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an increased annual cut in the coppice made necessary by the in- 

 creased restriction of cutting in the area under conversion. The 

 openings were being restocked as rapidly as possible with fast 

 growing species, notably beech, spruce and ash, and, to a less ex- 

 tent, with oak, elm, maple and alder. In order to increase the 

 percentage of the beech, the soil was raked around and under 

 seed trees before seed years. 



It will be interesting to see what changes, if any, are made in 

 the management of this forest and other Alsatian forests by 

 French Administration after the war is over. Apparently the 

 Germans made no radical changes from the method of treatment 

 followed by the French. T. S. W., Jr. 



Revue des Eaux et For^ts, December 1, 1915, pp. 745-751. 



J. Reynard gives an interesting account 

 The Karst of the famous Karst plateau on the left 



bank of the Isonzo River, where the 

 Italians and Austrians are now fighting. The deforestation of 

 this region is well known. Formerly, the Karst was covered 

 with splendid oak and beech forests which were cut by the Ro- 

 mans and the Republic of Venice for the construction of their 

 navies. This overcutting was followed by heavy grazing by 

 goats and sheep which resulted in almost complete deforesta- 

 tion on account of the accompanying conflagrations. Reynard 

 explains that the Karst plateau is valuable for nothing except 

 forests and that, although Austria commenced reforestation, there 

 are still large denuded areas. He points out that if that region 

 is captured by the Italians, their first duty will be to take up 

 more actively its forestation, since it is today almost uninhabited 

 and requires forests for protection against the famous Bora 

 tempest. T. S. W., Jr. 



Revue des Eaux et For6ts, December 1, 1915, pp. 756-757. 



.,, • 7 pi • Coventry contributes an exceedingly in- 



- terestmg article on the so-called Jand forests 



. , in the Punjab, British India. The similar- 



p . . ity of local conditions between these areas 



and the semi-desert brush land in the south- 

 west and in southern California is quite marked. In the Pun- 



