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readily into them, and did not suffer in consequence. As material 

 for the making of cases, however, the long, soft needles on the 

 youngest shoots were not cared for, being too large for the 

 purpose. 



In his conclusions respecting Larix leptolepis, Herr Forstmeister 

 Boden receives the support of Herr Wirchow in Wilhelmshohe. 

 At WilhelmshiJhe, it seems, there are a few old Japanese larch 

 which do not look at all well. According to Herr Wirchow they 

 are severely attacked by the larvse of the mining moth. 



Larix dahurica and L. occidentalis also have to bear the enemies 

 of the European larch. In North Germany, where greater injury 

 is wrought by larch disease, the destruction done by the moth 

 does not receive the same attention that it does in the south. 

 But wherever the larch be placed, good soil and plenty light and 

 air are the best means of combating the pest. The season at 

 which to examine damage done is not when the needles tirst 

 appear, but a little later, when they are fully developed. 



All Russian Timber Society. 



The tenth congress of this Society was opened in October last, 

 under distinguished patronage. The congress lasted ten days, and 

 considered, amongst other questions, the introduction of regulated 

 felling of trees, the influence of railway rates on the wood trade, 

 the comparative growths of trees in respect to origin of seeds, and 

 generally the forest interests of the country. The congress was 

 marked with a series of excursions to important wood-growing 

 centres, governmental, municipal, and private. 



Reafporesting the Black Country. 



An association has been formed for the purpose of reafforesting 

 the waste grounds in the xVIidlunds, particularly in the parts of 

 Staffordshire and Worcestershire known as the Black Country. 

 Once this country was forest, and the association does not claim to 

 be the first to attempt its replanting, but it seeks rather to make 

 the knowledge gained from previous attempts, their successes and 

 their failures, the basis of a great public movement which shall 

 restore to the district some of its ancient beauty. In the Black 

 Country an enormous area lies wholly waste, the greater i)art of 

 which can be planted without much trouble, and it will readily 



