no Forestry Quarterly. 



stations in order to secure the immediate detection of forest fires. 

 Tliis increased fire protection will be expensive, but they felt it 

 was well worth the money. 



"Notes on Works of Improvement in the F. M. S. forests" 

 impresses one with the difficulty of forest administration in the 

 mixed evergreen forests of the tropics. "The Determination of 

 the Volume of Amorphous Pieces of Wood" might be used in this 

 country. "Fire Conservancy in Indian Forests," contains a discus- 

 sion in regard to the burning of fallen debris. In this connection 

 Mr. Latham felt that the soil would not be enriched by burning, 

 since the nutriment would be washed away. 



The review of the "Annual Administrative Report of the Fores- 

 try Department of the Madras Presidency for 1908-9," indicates 

 progress on working plans to be "lamentably slow." There was 

 an increase in expenditure for permanent improvements and for 

 special fire protection ; but artificial reproduction seems to be far 

 in arrears. 



The establishment of a forestry college at Coimbatore will 

 undoubtedly supply an adequately trained staff. 



The reviews of the administration reports for the Nizarai's 

 Dominions for 1907-8 and the Sammu and Kashmir State, rather 

 indicate the administration has been financially successful, at some 

 sacrifice to intensive forestry. 



On the whole, the issue is well worth careful study. 



T. S. W., Jr. 



Forest Conditions of the Ozark Region of Missouri By 

 Samuel J. Record. Bulletin 89. College of Agriculture, Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, in Co-opera- 

 tion with the U. S. Department of Agriculture.* Columbia, Mo. 

 1910. Pp. 195-280. 



The bulletin opens with a brief description of the physiographic 

 features of the region and a discussion of land ownership, the 

 taxation problem, local industries and transportation facilities. A 

 brief forest description by counties is given, followed by a silvical 

 description of the more important forest trees. The latter part of 

 the bulletin is devoted to a discussion of the various agencies that 



*The field investigation was made in 1906. 



