298 Forestry Quarterly. 



Fifth Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Forestry for 

 1905. By W. H. Freman, Secretary. Indianapolis, 1906. 

 245 pp. 



The efforts of the Board have been devoted to practicil work 

 on the State forest reserve of 2,000 acres. The work has consisted 

 of road building, construction of reservoirs, cisterns, fishponds, an 

 administration building and fences, and of tree planting. So far 

 about 200 acres have been artificially stocked, chiefly by sowing. 



The State Board is engaged also in educational work, through 

 correspondence, public lectures, and the press. Co-operative work 

 with private owners also constitutes an important part of the work 

 of the Board. 



The report contains a number of papers, including "The Trim- 

 ming of Shade Trees," "Some Insect Pests of Indiana Trees," 

 "Thirty Timber Trees of Indiana," and "The Insect Enemies of 

 Native Forest Trees on the Reserve." 



Forestry seems to be making distinctive advances in Indiana. 



H. S. G. 



Report of the Canadian Forestry Convention, Held at Ottawa in 

 January, 19O6. Ottawa, 1906. 208 pp. 



This report contains much material of general interest. The 

 gathering was notable as voicing a widespread interest in the 

 improvement of the forest policy of the Dominion and Provinces, 

 the chief feature of which is the extension of permanent forest re- 

 serves. The present well-known system of fire rangers is dis- 

 cussed for Ontario by Mr. Aubrey White, and for the Dominion by 

 Mr. E. Stewart. An article by Mr. Thomas Southworth sets forth 

 the present status of forest reserves in Ontario. The Convention 

 urged the extension of the system, increased appropriations for 

 fire rangers, and the examination of all public lands in advance 

 of settlement, for the double purpose of preventing injudicious 

 settlement on forest land, and securing such lands for permanent 

 reserves. Many papers of considerable value are published, in- 

 cluding such subjects as the tree planting work of the Government, 

 forest education, and timber supplies for railroads and pulp mills. 

 A useful feature of the report is the very complete subject index. 



H. H. C. 



