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the final touches which will bring them as near the ideal as 

 circumstances will permit. On the other hand, in countries 

 where Forest Regulation is in its earliest stages of evolution, the 

 trend must be to take first steps towards the attainment of the 

 "normal." The complete adoption of French or German 

 Regulation in countries where the forests and forestry methods 

 are in a totally different stage of evolution is obviously im- 

 possible. Dr B. E. Fernow says, in an introductory note to 

 this book: — "The effort of investigating the applicability of 

 European methods and of developing American methods, as 

 attempted in this volume, is worthy of all praise." We entirely 

 agree with what Dr Fernow says, and would add that the 

 author has done a valuable service to all English-speaking 

 countries, by bringing together so much information that is 

 likely to be useful in the formulation of Forest Regulation. 



Notes on the Ceiriog Forestry Experimental Area of the Denbigh- 

 shire County Cou7icil. By Thomas Thomson, B.Sc, 

 University College, North Wales, Bangor. 



The above area was presented to the Denbighshire County 

 Council in 1906, by Mr John Mahler, of Penisa'r Glyn, on 

 condition that it should be devoted to the illustration of practical 

 forestry on the lines of the Report of the Departmental Com- 

 mittee of 1902. 



The area extends to 50 acres and lies between the 950 and 

 1250 feet contour lines. The soil, which is a light loam derived 

 from a Silurian shale, and although somewhat shallow in places 

 is, on the whole, of fair depth. 



The ground was first divided iato thirty-one plots of i^ acres 

 each, and among the earliest operations shelter-belts, roads, 

 and paths were laid out, and after the necessary soil preparation 

 and fencing the experimental plots were planted. Thirty-eight 

 different species were used, the total number of trees planted 

 being 117, 106. 



The work was carried out under the direction of Mr Eraser 

 Story, who published in 19 13 an interesting account of the 

 work, showing age and composition of each of the plots and 

 the object which each was intended to demonstrate. !n the 



