242 Forestry Quarterly. 



A relatively intensive survey and mapping of the forests of the 

 state has been started. 



Among the recommendations of the State Forester for future 

 work are the following: — 



1. Development of state forests on a more pretentious scale 

 than is now possible under the reforestation act. 



2. Enactment of legislation to regulate disposal of slash, 



3. Change in present methods of taxing forest land. 



R. C. H. 



The Woody Plants of Kentucky. By H. Garmen. Bulletin 

 169, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. Lexington, 

 Ky., 1913. 



The author of a tree flora is confronted with two problems, 

 each capable of consuming the bulk of the manuscript and both 

 essential to a complete flora. The first is the proper presentation 

 of the distinguishing characteristics of the trees, and the second 

 is the detailed account of their distribution. Consideration of the 

 distinguishing features of the species is perhaps of greater 

 value to resident students, while detailed range data is of great 

 interest to outside investigators who are concerned with the geo- 

 graphical distribution of trees. A detailed account of the tree 

 ranges by counties may not be of as much assistance to resident 

 students as would a work with keys and distinguishing descrip- 

 tions, but to the outside investigator who has ample references on 

 these botanical distinctions, it is of great value, as it gives specific 

 information as to just what species may be found in the state and 

 in what situations they occur. 



An ideal preliminary list undoubtedly is one which presents dis- 

 tribution data in the greatest detail and gives the authorities for 

 those trees reported but whose presence seems quite doubtful on 

 account of their range outside of the state. Distribution of such a 

 preliminary list necessarily brings to the author many range ex- 

 tensions, corrections and confirmations which could not be 

 secured in any other manner. 



In this bulletin such emphasis has been placed upon detailed 

 distribution data. Stating that the work is to be regarded as pre- 

 liminary to a more complete account of the woody plants of the 



