n8 Forestry Quarterly. 



The use of Yellow Pine for paper is no longer an experiment ; 

 it has proved succecsful. A paper plant at Orange, Texas, utilizes 

 pine tops and stumps for raw material. The paper is brown and 

 heavy. 



Canada exported in 1907 $33,587,474 worth of forest pro- 

 ducts: $11,783,564 to Great Britain: $18,397,753 to tne United 

 States. 



There were 100 active plants during 1907 engaged in wood dis- 

 tillation. The total consumption of wood, chiefly birch, beech 

 and maple amounted to 1,219,771 cords. The leading states 

 were Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York. 



The durability of southern cypress is well established by the 

 excavation of a coffin on which the date 1803 was found. The 

 nails holding the wood were not rusted and the wood itself was in 

 an excellent state of preservation. 



At Burlington, Iowa, E. A. Florang has planted forty acres of 

 willows or about 1,000,000 plants. This is the largest willow 

 plantation in the United States. It is expected to use the ma- 

 terial for willow ware. 



A new firm of Consulting Foresters, Messrs. Appleton and 

 Viles, have established themselves in Bangor and Augusta, Maine. 



