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of increased accommodations and equipment at Ithaca. The curri- 

 culum has remained about the same as in previous years with the 

 exception of the addition of special meteorological work under 

 Dr. Allen of the local Weather Bureau Station. 



The College Forest and its policy is treated at some length. Of 

 the silvicultural methods employed in converting the poor exist- 

 ing stand to one of value the Director has the following to say : 



' ' There is one fact on the silvicultural side which the experi- 

 ment has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the writer, namely, 

 that in the hardwood forest of the Adirondacks, where the pine 

 and spruce have been severely culled, the only practicable 

 method, both from financial and silvicultural points of view of 

 securing a desirable new crop, is a clear cutting system, fol- 

 lowed by artificial regeneration of the conifers, leaving only 

 enough of the hardwoods to produce an admixture by natural 

 regeneration, and saving only so much of the promising volun- 

 teer growth of young hardwoods and conifers as is not liable 

 to be thrown by the winds. Indeed, it may often be best to 

 make a clean sweep — denude, though the word has been used 

 to denote vandalism — and replace artificially without reference 

 to existing volunteer growth. This planting, of course, costs ; 

 it is an investment for the future, but one that can be easily 

 shown to be profitable in the long run. This method cannot be 

 practiced without taking care of the rubbish resulting from 

 the logging operation, and this, of course, again entails expense. 

 But when the simple and efl&cient system of clearing, followed 

 by planting, is practiced, the debris can be burned more cheaply, 

 using the early spring season, before the snow is quite gone, 

 and thus the fire danger, always attending logging operations, 

 can be most readily reduced." 



The Forests of Garrett County. By H. M. Curran. Special 

 Publication from Garrett County Report of the Maryland 

 Geological Survey. Pp. 303-329. 111. 



An excellent local report. 



A First Book of Forestry. By Filibert Roth. Ginn & Co., Bos- 

 ton. Pp. 291. Illustrated. 



This neat little book introduces the study of forestry to the 

 sect of nature students, and the unmistakable marks of their style 



