44° Forestry Quarterly. 



strictions upon the cutting of timber on communal and private 

 forest lands. 



The Inadequacy of Home Grown Timber in France. The Indian For- 

 ester. September, 1909. Pp. 543-548. 



The following description of a portion of 

 Alaskan the Yukon River basin, where it enters the 



Forest United States from Canada, is given by Mr. 



Conditions. Wilfred H. Osgood. 



"The low banks are fairly well wooded, 

 but their most common condition is what may be called semi- 

 tundra — a line of fair-sized trees bordering the river, and inland 

 on more or less level ground, moss and small shrubs, with a few 

 scattered trees and many small ponds. A few islands appear here 

 and there, becoming larger and more numerous as Circle is ap- 

 proached. They are flat and heavily timbered and rarely more 

 than a mile in length. 



The region as a whole is not heavily timbered, and deciduous 

 trees greatly outnumber the conifers. The most abundant trees 

 are poplars (P. tremnloides and P. balsamifera). The White and 

 Black Spruce (Picea canadensis and P. mariana) occur, but 

 neither attains large size, usually being from six to ten inches in 

 diameter. They grow in small clumps on the central parts of the 

 islands, in protected places on the hillsides, in long fringes on the 

 low banks of the river, and rather scatteringly throughout the 

 more or less level country. The Paper Birch {Be tula alaskana) 

 is mixed with the poplars, but is neither large nor abundant. The 

 Dwarf Juniper {Juniperus nana) is common in dry gulches and 

 occasionally occurs on open hillsides. 



Other woody plants worthy of mention are as follows : Alders 

 (Alnusf) : Very abundant, chiefly in damp situations on level 

 or nearly level ground; sometimes in dense and very extensive 

 thickets growing in swamps to the exclusion of almost all other 

 trees and shrubs. Willows (Salixf) : Several species occur, 

 mostly about the borders of the islands and wherever the river 

 banks are low and sandy. From the ripe catkins (in July), seeds 

 were blown by every current of air. Dwarf Birch {Betula 

 glandulosa) : Very abundant in damp situations where semi- 

 tundra conditions prevail. Buffalo Berry {Lepargyrea cana- 



