Current Literature. 315 



Europe, fully illustrated. The reviewer in the Botanical Gazette 

 refers to it with these words: "Who of our foresters will give us 

 something as good, but perhaps a little less condensed?" 



Statistische Mitteilungen iiber die Ertraege deutscher Watdun- 

 gen im Wirtsc hafts jahre, 190?. By Dr. Schwappach. Mitteil- 

 ungen des Deutschen Forstvereins. No. 2. 1909. 70 pp. 



This is the annual budget of statistics of the results of German 

 forest management including not only the State forests but also 

 some of the private and the commercial forests and now com- 

 prising 53.4 per cent of the total forest area of Germany . 



OTHER CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Forest Fires in Massachusetts. By F. W. Rane, State Forester. 

 Boston, 1909. Pp. 43. This bulletin is published "that the people 

 may realize more fully the exact condition, and in the hope that 

 some good will result therefrom." Contains tables of damage, 

 causes, extent and month-frequency, as well as information on 

 methods of organization and protection. 



Forest Products of Canada, By A. H. D. Ross. Bulletin No. 

 4, Forestry Branch, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Canada, 

 1909. Pp. 33. Official statistics brought together for the first 

 time. 



The Distribution of Woody Plants in the Pike's Peak Region. 

 By E. C. Schneider. Colorado College Pub., No. 6, 1909. 



An act for the Protection Sf Woodlands. New Jersey State, 

 April, 1909. Provides for the construction of fire lines by railroad 

 companies. 



Forest Club Annual, University of Nebraska, 1909. Pp. 70. 

 Contains the following articles: Seed Sowing on National For- 

 ests, by G. B. McDonald ; Notes on Osage Orange, by T. E. Mil- 

 ler; The Advantages of Clear Cutting Lodgepole, by H. S. 

 Stevenson; Experiments in Forest Tree Seed Germination, by 



