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MISCELLANEOUS. 



The various semi-popular texts on forestry 

 Forestry Books which have recently appeared, among 

 for which may be cited Graves' "Handling of 



Laymen. Woodlands," Hawley and Hawes' "For- 



estry in New England," and the forthcom- 

 ing book on "Elements of Forestry" by Moon and Brown 

 (all published by John Wiley and Sons, N. Y,), lends especial 

 interest to the review by Dr. Mueller of Schiipfer's "Outlines 

 of Forestry." 



It seems that, in Germany, interest in forestry is spreading 

 among laymen owners of forest property. For them, primarily, 

 this compendium is designed. Aside from a brief introduction 

 on the economic importance of forests and forestry, the book is, 

 therefore, confined to the subjects of forest production and forest 

 management, omitting forest policy, history and administration 

 as irrelevant to this purpose. The reviewer rather criticizes this 

 omission since even the layman should be acquainted with the 

 elements of these important phases of forestry. On the whole, 

 though, he adjudges the book as a distinct success. 



"Grundriss der Forstwirtschaft." Dr. V. Schiipfer, Professor of For- 

 estry at the University of Munich, pp. 268, plates 53. Stuttgart, 1912. All- 

 gemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung, November, 1913, pp. 379-380. 



Associations At this stage in our development Dr. von 



of Fiirst's article is very timely because our 



German Foresters, own Society of American Foresters can 

 undoubtedly learn much from the history 

 of similar organizations abroad. 

 The German "Forstverein" as newly constituted has now been 

 in existence since 1900 and its present thriving condition is evi- 

 dence that it is filling a real need in a satisfactory manner. Prior 

 to its formation there was an annual gathering or Congress- of 

 German foresters but through lack of a permanent organization 

 these meetings were not as effective as they have since been 

 made. There was no continuity of policy, little was accom- 

 plished in the way of standardization, and the lack of funds 

 created deficits which were hard to meet. 



As early as 1881 Dr. Danckelmann proposed a permanent or- 



