RKVIKVVS 719 



public documents, and replete with good illustrations. "Exhaustive" 

 is the second impression, when we count the pages devoted to the dis- 

 cussion of some of the subjects, as, for example, when over 300 pages 

 are given to the study of the larch in Sweden, 56 pages to snow damage, 

 and 250 pages to the formation of nitrates in soil. 



Fortunately, the Swedes realize that their own language is not spoken 

 or read much outside their own country, and in true international spirit 

 they furnish abstracts of the contents in other languages. This was 

 hitherto done only in German, probably because the work would be 

 most appreciated in Germany ; but now some abstracts are in English 

 and others in French ; others still in German, without a visible reason 

 for the choice of the language in each particular case. 



The material furnished in this work, due to floral and climatic differ- 

 ences, has. to be sure, mostly only indirect value to us, more in Canada 

 than in the United States, and we must limit ourselves to enumeration 

 of its more important contents. 



After a full account of the organization and working plans of the 

 station, the following subjects are discussed: the North Swedish pine, 

 no pages; snow damage in south and middle Sweden, 56 pages; yield 

 of seed in Sweden in 1916, 20 pages; forest soil analysis, 25 pages; 

 form classes in pine. 36 pages; nitrate formation in soils, 250 pages; 

 larch in Sweden, 300 pages ; effect of regeneration measures on forma- 

 tion of saltpeter. 155 pages; studies on the conditions of regeneration 

 in Norrland pineries, 66 pages; influence of lime on humus soils, 14 

 pages. 



The paging is somewhat uncertain, as some of the tables are added 

 without paging or with Roman paging. 



We congratulate the Swedish foresters in accomplishing so much 

 with the small appropriations at their disposal. 



B. E. F. 



Rabbit Grozving to Supplement the Meat Supply. By Ned Dearborn. 

 Separate from Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture. 1918. No. 

 784. Washington, D. C. 1919. Pp. 10. 



To meet the insufficiency and high prices of meat, partly due to re- 

 stricted range, the author advocates the systematic breeding of rabbits, 

 and describes the three principal "utility" rabbits — Giants, Belgian 

 hares, which are really rabbits, and New Zealand red rabbits. Refer- 

 ence is made to European experience, where millions of rabbits are 

 bred for meat — 100 million in France alone- — and where through T.on- 



