74 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



North American Forest RcscarcJi. Bulletin of the National Research 

 Council, Vol. I, Part 4, No. 4, August, 1920. 300 pp. 



This Bulletin is a summary of the investigative projects in Forestry 

 and allied subjects which were being conducted in 1919-20 by Na- 

 tional, State and provincial governments, schools of forestry, scientific 

 schools, and private interests in Canada, Newfoundland, and the 

 United States. The work is a compilation by the Committee on 

 American Forest Research of the Society of American Foresters. 

 It is a first attempt to present a complete outline of forest research on 

 this coiltinent. 



The Bulletin contains brief outlines of 519 recognized and numbered 

 projects. Owing to a combination of many sub-projects for different 

 species especially in the forestation groups into a few large single 

 projects, 272 sub-projects in addition might be distinguished. Alost 

 of them could justifiably claim recognition as full projects by com- 

 parison with some that have that status. Each project appears under 

 the name and location of the organization or agency under whose 

 auspices it is being carried on. A concise side heading gives its title, 

 and there follows a brief description of its scope, status, results to 

 date, probable future development and the names of the person or 

 persons engaged on the project. 



To those who are interested in the field covered by a particular 

 agency, the grouping of projects by organizations responsible for them, 

 will appeal. To those who are seeking references in a special line of 

 work, and perhaps to the majority of the many who will have occasion 

 to consult the Bulletin, it will be a matter for regret that the arrange- 

 ment is not based upon a systematic classification of subjects, so that 

 all related projects might be found together. A carefully compiled 

 subject index which would show by number the projects relating to a 

 given problem, environmental condition or tree species would be a wel- 

 come addition. The table of contents shows the agencies and the 

 broad geographical distribution of the work, but helps little as a subject 

 guide, since only under the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

 Service, are there subheadings indicating the different lines of in- 

 vestigation. 



Forest research in North America has hardly yet had time to make 

 a reputation for itself. Even to those who have been most intimately 

 connected with it, the amount of work being done will come as a dis- 

 tinct surprise. The nr— 'ber of organizations participating (36), the 



