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oleifolium, Franeh. (t. 8802), from the mountains of Yunnan; 

 Calanthe tricarinata, Lindl. (t, 8803), from Northern India, 

 Yunnan and Japan; Lonicera chaetocarpa, Relider (t. 8804), a 

 native of Western China; Desmodium cinerascens, Franch. 

 (t. 8805), also from "Western China; Ipomoea Pes. Tigridis, Linn. 

 var. longibracteata, Yatke (t. 8806), a native of Eastern Tropical 

 Africa, and Disporum pirihivi, Salisb. var. brtmnea, C. H. 

 Wright (t. 8807), a native of Western Hupeh, China. 



Forest Law in America.* — In this work the development of 



forest law in North America is discussed so far as it affects 

 forest fires, the preservation of existing forest resources, the 

 reafforestation of cut-over or burned-over land, the extension of 

 forest areas, and the systematic management of forests for pro- 

 ductive purposes, from its inception in the seventeenth century 

 to the close of 1916. The book consists of 25-1 pages of letter- 

 press, exclusive of introductory matter and an ample index, and 

 is divided into seven chapters which are sub-divided in ordei 



that the various laws as they affect different States may be con- 

 veniently handled. Almost from the earliest days of the occu- 

 pation of America by Europeans, individuals appear to have 

 interested themselves in forestry matters and numerous laws were 

 passed by different States in the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- 

 turies concerning the indiscreet cutting of timber and lire pro- 

 tection. These laws, however, had no very far-reaching effect, 

 and although a general forest policy was urged upon several 

 occasions it was not until 1885 that the first comprehensive forest 

 administration Act was passed. This Act was the result of the 

 deliberations of a committee of experts appointed by the comp- 

 troller of New York in 188-1 to investigate and report upon a 

 system of forest preservation suitable for adoption by the State. 

 Jt carried an appropriation of 15.000 dollars for the expenses of 

 the first year, and provided for a permanent forest commission 

 of three members, a state warden, state inspectors and other 

 necessary agents; created a forest reserve to consist of all lands 

 then owned or thereafter to be acquired by the state in eleven 

 counties in the Adirondack region and three counties in the Cats- 

 kill Mountains, and declared that the lands comprising the 

 reserve should be for ever kept as wild forest lands in the full 

 control of the State and not be sold, leased, or taken by public 

 or private corporations. Full provision yras made for the pre- 

 vention and control of forest fires; railroad companies were 

 required to clear rights of way of inflammable material in forest 

 or other land particularly subject to fire, to equip locomotives 

 with proper appliances for the prevention of fires, and to employ 

 patrolmen in dangerous periods. From 1885 onward Acts and 

 amendments appear to have been passed with bewildering fre- 

 quency and Mr. Kinney has done good work by summarising 



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* The Development of Forest Law in America, by J. P. Kinney, A.B., 

 LL.B., M.F., Chief Supervisor of Forests, United States Indian Service, 

 Xew York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. London : Messrs. Chapman & Hall, 

 II, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 2. Price lis. 6d. net. 



