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which has also appeared as a separate. Several other readable 

 articles complete this very commendable volume. A list of 47 

 alumni of the forest school is added. 



B. E. F. 



Eleventh Annual Report of the State Board of Forestry of 

 Indiana, igii. By Chas. C. Deam, Secretary. Indianapolis, 

 1912, pp. 372, 111. 



The actual report of the State Forester of Indiana covers a 

 scant 20 pages. The bulk of the book (272 pages) is devoted to 

 a compilation of data regarding the trees and larger shrubs of the 

 state. There are also special articles on, "Some Features of the 

 Climate of Indiana" (pp. 49-58) ; "A Preliminary Report of the 

 Wood-Using Industries of Indiana" (pp. 59-66) based upon 

 fragmentary and very inadequate returns from a number of the 

 smaller concerns ; "The Rate of Growth of Certain Species of 

 Native Trees of the State Reservation" (pp. 67-85), a contri- 

 bution of considerable merit. In addition, there are four prize 

 essays by school girls on the subject "To What Extent Should 

 Indiana be Reforested?" 



The annual appropriation of the General Assembly in 1909 for 

 forestry purposes was $6,858.28, of which $3,000 was for the 

 forest reservation. This reservation consists of 2,000 acres 

 located in the extreme southern part of the state. Most of the 

 work of the State Forester is devoted to the management of this 

 tract, leaving practically untouched the essential forestry problem 

 in Indiana — the woodlot. 



While in general, a state policy of purchasing lands only suited 

 for forestry purposes is to be commended, the way in which it has 

 been applied in Indiana is regrettable. Small demonstration state 

 forests, one or more located in every county would be far more 

 suitable for an essentially agricultural state, than the present ar- 

 rangement of one relatively large reservation located in a section 

 where the forestry problems are far from average for the entire 

 state. 



A sounder policy must be inaugurated and less time and money 

 spent on such trifling investigations as experiments to "determine 

 the periodicity of growth" and "whether the lobing of the catalpa 



