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that the trees selected are naturally too large and too spreadin 
habit, thus necessitating a ghastly system of pruning; also that 
they are too thickly planted. Professor Henry recommends a space 
of 40 ft. between each tree in the lines up each side of the street. 
This is little enough, but oftener than not street trees are not 
allotted so much.. ‘here are few things more dismal than an over- 
planted sebitien street during a wet spell in late summer or early 
a the paths transformed into cold damp tunnels of foliage. 
It is to be hoped that Professor Henry’s valuable chapters on 
oss agate will be read and studied by all those concerned. 
The book, in fact, is one that has a special claim to the notice of 
all municipal officials who control the planting of streets, es 
and watersheds. Ww. J. 
French rheie and Forestry.” 
Mr. Theodore S$. Woolsey, Jr., iitels of the United States 
Forest aeivies; and is pase dah of forests and forest conditions 
existing in the French Col , Tunisia, Algeria and Corsica. 
Each colony is treated sé picataly and details are given of the 
general economic and social conditions prevailing in the different 
countries, and the steps that have been taken to secure a system of 
forest management beneficial to the country and acceptable to the 
inhabitants. In the early days following the inauguration of a 
system of forest management which placed considerable restric- 
tions upon the freedom of the. people, ahaha th in the observ- 
ance of regulations governing the pasturage of cattle, trespass, 
camping, avoidance of fires, and unlawful removal of timber, 
friction arose between the French forestry officials and the natives 
through the French copying too closely the methods of adminis- 
tration prevailing in France. By 1904 the difficulties of manage- 
ment had become so great that Governor Jonnart assembled a 
commission to study the cause of the dissatisfaction amongst the 
natives and to prescribe remedies. In his opening address he 
made use of certain words which appear worthy of consideration, 
not only in so far as they apply to pioneers in French colonies, 
but also to other parts of the world. After any references 
to the forest officers and their services, he sai ive them 
fatherland. . . . My desire is that a Seanea ‘ entente cor- 
diale’ be catabiealeal between the Forest Service and the prefects, 
assistant prefects, and administrators of mixed communes, s0 
that they may work together for the special needs of the popula- 
“* Fre nch Forests and Forestry. Tunisia, Algeria, Corsica. With a 
Translation of the Algerian Forest Code of 1903. By Theodore S. Woolsey 
M.F., pares District Forester, U.S, Forest See viaki 1908-1915, 
Tecsivee. 1912, 1916~17, Yale Forest School. New York, John Wil iley & 
Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman & Hall, Limited. 1917. 
