470 Forestry Quarterly. 



A stem analysis of a single Sitka Spruce in 



Sitka the forest garden at Giessen, shows that 



Spruce. even in a climate by no means similar to 



its native habitat this species preserves its 



rapid rate of development tolerably well. 



Age no ?n 30 40 50 58 



Height 4 21 39 56 69 73 feet 



Diameter 3.4 7.4 11 13 15 inch 



Area 3.5 16 31 50 66 sq. inch 



Volume 1 6.6 18 3? 46 cu. ft. 



Form factor .61 .48 .47 .44 .44 

 Annual rate — 



height 17 1.8 1.7 1.3 .4 feet 



diameter .4 .34 .2 .2 inch 



area 1.35 1.5 1.9 i.6sq.inch 



volume .56 1.24 1.4 1.4 cu. ft. 



per cent. 14.8 9.2 5.6 4.5 



Allgemeine Forst- u. Jagdzeitung. August, 1909. Pp. 295-6. 



MENSURATION, FINANCE, AND MANAGEMENT. 



To secure a measure which in valuable tim- 



Ac curate ber will permit more accurate measure than 



Log the customary lath or tape, Beuz has con- 



Measure. structed a measure consisting of a lath, at 



one end of which an iron point is inserted 



at a right angle, at the other, a V scribe the length from the point 



to the scribe being exactly a meter or any other unit length. A 



stub handle near the point end, and the usual ring handle of the 



scribe permit a rapid and accurate measuring of log length. 



Das Abldngen des hangnutzholzes bei der Ansformung im Rohen. 

 Allgemeine Forst- u. Jagdzeitung. June, 1909. Pp. 190-195. 



It is interesting to note with what precision 



Aims the technical aim of a forest management 



of in Saxony may be expressed, as deduced 



Forest from the results in the log market. 



Management. By investigating the sales (about 100 



million cubic feet) of logs for 20 years, 



from 1880 to 1899, Pursche comes to the conclusion, that the aim 



of Saxon forest management is to be sought in growing normal 



stands, in which about 35 per cent, of the total log volume is to be 



