PERIODICAL LITERATURE. 

 FOREST GEOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION. 



The main topic at the Russian Forest Con- 

 Development gress held in Archangel, July, 19 12, was 



of the development of the forest resources 



Forests of northern Russia. Their importance may 



of be judged by the fact that they constitute 



Northern Russia. 75 per cent of the forest wealth of Euro- 

 pean Russia. 

 At present this whole region is in an undeveloped state. Sett- 

 lers, railroads, and improved water transportation are needed. 

 Along with colonization must come more intensive forest man- 

 agement. More men must be provided, schools started, better 

 methods of cutting and utilization used, and an extensive program 

 of investigative work inaugurated. In fact, the problems to be 

 solved are similar to ours on the National Forests- 



Beschlusse der XII allgemeincn Russischen F orstversammlung , etc. 

 Forstwissenschaftliches Centralblatt. March, 1913. Pp. 136-143. 



C. S. Rogers, Forest Officer for Trinidad 

 Forestry and Tobago, describes at length forest con- 



in ditions in the former island. When the 



Trinidad. forests were destroyed "streams that for- 



merly were permanent became intermit 

 tent. Droughts and floods succeeded one another, increasing in 

 intensity These disasters, coupled with a scarcity of tim- 

 ber in certain districts, forced the adoption of a forest policy. 

 The problem was broached in 1880; in 1890 and in 1891 a for- 

 mal report was made by the late J. H. Hart, entitled "Forest Con- 

 servancy in Trinidad." Nothing was done, however, until 1900, 

 when F. A, Lodge definitely recommended the reservation of 

 293 square miles or 16.74 per cent, of the total area. Ac- 

 cordingly the service was organized in July, 1901. The work 

 undertaken has included demarcation of boundaries, description 

 of the local species, and commencing with 1908 plantations "in 

 the cedar forest within the Southern Watershed Reserve" Up 

 to 1910-11, 85.5 acres had been stocked with 15,640 trees of 



