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curves and its application for the construction of yield tables for 

 Cryptomeria japonica, and form height tables for the principal 

 conifers and some broad-leaved trees of Japan. Especially the 

 former discussion reveals a highly scientific procedure with proper 

 consideration of the pertinent literature, producing new formulae 

 for the expression of growth relations. Nothing as learned has as 

 yet appeared in the American press! 



This publication sets a pace which is most promising not only 

 for Japanese forestry, but for forestry literature in general. 



B. E. F. 



OTHER CURRENT LITERATURE 



The Northern Hardwood Forests: Its Composition, Growth, 

 and Management. By E. H. Frothingham. Bulletin 285, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. Contribution from the Forest 

 Service. Washington, D. C. 1915. Pp. 80. 



A treatise on the character of northern hardwood forests, their 

 economic importance, and management. An appendix contains 

 volume tables in board feet and cubic feet, and also form tables. 



The author states that for the present, at least, management of 

 these forests is largely a matter of Federal, State, or municipal, 

 rather than of private, concern, since the practice of forestry by 

 private owners is practicable only in the case of certain quick 

 growing, valuable species, or where wood of small sizes is in steady 

 demand, for slow-growing species under short rotations, or on 

 estates maintained for recreation, hunting, or park purposes, in 

 which the cost of maintenance is not charged against the stumpage 

 value. 



State Forestry Laivs, Indiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Wash- 

 ington. U. S. Department of Agriculture. Contributions from 

 the Forest Service. Washington, D. C. 1915 and 1916. Pp. 

 0, 14, 7, 8. 



