2/8 Forestry Quarterly. 



(2) There is no gradual, uniform development of the shoots. 

 The growth of the shoots varies in accordance with the condi- 

 tion of the weather. During cold nights in May the growth often 

 stops entirely. In June, because of the warmer weather, the 

 growth during the night exceeds that during the day, whereas in 

 May the growth during the day is greater than that during the 

 night. 



(3) The length of the annual shoots is influenced by the 

 weather conditions of the year before, especially during July and 

 August, when buds are formed. If the weather during these 

 months is warm and humid, the growth of the next year is 

 much greater than if the weather was cold and dry. These ob- 

 servations confirm the investigations conducted by Professor Cies- 

 lar in Austria and by Forester Turmer in Russia upon the growth 

 of spruce. 



(4) Unfavorable weather conditions during early spring, i. e. 

 in April and May, for instance, low temperature, late disappear- 

 ance of snow and a large number of late frosts — or the reverse, 

 abnormally high temperature during the spring — may affect more 

 or less considerably the growth of the year. 



(5) Weather conditions during the further growth of the young 

 shoots influence directly only the degree of development of the 

 needles. The latter, just as in other herbaceous vegetation, de- 

 pends most intimately upon the actual condition of the weather, 

 that is, upon temperature and humidity. Moderate temperature 

 and humid weather increase the length of the needles. Reverse 

 conditions decrease it. The weather conditions, however, dur- 

 ing the growth of the young shoots have only a secondary effect 

 as compared with the influence which the weather of the previous 

 year has upon them. R. Z. 



Transactions of the Forest Experiment Stations, Vol. XLVII, 1913, St. 

 Petersburg. 



The 2 1st annual meeting of the German 

 Reserve "Forstwirtschaftrat" in Trier in 1913 dis- 



Funds. cussed, among other vital matters, the i>ol- 



icy of money reserve funds in forest man- 

 agement. Dr. Endres of the University of Munich pointed out that 

 such funds, designed to tide over years of low income or heavy ex- 

 pense in the forests, are really necessary only in small countries. 



