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able cultivation. Native hostility is also a serious drawback. For further 

 information on the Philippine forests, see article by H. N. Whitford in 

 Vol. VI, No. I. 



Some Forest Problems in Hawaii. By Ralph S. Hosmer. Vol. 

 II, No. I. 



An account of industrial conditions in the islands. The minor impor- 

 tance of forestry shows rather strikingly ; but eventually tliere will be an 

 opportunity for valuable silvical investigations. The rnain efforts must, 

 just now, be directed toward protecting the forest land, most of which 

 belongs to the government. 



Some Forest Problems of the Middle West. By Hugh P. 

 Baker. Vol. Ill, No. i. 



This paper presents some of the problems of small farm forestry and 

 advocates their solution. It is a general article of the propagandist type. 

 Although containing little specific information, yet it undoubtedly served 

 a very useful purpose. 



Forest Resources and Problems of Canada. By B. E. Fernow. 

 Vol. VII, No. 2. 



This is an account of forest conditions in Canada. The first part of 

 the paper is devoted to a description of the timber resources of Canada 

 as known at present, and is illustrated by a map of forest regions. There 

 is less timber, it occurs in more inaccessible regions, and is of poorer 

 quality than in the United States. The second part gives an instructive 

 and astonishng account of the Government's policv and methods with 

 regard to the disposal of its timber. 



State Forestry Problems. By A. F. Hawes, State Forester, 

 Vermont. Vol. VII, No. 2. 



The bulk of this article is devoted to questions which arise in fire pro- 

 tection, some of which apply to other eastern States. Protection from 

 insects and animals (chiefly hedgehogs) is also discussed. 



IV — SiLVICS. 



Results of a Rocky Mountain Forest Fire, Studied Fifty Years 

 After Its Occurrence. By W. J. Gardner. Vol. I, No. 2. 



This is the first forestry article appearing in the Proceedings discussing 

 actual forestry work on a specific problem ; and it is perhaps significant 

 that it should have been placed at the end of the number. The autJior 

 gives his observations first in a general manner on the region, then on the 

 influence of aspen, and on the restocking of. the burn, followed by a few 

 figures on the reproduction, growth, and tolerance of Engelmann Spruce. 

 Though no particularly important results were obtained, still this is a 

 distinct beginning. 



