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science into India, by the man who has done so much for forestry in 

 America. It will serve as an inspiration to all American foresters. 



Relation Between State and Private Forestry in Pennsylvania. 



By Joseph Trimble Rothrock. Vol. IV, No. i. 



This deals with the relation of State forestry to the public, rather than 

 with the relation between State and private forestry. It is full of details 

 of the difficulties encountered by the forestry movement in Pennsylvania. 



II — General. 



Forestry and Foresters. By Theodore Roosevelt. Vol. I, 

 No. I. 



This is a general article showing the vital importance of forestry to the 

 United States as a whole. As Mr. Roosevelt says, the keynote of forestry 

 is and always should be the upbuilding and maintenance of prosperous 

 homes. 



Bibliography of Southern Appalachians. By Helen Stock- 

 bridge. Vol. VI, No. 2. 



This is a compilation which will be of great value as a reference for 

 those interested in the purchase of land for forest reserves in the White 

 Mountains and Southern Appalachians. 



Ill — Descriptive. 



Deforestation in China. By Bailey Willis. Vol. I, No. 3. 



The treeless condition of Northern China is strikingly shown. The 

 forests of once densely covered mountain ranges have been destroyed to 

 such an extent that the rich are "reduced to sticks one inch in diameter by 

 eight inches long for firewood." The "saving clause," which does not save 

 the forests but modifies the effect of their destruction, is the wonderful skill 

 with which the Chinese terrace and cultivate the bare steep slopes. 



Why Prairies are Treeless. By Alfred Gaskill. Vol. I, No. 3. 



Many facts are brought together tending to prove that prairies were 

 caused by fire. These facts, though interesting, are not conclusive ; and 

 the argumentative tone pervading the article reacts upon the reader. 



Some Philippine Forest Problems. By R. C. Bryant. Vol. 

 II, No. I. 



This article gives some of the difficulties encountered in introducing 

 forestry into the Philippines, difficulties naturally attendant upon studying 

 tropical forests containing vast numbers of unidentified species whose 

 growth and silvical characteristics cannot be investigated by methods used 

 in temperate regions. Great as are the difficulties which Mr. Bryant brings 

 out, he does not touch upon the greatest obstacle of all, namely, the sys- 

 tem of Caingins, or shifting, cultivation by which large areas of virgin 

 forests are annually destroyed for the sake of two or three years' miser- 



