but another instance of the inefficienc}' of un- 

 salaried Forestry Commissions. 



How to Grow a Forest from Seed. By Prof. F. Wm. Rane. Bul- 

 letin 95, New Hampshire Experiment Station, Durham. 

 Pp. 97-107. Fig. II. 



A leaflet of interest to the wood-lot owner. 



Statement of Work Done by the Pennsylvania Depa?'tment of For- 

 estry. 1902. Pp. 158. PI. xxxiii. 



Penns3dvania is to-day, if we except New York, the foremost 

 state in forest investigation and preservation. This result has 

 been but recently obtained, and is due largely to the active guid- 

 ance of Dr. J. T. Rothrock the present Forest Commissioner. 

 The forestr}^ commission exists probably in its best form in Penn- 

 sylvania. It consists of five unsalaried members and a president 

 with a .salary of $3,000 per year. The Commission is empowered 

 ' ' to purchase any suitable lands in the Commonwealth for purpo- 

 ses of forest preservation," "provided, that in no case shall the 

 amount paid for any tract of land exceed the sum of $5 per acre. ' ' 

 " The said Commission is also empowered to establish such rules 

 and regulations with reference to control, management and pro- 

 tection of forestry reservations" "as in its judgment will con- 

 serve the intere.sts of the Commonwealth ; and whenever it shall 

 appear that the welfare of the Commonwealth will be advanced 

 by selling or disposing of any of the timber on forestry lauds, the 

 Commission is hereby empowered to sell such timber on terms 

 most advantageous to the State." 



The state forest reserve now consists of 572,722 acres, the major 

 part of which has been purchased ; no itemized statement is made 

 in the report of the costs of these lands but of course they average 

 less than five dollars per acre. 



