310 Forestry Quarterly 



Connecticut," by Albert E. Moss, Assistant Forester. U. S. 

 Geological Survey maps were used as a base, and by means of an 

 automobile every road was traversed and the boundaries of the 

 woodland sketched in. An odometer was used to check dis- 

 tances between points on the road map, while distances to the 

 woodland boundaries were estimated by eye. In this manner 

 every woodland tract was completely circled and the boundaries 

 noted. These areas were then colored on the map, the two types 

 distinguished being hardwoods and conifers. 



It was computed from the map that 1,482,700 acres or 46.4 

 per cent of the land area of the State is wooded. The largest 

 areas of woodland are in the northwest corner, the northeast 

 quarter, and along the Connecticut River near its mouth, extend- 

 ing some distance to the west. 



The following table summarizes the forest areas by counties, 

 with the water area eliminated. The forest areas include not 

 only land which is growing merchantable wood and timber, but 

 also pasture land and old fields with sufficient growth to indi- 

 cate that it is reverting to forest. 



Total Area Forest Area Per Cent 

 County Acres 



Fairfield 417,118 



Hartford 472,154 



Litchfield 611,184 



Middlesex 249,377 



New Haven 389,853 



New London 451,676 



Tolland 272,577 



Windham 330,506 



3,194,445 1,483,300 47.2 



S. J. R. 



The Black Poplars. By A. Henry. Reprint from the Transac- 

 tions of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, Volume 30, 

 Part I. Edinburgh. January, 1916. Pp. 14. 



No group of trees is more obscure than the cultivated species 

 of Populus; besides the natural species and varieties there are 

 many sports and hybrids. In the present article Prof. Henry 

 deals with the many forms of the European Populus nigra and the 

 North American P. deltoidea. 



