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ceae) indicate the beginning of soil compacting; Gray mosses 

 {Leucohryum glaucum) seriously suggest the beginning of dry 

 turf formation; White mosses or peat mosses (Sphagnaceae) 

 indicate dry turf. 

 Allgemeine Forst- und Jagd Zeitung, June, 1914, p. 214. 



In an article on White pine, Albert comes 

 American to the conclusion that comparing it with 



Species Pinus excelsa of the Himalayas, producing 



m a wood of equal quality, the latter is more 



Chile readily cultivated in the central and south 



central portions of Chile and in higher alti- 

 tudes. Only in better soils and climates is the rate of growth of 

 Pinus strobus superior. Hence it should only be planted in the 

 better sites. 



Taxodium distichum the same author compares with Eucalyp- 

 tus robusta, which equals it in durability, and advises its planting 

 in the climates where the Eucalyptus is ruled out an account of 

 frost down to 8° C. 



The cultivation of hickory is recommended, H. glabra on less 

 fertile and drier soils than will support ovata. H. alba may be 

 planted on still drier soil, but is there of slow growth, while H. 

 laciniosa is pronounced too exigent. 



Boletin des Bosques, Pesca i Caza, February, March, 1914, pp. 428-437 

 463-466. 



SILVICULTURE, PROTECTION AND EXTENSION 



In a discussion on the recuperation of a 

 Alder torrential correction in the canton Tessin, 



as the praise of the White alder (Alnus in- 



Soil cana) is sung by Aubert, as adapted to all 



Cover soils, even the poorest, without humus, al- 



though it prefers lime and loose clay soils 

 and good water supply. Especially on the coarse gravelly and 

 sandy overflow soils, the alder has exceeded all expectations. 



The planting was done with 1- to 2-year transplants, cut back to 

 12 inches, set in ditches dug in the gravel 6 to 10 feet apart, filled 

 with sand at 20 inch spacing. In two years the plants will have 



