558 Forestry Quarterly 



The American Academy of Arborists at its first annual conven- 

 tion, in Newark, N. J., chose American Forestry as its official organ. 



The planting of 90,000 olive trees is the monimient chosen by- 

 friends to commemorate Herzl, a prominent Zionist, and his work. 



Such a memorial would probably be more pleasing to all whose 

 work is deemed worthy of conursmoration than stone or bronze 

 statues. 



Dr. Richard Hess, the well-known professor of forestry at the 

 University of Giessen, died on January 18, 1916, 81 years old. 

 His volumes on forest protection, forest utilization, silvics, and the 

 latest edition of Heyer's Silviculture, which he supervised, are 

 well known as standard works to American students. 



