32 Forestry Quarterly 



Forestry in South Africa. By D. E. Hutchins, F. R. Met. 

 Soc, Conservator of Forests, Cape Town, 1905. pp. 23. 



An extremely interesting paper giving the reader in a nutshell 

 the past history and the present condition of forestry in South 

 Africa from the Zambesi to the Cape. The author finds about 

 one hundred and eight trees indigenous to that part of the Con- 

 tinent, which are all evergreen broadleaf species and about six 

 only are of any economic importance. These latter are each brief- 

 ly discussed as to their habits, distribution and commercial value. 



The scarcity of native woods renders afforestation the chief 

 work of the forester in the South Africa Colonies. Some of the 

 finest timber trees of the Northern Hemisphere have already been 

 under cultivation for 200 years and may be considered to be com- 

 pletely naturalized. Many species of Eucalyptus, Acacia, and 

 conifers have been introduced from Australia with success. 



A great deal of successful work has been accomplished in the 

 arresting of drift sands by the planting of Morram Grass {Psamnia 

 arenaria~). 



The training of officers for the higher grades has hitherto been 

 either at Nancy in France, or at the Royal Indian College at 

 Cooper's Hill, England, but recentl}- men have been sent to the 

 Forest School of Yale University. . G. A. W. 



Grazing on the Public Lajids. By Albert F. Potter. Bull. 

 No. 62, Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. pp. 65. 



The proper regulation of grazing is the most important pro- 

 blem in the management of the public lands of the United States. 

 Bitter controversies repeatedly arise as to grazing privileges and 

 rights on these lands. The vacant public lands are theoretically 

 open commons, but as a matter of fact thej^ are more or less par- 

 celed out under compacts or agreements among the various inter- 

 ests. As the approximate area of the public range is one fifth of 

 the total extent of the United States proper, the great importance 

 of wise and conservative handling of these vast resources is evi- 

 dent. 



The primary object of the bulletin is to help to bring about a 

 better understanding of the principles upon which the conserva- 

 tion of the public range should be based. It is very largely de- 

 voted to the classification and summary of answers to a number 

 of questions regarding grazing and the grazing problem sent in 



