Current Literature. 247 



The recommendations under Fire Protection for piling and 

 burning slash after lumbering are of doubtful value to private 

 owners of loblolly timber since it is not believed that these rules 

 can be profitably carried out. Before even a very rough system 

 of fire protection can be inaugurated there must needs be practical 

 and comprehensive state laws enacted by the states concerned in 

 this bulletin, and especially in Virginia, where such rudimen- 

 tary laws as exist at present are inoperative. A hopeful sign, 

 however, is that in Virginia at the present writing the question 

 of up-to-date and efficient forest laws is being seriously con- 

 sidered, and it is hoped that such bills may be enacted into law 

 by the present State Legislature. There must, however, ensue a 

 long period of education and publicity before such laws, if passed, 

 will become really effective. 



An unusual omission in the publication is that nowhere in its 

 fifty-nine pages is the scientific name of loblolly pine mentioned, 

 not even under the paragraphs Forest Types and Characteristics, 

 nor even in the Appendix under Nomenclature. It is understood, 

 of course, that Pinus taeda, Linn, is referred to. Associated 

 species are honored with their scientific nomenclature but the 

 species whose adaptability to forest management is so fully dis- 

 cussed is overlooked. 



From the writer's personal knowledge of the species in Vir- 

 ginia he doubts the absolute accuracy of the range of botanical 

 distribution as shown on the map on page 3, believing that the 

 species is found considerably farther west in the Piedmont 

 Plateau than shown on the map. 



On the whole, the bulletin is a valuable contribution on this 

 economically important species, and should be very helpful to 

 the private owner of loblolly stands as well as to the consulting 

 forester. J. D. G. 



The Reseeding of Depleted Grazing Lands to Cultivated For- 

 age Plants. By A. W. Sampson. Bulletin 4, Department of Agri- 

 culture. Contribution from the Forest Service. Washington, 

 D. C. 1913. Pp. 34. 



Excellent results have been secured in reseeding depleted ranges 

 to cultivated forage plants on certain of the national forests where 

 this system has been inaugurated. The best results were obtained 



