422 Forestry Quarterly. 



active effort being made to secure a second growth of pine. The 

 expense of piling may often be considered unnecessary and the 

 burning be just as effective without the piling if done for the sole 

 purpose of reducing the fire risk. The law will require for its 

 enforcement a far greater development of public interest in the 

 care of wild lands and activity in the actual work of reforestation 

 than exists at the present time. But there is no doubt that active 

 efforts to enforce these provisions will have a great educational 

 effect. 



Another provision of some importance is the passage of a 

 law submitting a constitutional amendment to the people which 

 would provide a 1-15 mill State tax to raise funds for reforesta- 

 tion. The usefulness of this amendment, if adopted, will be 

 greatly hampered by the limit of $3.00 per acre incorporated as 

 a part of the amendment. 



It is interesting to note that the State has provided for the ac- 

 ceptance of a gift of 2,200 acres near Carlton as a demonstration 

 forest for the University of Minnesota Forest School, and has 

 made a $5,000 appropriation to pay students employed in the 

 practical work of forest protection. 



The Chief Fire Warden is now known as the Forestry Commis- 

 sioner and continues to be the active head of the Fire Warden 

 system, and nominally responsible for forestry propaganda and 

 education, while the Forestry Board has charge of state forest 

 reserves and their administration. H. H. C. 



The Forests of Mindoro. By Melvin L. Merritt, Forester, Di- 

 vision of Investigation. Bulletin No. 8, Department of the In- 

 terior, Bureau of Forestry, Manila. 1908. Pp. 51. plates 10, 

 maps 1. 



The main part of the bulletin is devoted to a general descrip- 

 tion of Mindoro, one of the more important islands of the Phil- 

 ippine Archipelago and contains an interesting description of the 

 types of vegetation and the utilization of forest products. In an 

 appendix are found 19 tables of yield for different forest types 

 and a list of forest tree species reported to date. This list con- 

 tains 445 species many of which are not merchantable. The 

 family of Dipterocarpaceae and Leguminosae are the most im- 

 portant from a commercial standpoint. The Dipterocarps reach 



